by Dar Danielson | Jun 29, 2010 | Politics & Government
The federal government is fining Iowa’s Department of Human Services around $200,000 for miscalculating “Food Assistance Program” benefits at a rate higher than the national average. The state figured wrong on nearly six-and-a-half percent of the benefits...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 29, 2010 | Crime & Courts, Human Interest
The solid bronze bust of famed Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen that was stolen last week is back at its home in western Iowa. Lisa Riggs, manager of the Danish Windmill in Elk Horn, says the statue was brought to her house late last night. She says the...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 29, 2010 | Politics & Government
Congressman Bruce Braley says “very good progress” is being made on reform plans that he says will ultimately increase the payments Iowa hospitals and doctors get for providing care to elderly patients. For decades Medicare, the government-paid health care...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 29, 2010 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Human Interest, Military, Politics & Government
A woman who works with the “special collections” at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant was featured in last night’s “History Detectives” program on public television stations across the country. Joy Conwell helped the show’s...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 29, 2010 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Cedar Rapids police are trying to find out more information about a woman who was killed in an accident on the northeast side of the city just before 4 a.m. last Friday. Police say 29-year-old Heather Mitchell of Marion was struck by a vehicle driven by 33-year-old...