State officials are dipping into a loan fund for multi-family housing to cover the settlements to two female employees who say the Iowa Finance Authority’s former director sexually harassed them. There’s $9 million in the fund for loans to developers building rental housing and $4.1 million is being withdrawn to pay the settlements. Iowa Finance […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Emergency Department at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in Iowa City is now using and airplane to transport patients who need specialized care for serious injuries or illnesses. The chair of the Emergency Department, Andrew Nugent, says the airplane gives them more range. “Our helicopter has a range of about 150 miles and […]Powered by WPeMatico
A type of cancer that no longer poses a critical threat in Iowa is still a leading killer of women in other parts of the world and Iowa activists are pushing for help. Danielle Oswald-Thole, the Iowa government relations director for the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network, says cervical cancer is the focus of […]Powered by WPeMatico
New requirements for welfare recipients in Iowa are being considered — and some are being shelved — in the Iowa Senate. Senator Jason Schultz, a Republican from Schleswig, has sponsored four bills on the subject. “I hear constantly from constituents who are frustrated,” Schultz told statehouse reporters. “They feel that they’re going to work every […]Powered by WPeMatico
A long-time legislator from Cedar Falls resigned abruptly this afternoon. Democrat Jeff Danielson had been a state senator since January of 2005. He’s a Navy veteran and for the past 25 years he’s worked as a Cedar Falls fire fighter. He resigned from that job yesterday, too. Danielson told the Iowa Starting Line blog and […]Powered by WPeMatico
The fired director of the Iowa Finance Authority has been working at Iowa State University events. ISU spokesman, John McCarroll issued a statement saying David Jamison is not an employee of the university. McCarroll says the university has a contract with Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) to provide support personnel for Iowa State University football and […]Powered by WPeMatico
A state senator who’s tried for years to ban traffic enforcement cameras in Iowa is making another run at it in 2019. “This is about what I’ve said many times being able to face your accuser, that you are presumed innocent until proven guilty,” Senator Brad Zaun, a Republican from Urbandale, said this morning at […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowans who are searching for that special someone through an online dating service are being warned about Valentine’s Day scammers. Bess Ellenson, at the Better Business Bureau, says e-daters need to use caution, especially if the person you’re chatting with starts to mention a crisis in their life that requires some kind of financial help. […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Waukee man is sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison on a child pornography charge. Forty-one-year-old Jay Robert Sebben pleaded guilty in June to receipt of child pornography and admitted that he received images from the internet of children being sexually assaulted. He had a collection of more than 10,000 photos and 400 videos […]Powered by WPeMatico
