by Todd Kimm | Mar 29, 2013 | Sports
The battle is underway at Iowa where three quarterbacks are vying to become the new starter. Jake Rudock, Cody Sokol and C.J. Beatherd all hope to replace James Vandenberg under center. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says they are going in with an open mind without an...
by Dar Danielson | Mar 29, 2013 | Business, News
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new federal-private collaboration with DuPont to set up voluntary standards for harvesting corn stalks and other plant material that’s used to make ethanol. Vilsack signed what’s called “a memorandum of...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 29, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
Two key legislative leaders say Iowans probably aren’t going to see the state gas tax go up this year. Senate President Pam Jochum, a Democrat from Dubuque, says calls prospects for a gas tax increase “doubtful.” “I don’t know that...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 29, 2013 | Business, News
Iowa’s unemployment rate remained at 5.0% in February – unchanged from the first month of the year. Iowa Workforce Development released the February unemployment report today and spokesperson Kerry Koonce says it shows 5,900 more Iowans were actively...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 29, 2013 | Human Interest, News
Some second graders in north-central Iowa are raising a stink while raising money for charity. Dawn Scholtens, a teacher at Sunset Heights Elementary School in Webster City, says her class has refused to bathe all this week as part of an effort to collect donations to...
