by Kay Henderson | Aug 26, 2018 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Former Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell and his wife, Dody, were buried side-by-side on Saturday afternoon in Lamoni. Eighty-four-year-old Leonard Boswell died August 17 after a long battle with a rare form of cancer. His 82-year-old wife, Dody — a retired...
by Kay Henderson | Oct 30, 2017 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is lamenting the “lost art of human relations” in the United States Senate. Harkin, a Democrat who served 30 years in the U.S. Senate, did not run for reelection in 2014. Harkin said these days senators spend little time...
by Kay Henderson | Sep 7, 2016 | Education, News, Politics & Government
One of the largest for-profit colleges in the country is closing immediately, but it’s not clear how many Iowa students may be affected. ITT Technical Institute offered courses on-line and has operated attendance centers in the Des Moines suburb of Clive and...
by Kay Henderson | Jul 26, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin was the first speaker to take the stage this afternoon at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. “Twenty-six years ago today, our nation won a hard- fought battle to end discrimination for over 50 million people when...
by Kay Henderson | Jul 26, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
Thirty of the 51 delegates from Iowa will cast their votes for Hillary Clinton tonight when roll call is taken at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Christina Blackcloud, a member of the Mesquakie Settlement in Tama, is one of those Clinton delegates....
