by Dar Danielson | Jun 27, 2013 | Health & Medicine, News, Top Story
State health officials say if you are cleaning up after floods and other storms you should make sure your tetanus vaccination is up to date. Iowa Department of Public Health Medical Director, Patricia Quinlisk, says although the vaccine is good for about ten years, if...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Jun 27, 2013 | Business, News
A national food distributor with a warehouse in Mason City has resolved a race discrimination lawsuit involving graffiti in a restroom. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday that a federal magistrate judge had entered a consent decree...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 27, 2013 | Education, News, Politics & Government
College student loan rates will double next Monday without immediate action by Congress and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is joining in a last-ditch effort. Harkin, a Democrat, is co-sponsoring a bill being introduced today which would freeze the interest rate for a full...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 27, 2013 | News, Politics & Government
Republican Congressman Steve King admits there’s a chance congress cannot come up with a compromise on the Farm Bill. “At this point, I don’t know if we can do it,” King says. The U.S. Senate approved its draft of the Farm Bill earlier this...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 27, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News, Outdoors, Recreation / Entertainment
Iowa Department of Natural Resource officials are stepping up efforts to catch intoxicated boaters on the state’s waterways. Susan Stocker is the boating law administrator and education coordinator for the Iowa DNR. “In 2012, we had 95 boating while...