by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
The U.S. House is set to vote today on a bill that would require more regulation over the nation’s food supply, but it could be awhile before the issue comes up in the U.S. Senate. Iowan Senator Tom Harkin is the chair of the Senate Ag Committee, and says...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Politics & Government, Recreation / Entertainment
The Dubuque County Historical Society is asking the Vision Iowa board for more than one-million dollars to help create a Mississippi River Plaza. The outdoor eco-park would connect the Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium with the soon-to-open Great Rivers of the...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Crime & Courts, Health & Medicine
State officials have issued an order, restricting an Oskaloosa chiropractor’s interaction with patients after complaints that he engaged in inappropriate contact with female clients. On Monday, chiropractor Jason Ebelsheiser was charged with five counts of...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Military, Politics & Government
The U.S. House is expected to vote on a bill this afternoon that will fix a "bureaucratic glitch" that denied some Iowa National Guard troops the leave benefits they earned. Congressman Bruce Braley, a Democrat from Waterloo, has been trying to prod the...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | News
Tanner Beck drove in two runs with a double down the left field line to cap off a three run seventh inning as fourth rated Fort Dodge rallied for a 4-2 victory over eighth rated Dowling Catholic in the Class 4A quarterfinals of the state baseball tournament. Beck says...