by Matt Kelley | Sep 28, 2012 | News
Bacon lovers got a jolt this week with a prediction of a looming pork shortage. Here in Iowa, the nation’s number-one pork producer, there’s less concern. Ron Birkenholtz, spokesman for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, says there may be fewer packages...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Sep 28, 2012 | News, Politics & Government
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke at a rally on the University of Northern Iowa campus early this afternoon, with this message for students: Don’t procrastinate. “You’ll wake up late and you’ll be like, ‘Is it Election Day? Oh that was...
by Todd Kimm | Sep 28, 2012 | Sports
The lead in the Mississippi Athletic Conference is on the line this evening as third ranked Pleasant Valley visits seventh rated Muscatine. Pleasant Valley has roared out to a 5-0 start in part due to a suffocating defense that has given up only 23 points all season....
by Dar Danielson | Sep 28, 2012 | Education, News, Top Story
The number of Iowa schools going on the list for not performing up to the standards set by the federal No Child Left Behind education law jumped dramatically in the latest report card released today. Iowa Department of Education director, Jason Glass, spoke...
by O. Kay Henderson | Sep 28, 2012 | Health & Medicine, News, Politics & Government
Republican Congressman Tom Latham is sponsoring a bill that would help American schools upgrade the kitchens where school lunches are prepared. Latham also wants those who prepare school lunches to get more training. “If there’s any cost to this at all for...
