by Dar Danielson | May 29, 2015 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Politics & Government
The governor has extended the statewide disaster emergency he issued following the outbreak of avian flu. Governor Terrry Branstad declared the emergency on May 1st and it was set to expire at the end of this month, but he has now extended the declaration through the...
by Matt Kelley | May 29, 2015 | News
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) proposals for upcoming years and while the levels of ethanol and biodiesel that would be blended into the nation’s fuel supply would increase, ag leaders in Iowa say...
by Matt Kelley | May 29, 2015 | News, Recreation / Entertainment
Some of Iowa’s most promising singers, actors and dancers will be onstage in Des Moines next week both to perform and to collect accolades for their efforts. The Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase will recognize more than 400 students from 30 Iowa...
by Dar Danielson | May 29, 2015 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against Governor Terry Branstad and the head of the Department of Human Services over the closing of the Iowa Juvenile Home in Toledo last year. The president of the state’s largest public employees union and four...
by Matt Kelley | May 29, 2015 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
A new study finds almost two-thirds of people injured or killed in crashes involving a teen driver are people -other- than the teen behind the wheel. Rose White, traffic safety director at AAA-Iowa, says we’re now in what’s considered the “100...