Iowa State played its best football of 2016 at the end of the season and hopes to carry that momentum into Saturday night’s opener against Northern Iowa. The Cyclones were 3-9 a year ago in Matt Campbell’s first season at the helm and one of those losses was to UNI in the opener. Campbell feels […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds says state officials are hoping to free up money so state nursing home inspectors may travel again, but details of that plan are still in the works, according to the governor. “I think a lot of their budget, in fact if I remember right almost 90 percent was going to salaries and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds says critics of the nearly $20 million in state tax breaks awarded to Apple should focus on the “long term relationship” the state has cemented with the tech giant. “I think it solidifies that Iowa is a tech and innovation hub,” Reynolds says. “This is about jobs and this is about infrastructure […]Powered by WPeMatico
A former Iowa State University football standout is accused of stealing merchandise from a central Iowa sporting goods store. Twenty-six-year-old Jake Knott was arrested Saturday by Ankeny Police, who say Knott took items from Sportsman’s Warehouse valued at $777 during two separate stops at the store. Knott was an all-Big 12 linebacker at ISU after […]Powered by WPeMatico
A jury found a Sioux City man guilty of attempted murder Monday for shooting at a Woodbury County deputy during a February chase. Twenty-five-year-old Melvin Spencer was charged after he shot at Woodbury County Deputy Michael Lenz after Lenz tried to stop him in Spencer for a traffic violation. Jurors deliberated part of Friday and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron Corbett is suggesting Governor Kim Reynolds has accomplished little in her first 100 days in office. Corbett faults Reynolds for failing to demand Apple create more jobs in return for state tax breaks and for failing to reveal a state tax reform plan. He also accuses Reynolds and her top advisors […]Powered by WPeMatico
The storm that’s brought widespread flooding to Texas and Louisiana will also have an impact on grain exports from the Gulf Coast. Mike Steenhoek, with the Soy Transportation Coalition, says the extent to which it will be a problem for farmers remains unclear. “This is something that is going to really, at a minimum, impose […]Powered by WPeMatico
At least two top Democrats in the U.S. Senate are calling on President Donald Trump to withdraw the nomination of Iowa native Sam Clovis as the U.S.D.A’s Undersecretary of Research, Education and Economics. Clovis isn’t a scientist and critics charge he’s not qualified for the post. Iowa Farmers Union President Aaron Lehman says the position […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s Attorney General has reached an agreement with a Boise, Idaho business that will change the way the company markets its products. Attorney General spokesman Geoff Greenwood says the mailing from a company known as “Need-A-Lead” caught their attention. “That’s titled Government Benefit Supplement Policy. It looks like an official type of government mailing. Unfortunately […]Powered by WPeMatico
