A state board that on Wednesday rejected rules to implement one of the Republican-led legislature’s new abortion-related policies has reversed itself and approved the rules this afternoon. Members of the Council on Human Services still raised concerns that Medicaid patients, particularly low-income women in rural Iowa, would not be able to get prescriptions for contraceptives and […]Powered by WPeMatico
Ottumwa firefighters say two people were inside and a man was on the roof of a burning home when they arrived at 5:15 this morning. Ottumwa Fire Chief Tony Miller quickly confirmed that the fire was intentionally set. Police Lieutenant Chad Farrington says police believe the man found on the roof of the home set the […]Powered by WPeMatico
The son of a Clinton County couple has been charged with their deaths. Gavin Glasz is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 51-year-old Brian Glansz and his wife, 54- year-old Michelle Glasz. The bodies were found at their home in rural DeWitt on Tuesday after call for a welfare check […]Powered by WPeMatico
A program to increase the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables available to low-income Iowans is expanding. The “Double Up Food Bucks” program was launched last summer. It gives Iowans who qualify for “food stamps” an extra $10 dollars each week to buy fresh produce. The program runs during a four-month period in the late spring […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa businesses boosted their employment last month and Iowa Workforce Development spokesperson Cory Kelly says the jobs improvement in May is the first for the state since February. “The state added 5,500 jobs, so the economy is showing signs of optimism,” Kelly said. The 5,500 jobs added in May helped offset losses of 3,500 jobs […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the landowners who fought a quarantine after chronic wasting disease was found in captive deer at their preserve. A captive whitetail deer taken at the Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge tested positive for CWD in 2012. Tom and Rhonda Brakke own the lodge and the deer came […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Corps of Engineers is repairing some very old Mississippi River locks and dams. The locks and dams on the Mississippi were designed to have a 50-year lifespan. But many of them are now 80 years old. That’s according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A project now underway to repair the deteriorating steel […]Powered by WPeMatico
A 73-year-old state legislator from southeast Iowa died at his home this morning. State Representative Curt Hanson of Fairfield had served in the Iowa House since 2009, shortly after retiring as a teacher. He taught drivers ed at Fairfield High School for 43 years and was nationally recognized for his work. House Minority Leader Mark Smith […]Powered by WPeMatico
An international delegation of ten farmers and ag industry leaders from as far away as Australia and New Zealand is arriving in Iowa today to spend a week studying the Iowa way of life. Ed Kee, Delaware’s former Secretary of Agriculture, is now president of Nuffield American. “Nuffield International is a group that sponsors significant […]Powered by WPeMatico
