by Matt Kelley | Feb 28, 2017 | Health & Medicine, News
Poultry producers in Iowa are again on-guard for avian influenza after a wild duck in Montana was recently diagnosed with the illness. Iowa had more losses than any other state after a bird flu outbreak in 2015. The USDA’s chief veterinarian, Dr. Jack Shere,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 27, 2017 | News, Outdoors, Politics & Government, Top Story
Republicans in the Iowa House are considering the repeal of Iowa’s “bottle bill.” Grocers have long complained that filth comes into their stores along with the empties they must accept from customers who want their nickel deposits back. On Tuesday...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 27, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
A bill that would force Iowa voters to show an ID to cast a ballot on Election Day will be reviewed by a House committee late Tuesday afternoon. Critics made some last-minute pitches against the bill during a statehouse hearing today. Johnson County Auditor Travis...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 27, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
The Iowa Democratic Party’s chairman says the party’s new nation leader has committed “in writing” to keeping Iowa’s Caucuses first in the presidential selection process. Tom Perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 27, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News
Police have filed more charges against a Des Moines man accused of trying to steal shotguns from a Wal-Mart. Cody Gebauer, 27, was arrested early Sunday morning, more than four hours after police say Gebauer took a baseball bat from the sporting goods section of a...