by Matt Kelley | Jan 29, 2016 | News
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that $9 million is available for farmers in Iowa and elsewhere to set up agriculture-only Wetlands Mitigation Banks. Right now, the mitigation banks that exist, give an advantage to big developers over...
by Dar Danielson | Jan 28, 2016 | Military, News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Donald Trump didn’t attend the final Republican presidential debate in Des Moines, but it didn’t take him long to mention it during his event to honor veterans at Drake University. “I didn’t want to be here, I have to be honest. I wanted to be...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 28, 2016 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Tonight’s Fox News debate in Des Moines started with a moderator asking one of the seven Republican presidential candidates on stage about Donald Trump’s absence, but in the debate’s second hour, a fierce battle broke out on the issue of immigration...
by Todd Kimm | Jan 28, 2016 | Sports
Iowa’s nine-game winning streak came to an end at eighth ranked Maryland. The Terrapins scored two quick baskets with less than a minute and a half to play to build a six point lead in a 74-68 victory over the third ranked Hawkeyes. Iowa nearly survived a poor...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 28, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
The Republican National Committee expects Iowa to again be a “battleground” state in this fall’s presidential election. “In Iowa, our ground operation is going to be three-to-five times bigger than it was in 2012,” RNC chairman Reince...
