Specialists with Iowa Workforce Development have been helping the workers at the Ferrara Candy Company in Creston after the announcement last week that the plant would close later this year. IWD’s Elizabeth Waigand says the good news is they have some time before the more than 200 workers are out of a job. She says […]Powered by WPeMatico
Class 4A 1. Dowling Catholic (7-0), LW #1 vs Ankeny Centennial 2. Iowa City West (7-0), LW #2 vs Linn-Mar 3. WDM Valley (6-1), LW #3 @ Newton 4. Bettendorf (6-1), LW #4 vs Iowa City High 5. Cedar Rapids Prairie (6-1), LW #5 @ Burlington 6. Johnston (6-1), LW #6 @ #8 Waukee 7. […]Powered by WPeMatico
The leader of the U.S. Dairy Export Council says he’s making changes to the organization’s marketing strategy. CEO Tom Vilsack says he’d like to increase export sales by 5 percent, bringing the total to 20 percent of U.S. dairy production. To do that requires us to have more presence in some of these emerging markets, […]Powered by WPeMatico
Senator Chuck Grassley has some advice for President Trump and Tennessee Senator Bob Corker: “Both ought to cool it,” Grassley advises. Grassley was quizzed by reporters from NBC and WHO Television yesterday about what the two Republicans said of one another on Sunday. Trump claimed Corker decided against seeking reelection because Trump wouldn’t support him. […]Powered by WPeMatico
The first finalist seeking to become the next president of Iowa State University spokes about several issues during an hour-long open forum Monday. Sonny Ramaswamy is the director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Washington, D.C. He says the university has to think about helping the state’s economy along with teaching. “We’ve got […]Powered by WPeMatico
The head of a mental health crisis center in southern Iowa expects it to close at the end of the month due to a lack of funding. Jackie Sharp, executive director of Oak Place in Centerville, says after a grant ran out, the regional mental health authority has refused to fill the funding gap. And […]Powered by WPeMatico
The house where Iowa’s infamous axe murders took place more than a century ago is one of the focal points of this weekend’s Paranormal Summit. Two adults and six children were slaughtered in 1912 in the two-story house in the southwest Iowa town of Villisca. Dave Pares, who oversees the conference, says paranormal investigators will […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC/Lou Rocco(NEW YORK) -- Meghan McCain made her official debut as The View’s new co-host Monday, and she already has two big supporters: her dad, Arizona Sen. John McCain, and mom, Cindy McCain. The former Fox News contributor says her parents have been encouraging from the start, even though they weren't always fans of the show. "Yeah, it's strange because my parents haven't always loved this show and I think a lot of Republicans don't […]
Steve Zak Photography/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- As Meryl Streep's lengthy statement criticizing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein began making headlines, others in Hollywood -- some of whom have worked with the Oscar-winning producer -- are also sounding off. In a statement to Newsweek, Oscar-winner Judi Dench -- who was once such a fan of Weinstein that she reportedly had a temporary tattoo of him placed on her posterior -- called the accusations "horrifying." Her statement also noted […]
