by Matt Kelley | Jun 30, 2014 | Crime & Courts, Health & Medicine, News
A new state law takes effect Tuesday banning the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors, but e-cigarette sellers don’t expect much of a dip in business. Cory Hatfield, who runs Central Iowa Electronic Cigarettes in Des Moines, lobbied the state legislature to...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
The state auditor has identified “a number of concerns” about the hundreds of thousands of dollars that a state-run home for the disabled paid to the family business of a state government purchasing manager. Lois Schmitz has worked in the procurement...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 30, 2014 | Crime & Courts, News, Religion, Top Story
The Bishop of the Des Moines Catholic Diocese has placed a priest on “indefinite administrative leave” over an allegation of sexual abuse. The Diocese released a statement that Bishop Richard Pates has placed Father Howard Fitzgerald on leave after a...
by Todd Kimm | Jun 30, 2014 | Sports
His loss was big at the time but his return will help give the Drake basketball team more experience next season. After helping Drake get off to a 6-2 start Gary Ricks Jr. fractured a bone in his left foot and was lost for the season. A redshirt year will give him a...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 30, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Terry Branstad says he and his staff disregarded the warning from a former state government lawyer because one of Branstad’s agency directors insisted there had been no “hush money” payments to terminated state employees who agreed to keep...