The city of Hamilton is unveiling its brand new renovated community center this weekend. Sunday from noon to 4PM the community center will hold an open house and will be open for business immediately thereafter. As of Monday the final step, landscaping, was being performed on the old VFW Hall at 1680 Keokuk Street. The city also announced the rental rates for the community center which are 100 dollars to […]
Those who oversee the security at city halls and courthouses around the state are hoping to get some more information about what Iowa’s new gun bill signed into law by Governor Branstad will mean for them. The bill will allow the nearly a quarter of a million Iowans with a concealed weapons permit to carry […]Powered by WPeMatico
Just days after a popular meal site in Davenport opened at a new central city location, the city has forced it to close, citing zoning issues. Pastor Jim Swope founded Timothy’s House of Hope eight years ago, naming it for his late son. The meal site served between 2,000 and 4,000 breakfasts a month at […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two crime victims stood behind Governor Branstad this morning as the governor signed a bill into law that they’d lobbied for. The mother of a woman killed by an abusive husband and a woman stalked by a former dating partner praised lawmakers for passing the bill. “I’m elated that this is becoming law. It’s going to […]Powered by WPeMatico
The storms that rumbled across Iowa last night produced at least one tornado. The twister was spotted around 8 p.m. a couple miles southwest of Carroll in west-central Iowa. No one was injured, but the brief tornado downed trees and power poles, overturned a camper in the town of Halbur, and damaged a few outbuildings […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Julien Dubuque International Film Festival opens today and is drawing actors, writers, directors and movie lovers from across the globe. Los Angeles-based filmmaker Angela Shelton will be appearing at the four-day festival to host screenings of her new feature film, “Heart, Baby!” It’s based on the true story of a champion boxer in a […]Powered by WPeMatico
Video monitoring in public restrooms and locker rooms is likely to be outlawed soon in Iowa. The Iowa legislature has sent the governor a bill that forbids the practice in public libraries, public schools and other government buildings. Representative Greg Heartsill of Columbia says in this instance, privacy rights outweigh public safety concerns. “I do […]Powered by WPeMatico
It took four years, 3,500 construction workers, and $3 billion, but the Iowa Fertilizer Plant in Wever is finally up and running. Governor Terry Branstad and Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds were on hand Wednesday to help officials from OCI Iowa Fertilizer, the company that runs the project, cut the ribbon signifying the official start of […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Will Smith might soon have the power to grant some major wishes. According to Deadline, the Oscar-nominated actor is in talks to star in Disney's live-action Aladdin film, to be directed by Guy Ritchie. The original animated version, released in 1992, starred the late Robin Williams as the boisterous blue Genie of the lamp. Earlier this year, Smith was said to be in talks with Tim Burton for a live-action Dumbo film, which reportedly did not materialize. […]
