by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 12, 2018 | Agriculture, News, Politics & Government
Vice President Mike Pence says Iowa farmers “will start winning again” as President Trump pursues new global trade policies. Pence spoke Wednesday afternoon in Cedar Rapids. “When it comes to agriculture, I just want to assure all of my friends here...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 11, 2018 | News, Politics & Government
Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to give a speech at a business in Cedar Rapids this afternoon and headline a fundraiser for Republican Congressman Rod Blum. Governor Kim Reynolds plans to greet Pence at the Cedar Rapids airport in the middle of the afternoon....
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 9, 2018 | News, Politics & Government
The Kansas City Star is reporting Vice President Mike Pence will be in Iowa this week. The vice president is scheduled to be in Kansas City Wednesday. The Kansas City Star reports Pence will then fly to Cedar Rapids to speak at a fundraiser for Iowa Congressman Rod...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jul 5, 2018 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Politics & Government, Weather
A decade after flood waters ravaged Cedar Rapids, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded the city $117 million for structures to prevent future flooding. Iowa’s congressional delegation has been complaining for years that the Army Corps of Engineering was...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 18, 2018 | News, Politics & Government
The candidates facing off in Iowa’s first congressional district made their pitches to grassroots activists at their state party conventions this weekend. “My friends, I’m the number one target of the Democrats in the nation. I’m the number one...