by Dar Danielson | Nov 10, 2015 | Human Interest, News
Former Iowa Congressman and current Transportation Commission chairman Leonard Boswell told the commission today via telephone that he is in Arizona getting a tumor checked out. Boswell, a Vietnam veteran, says the tumor could be linked to the chemical known as...
by Dar Danielson | Jan 29, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
The Governor has appointed former Congressman Leonard Boswell to the state transportation commission. The governor announced today he appointed Boswell to fill out the term of Tom Rielly, who resigned from the commission due to a business related conflict of interest....
by Dar Danielson | Jan 28, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
A Republican state senator from Urbandale is making another run for congress. Brad Zaun’s son Grayson introduced him today at a Clive manufacturing business that makes mufflers. “We may not agree on everything, but I know that if Brad is able to bring half...
by Kay Henderson | Jan 20, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
There have been several political developments in Iowa in the past 24 hours. Former Des Moines School Board member Jonathan Narcisse went to the African-American Museum in Cedar Rapids this morning to announce he’s running for governor. Narcisse says he’ll...
by Kay Henderson | Jan 21, 2013 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
Former Congressman Leonard Boswell has dropped his lawsuit against the man who challenged him in a 2008 Democratic primary. In late September Boswell filed a defamation lawsuit against former state Representative Ed Fallon of Des Moines. Boswell said Fallon...