by admin | Dec 30, 2006 | Health & Medicine
A University of Iowa study finds having children in the house could be hazardous to an adult’s waistline. The study found adults living with children eat more saturated fat — the equivalent of an entire pepperoni pizza every week — than adults who...
by admin | Dec 30, 2006 | Human Interest
More and more communities are putting together New Year’s Eve programs designed to give people an alternative to the traditional celebrations. Ames is the latest to get involved with what’s being called “Oh, What a Night.” Lynn Bolin, the...
by admin | Dec 30, 2006 | Outdoors
Iowa trash-collection experts say the holidays may pose special challenges. Tony Colosimo runs Artistic Waste Services, a major traffic collection agency in Iowa, and he says if you got a new computer or other electronic equipment, you should probably wait and ask for...
by admin | Dec 30, 2006 | Politics & Government
A woman who helped write the new Massachusetts law that’s moving that state toward universal health care coverage for all its citizens was in Iowa earlier this month to talk about the process. Christie Hager, chief health counsel to the Speaker of the...
by admin | Dec 29, 2006 | Outdoors, Politics & Government
Governor-elect Chet Culver announced that he is appointing 42-year-old Richard Leopold as the new Director of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources — the agency that’s been at the center of much of the discussion over the regulation of livestock...
