by Matt Kelley | Mar 30, 2012 | Military, News
A soldier who went on national television in his military uniform on the night of the Iowa Caucuses has been reprimanded by the U.S. Army Reserve. Army Corporal Jesse Thorsen of West Des Moines attended Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s gathering in...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 30, 2012 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Tempers flared at the Beef Products Incorporated news conference Thursday over questions asked by a network television reporter following a tour by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and the governors of two other states. Branstad led the tour of the South Sioux City plant...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 30, 2012 | Business, News
Iowa’s unemployment rate hit 5.3% in February, down from 5.4% in January and 6% one year ago. Kerry Koonce is a spokesperson for Iowa Workforce Development, which released the latest unemployment figures today. “We dropped, in February, for the first time...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 30, 2012 | Education, News, Politics & Government
Iowa’s tourism industry has mounted another effort to stop schools from starting way before September 1 and the top Republican in the House sees “more support” for the proposal this year. House Speaker Kraig Paulsen says a more uniform school...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Mar 30, 2012 | Crime & Courts, Health & Medicine, News
A case of elder abuse is surfacing in southwest Iowa. An Atlantic woman is accused of taking a picture of a nude nursing home resident earlier this month. Thirty-five-year-old Amanda Sedina, who works at the Salem Lutheran Nursing Home in Elk Horn, faces a serious...
