Year: 2017

A Bloomberg report out of Washington, D.C. indicates an Iowan who’s run unsuccessfully for statewide office twice will be the new chief of staff for the U.S. Attorney General. Matthew Whitaker of Clive was the GOP nominee for state treasurer in 2002. President Bush named Whitaker the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa […]Powered by WPeMatico

Nearly 400 Iowa National Guard soldiers are being called up for deployment. The 390 soldiers from the 248th Aviation Support Battalion are aircraft maintainers, test pilots, and logistical support personnel who will be part of a federal call up of approximately 500 Army National Guard Soldiers along with soldiers from Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee and Wisconsin. […]Powered by WPeMatico

Senator Chuck Grassley says he’s been reassured that President Trump did not strike a deal with Democrats that would protect young immigrants from deportation, without funding a wall along the southern border. Early this morning, Grassley tweeted after reports that Trump and the top two Democrats in congress had come to an agreement on the Deferred […]Powered by WPeMatico

A robotic spacecraft carrying instruments built at the University of Iowa will plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn and burn up early Friday morning, its final mission after 20 years in deep space. U-I research scientist Bill Kurth is at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where the final commands will be given to Cassini, […]Powered by WPeMatico

Six school districts across the state will be working with Grand View University in Des Moines to help a growing number of students who learning the English language. The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Grand View $2.5 million over the next five years to train ELL teachers. The larger school systems of Des Moines, […]Powered by WPeMatico

Former Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle today said Iowa’s 94 not-for-profit credit unions have filled a void as banks throughout the country and in Iowa continue to consolidate. “When I started in congress back in 1990, seems like ages ago now, small community banks made up about 75 percent of the entire marketplace of financial services,” Nussle said. […]Powered by WPeMatico

In this age of spread and air raid offenses one thing has not changed. Teams that run the ball and stop the run win games. That is the case at St. Ambrose where the Bees are averaging 279 yards of rushing and giving up only 66 yards on the ground in a 2-0 start. “In […]Powered by WPeMatico

What’s being billed as “the McDonald’s of the future” is coming to southeast Iowa. A new restaurant in the global chain will hold its grand opening Friday in Ottumwa featuring several upgrades in technology. Donna Mann, who owns the Ottumwa franchise and seven other locations in Iowa, says the new style of restaurant is just the […]Powered by WPeMatico