by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
The $250 million commercial property tax credit plan devised by Democrats in the Iowa Senate has cleared a senate committee on a party-line vote. Senator Joe Bolkcom. a Democrat from Iowa City, is chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee. “There is no...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2013 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
A bill that would prohibit teenagers from using tanning beds has won initial approval in an Iowa Senate subcommittee. Dr. Leslie Christenson of Ames, a dermatologist, says the ultraviolet rays from tanning beds are “a known carcinogen.” “Right up...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 28, 2013 | Business, News
A delegation of about 20 Iowans representing government, business and agriculture is in the Philippines now, after almost a week in Vietnam. Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds is leading the trade mission and spoke with Iowa reporters this morning via teleconference....
by Matt Kelley | Feb 28, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News
Cedar Rapids Police have arrested four young men in connection with a five-month old homicide investigation. Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman says there’s still no “concrete” motive for the September 22 shooting death of 19-year-old Latasha...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 28, 2013 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
Clean up is underway in O’Brien County after several cars of a Union Pacific freight train derailed early this morning. Union Pacific spokeswoman, Raquel Espinoza, says the accident happened three miles north of Sheldon. “We had about 19 rail cars derail...
