America’s largest private company is buying Cedar Rapids-based Diamond V. Cargill is a global company, with headquarters in a Minneapolis suburb. Cargill is buying Diamond V for an undisclosed amount of money. Diamond V employs about 100 people in Cedar Rapids. The company makes nutritional products for livestock and pets. In September of last year, […]Powered by WPeMatico
Now that Iowa’s abandoned its so-called stop-gap effort to cut health insurance premium costs, both of Iowa’s U.S. senators are among the dozen Republicans supporting a bipartisan bid in the Senate to prop up the nation’s ailing individual insurance market. Senator Joni Ernst says the bill will hopefully limit 2018 premium increases for 72,000 Iowans […]Powered by WPeMatico
A fire in northeast Iowa Monday night killed thousands of chickens and destroyed a business that opened earlier this year. The fire was reported around 5 p.m. at the Zoetis plant west of Charles City. Charles City Fire Chief Eric Whipple says a faulty electrical wire likely sparked the fire. “Between Zoetis personnel and ourselves, […]Powered by WPeMatico
Votes have been cast by more than 86 percent of the 33,000 state and local government workers who are deciding whether they wish to have union representation in their workplace. A new state law requires these “recertification” votes for union bargaining units in government workplaces before contracts talks may begin. This month, workers in 477 […]Powered by WPeMatico
Three people are being sent to federal prison after getting caught trafficking drugs from Des Moines to Muscatine. In December of last year, a man and woman from Muscatine were arrested after a 3 a.m. traffic stop near Nichols. That’s a small town in Muscatine County. Five months later, 39-year-old Charles Rhoades pled guilty to […]Powered by WPeMatico
The trial gets underway today of a man accused in last year’s murder of a 16-year-old Burlington High School student. Jorge Luis Sanders-Galvez will face a jury in South Lee County as a national spotlight is shone on the March 2016 murder of Kedarie Johnson — a popular student who identified as “gender-fluid,” meaning he […]Powered by WPeMatico
A national report highlights what one advocate says are deep disparities in the well-being of children in Iowa by race and ethnicity. “Race for Results,” is being published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Anne Discher, interim executive director of the Iowa-based Child and Family Policy Center, says the report signals the need for a […]Powered by WPeMatico
Getty Images for Muhammad Ali Center/Duane Prokop(NEW YORK) -- Ashley Judd is continuing to speak out about the alleged misconduct of movie executive Harvey Weinstein, and you can hear what she has to say on Thursday, as she gives her first interview on the subject to ABC’s Diane Sawyer. The actress and activist grew up in the shadow of country legends The Judds, with sister Wynonnaand mother Naomi rising to superstardom during her formative years. Later, she […]
ABC Image Group(LOS ANGELES) -- Taraji P. Henson is showing what happens to a woman scorned in the upcoming Tyler Perry thriller, Acrimony. In the first trailer for the film, Henson is seen speaking to a therapist about her husband, whom she believes is cheating on her. "Don't tell me I don't have the right to be angry," she tells the therapist. "You don't know what he's done to me." […]
