by Dar Danielson | Jul 4, 2016 | News, Outdoors
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources turned 30 on July 1st, and one of the issues that has generated a lot of controversy has been large-scale animal confinement operations. DNR director Chuck Gipp says one of the things that’s brought the issue to the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 28, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Governor Chet Culver will become an executive for the YMCA in central Iowa. Culver, a Democrat, served four years as Iowa’s governor, from January of 2007 through January of 2011. Since then he’s been working as a consultant in the energy...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 4, 2016 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
A Democrat who has won three statewide elections says U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley has “lost his way” and she’s launching a campaign to try to defeat him in November. Republican Chuck Grassley is seeking a seventh term in the U.S. Senate this...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 23, 2016 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
The plan to move Medicaid patients in Iowa to private managed care plans has received federal approval. Governor Terry Branstad’s office announced Tuesday afternoon that the plan has been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 8, 2016 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Governor Chet Culver is responding to criticism of current Governor Terry Branstad on Culver’s meetings scheduled in eastern Iowa to discuss the privatization of the Medicaid program. On Monday, Branstad accused Culver and Senate Democrats of...