More than 150 Iowa-based bands and musicians will be featured at a four-day festival scheduled for this fall in Madison County. The event, called “IowaStock 2017 Music and Art Fair,” will take place September 1st through the 4th at the Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater in Saint Charles, about 30 miles south of Des Moines. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s new medical marijuana law takes effect Saturday and a Minnesota cannabis producer says it may face some issues as his business is not yet profitable two years into that state’s program. Andrew Bachman is a medical doctor and CEO of Leafline Labs. He says Minnesota’s law creates a more sustainable business climate, in part because Iowa’s law […]Powered by WPeMatico
As of this Saturday, a motorist in Iowa can be pulled over if a police officer suspects the driver is paying attention to a screen inside the vehicle rather than the road. Many new state laws take effect July 1, including the new crackdown on “texting while driving.” Legislators, though, acknowledge it’ll be difficult for law […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Beef Products Incorporated defamation trial against ABC Broadcasting over the use of the term “pink slime” did not last long today. Court was only in session for two and a half minutes when Judge Cheryle Gering announced to the jury testimony would be delayed until Wednesday. Judge Gering told the jury that a “major […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Clinton County man is sentenced to probation for admitting to working while collecting unemployment benefits. The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board investigated after 39-year-old Brian Coats of Lost Nation was let go from his job as a trainmaster with the Canadian Pacific Railroad in Maquoketa and he started collecting unemployment. The investigation found Coats was […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa’s U.S. Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley are releasing noncommittal statements about the Senate’s version of the health care bill. Neither have expressed whether they’re leaning toward voting for or against the proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act. Grassley says he’s getting many hundreds of email, calls and letters from Iowans about the […]Powered by WPeMatico
A notorious criminal who robbed a Mason City credit union two years ago and committed other crimes in Nebraska and across the western United States may be in custody. In 2012 and 2014, a man the FBI called the “AK-47 Bandit” robbed several banks, as well as shot and wounded a police officer in Chino, […]Powered by WPeMatico
A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has identified nearly $145,000 in “improper and unsupported” payments to the long-time city administrator in Harlan. Terry Cox started working for the City of Harlan in 1977 and became city administrator in 1980. He resigned last year after other city officials raised concerns about his travel expenses. Auditors […]Powered by WPeMatico
The U.S. secretary of agriculture and U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad, the former Iowa governor, will meet in Beijing Friday for a ceremony “to formally mark the return of U.S. beef to the Chinese market.” According to the USDA, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue will arrive in China with a shipment of beef from the Greater Omaha […]Powered by WPeMatico
