by Matt Kelley | Feb 28, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
Congressman Tom Latham, considered the early Republican favorite, now says he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Tom Harkin. It opens the door for other Republicans, including Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds and Congressman Steve King....
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 28, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
State officials want new penalties targeting bomb-makers. Representative Mark Brandenburg, a Republican from Council Bluffs, says the move is a priority for the Iowa Department of Public Safety and Brandenburg urged legislators to pass a bill on the subject....
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 28, 2013 | Business, News
Quad-Cities-based Deere & Company’s board of directors has approved a stock dividend increase. It goes to 51 cents a share on common stock payable on May 1st to qualified stockholders. That’s an increase of 5 cents — or about 11 percent —...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 28, 2013 | Crime & Courts, Sports
A couple of students at Iowa State University could be in trouble for sending some inflammatory messages via Twitter following the ISU men’s basketball team’s loss to sixth-ranked Kansas Monday night. The names of the two students are not being released,...
by Todd Kimm | Feb 28, 2013 | Sports
Myah Mellman poured in 25 points as top ranked Mason City ousted defending champion Iowa City West 72-53 in class 5A action. Seventh ranked Southeast Polk did not allow fifth ranked Muscatine to score a field goal for the final five minutes and 26 seconds as the Rams...
