A hundred high schoolers are at the statehouse today (Tuesday), urging lawmakers to require registration tags on beer kegs and increase the penalties for adults who provide alcohol to minors. Sixteen-year-old Tim Carr, a high school junior from Lamoni, helped start a...
A southeast Iowa woman who's been pressing lawmakers to require tags on kegs to help track buyers who let minors drink the beer vows to continue her fight. Mary Krier of Ollie has been the adult leader of a group of students from Keokuk County who've been asking...
Over 50 southeast Iowa high school students are at the statehouse today (Tuesday), asking lawmakers to pass a bill that would make retailers write down the numbers on beer kegs, and the name of the person who bought the beer. Matt Thornton of Sigourney is one of the...
High school students, cops and drunk driving opponents are at the statehouse today, promoting a bill that would require the registration of beer kegs. The bill backers say it'll cut down on underage drinking. Seventeen-year-old Alicia Larson, a junior at Underwood...
The national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is in Iowa today, starting a weeklong tour of the state to promote tougher regulations on alcohol. Millie Webb will hold a joint news conference with Governor Vilsack in Des Moines this morning.Webb, who lives in...
A bill recently signed into law by the governor should help clear up the rules for delivering alcohol to people outside a retail business. Iowa Department of Alcoholic Beverages Division spokesperson, Tonya Dusold, says the deliveries have been allowed for 30-years,...
Hey, Maytag man -- have we got a job for you! Soybean oil burns just like the real thing, the cancer forecast is down, lawmakers take aim at armed domestic abusers and keg registration rolls forward. Radio Iowa Wednesday podcast 3/21/07 13:34
It's St. Patrick's Day, a minor holiday that many people like to celebrate with a wee drop of green beer. But whether you have a drop of Irish blood or no, you're cautioned not to get too carried away with the celebration. Arlene Victor with the Dubuque and Jackson...
A lot of bills are "dying" at the statehouse today (Thursday). Legislators' self-imposed deadline for committee action on bills that don't deal with taxes or spending is Friday, but lawmakers do not intend to work tomorrow, so that means bills that have not cleared a...
An advisory board in Iowa City has made a series of recommendations to help reduce alcohol abuse in the college town and the group suggests raising the price of alcohol by levying a city tax. The group also wants Iowa City bars to establish "beverage service policies"...