Today is August 11th, or 8-1-1, which coincides with the three-digit telephone number Iowans need to call before they do any late summer digging in their yards. Seth Hale is spokesman for Iowa One Call. “We’ll be doing our promotional day to remind folks across the state of Iowa to call at least 48 hours […]Powered by WPeMatico
Cerro Gordo County Auditor Riley Dirksen resigned Thursday after just four months on the job. Dirksen ran unopposed in April during a special election to fill the vacancy created when former auditor Ken Kline resigned to take over as the state’s deputy commissioner of elections. Dirksen’s resignation is effective immediately. Cerro Gordo County treasuer Pat […]Powered by WPeMatico
Deidre DeJear — the Democratic candidate for secretary of state — said she has steered clear of commenting on the court dispute over Iowa’s voter ID law because she didn’t want to confuse voters. DeJear said some of her campaign plans have been “on pause” — waiting for the Iowa Supreme Court to issue its ruling. […]Powered by WPeMatico
Recent ag nuisance rulings against hog operations in North Carolina have resulted in large financial awards to the plaintiffs. But the legal counsel for the Iowa Pork Producers Association, Eldon McAfee, doesn’t believe those rulings will have much impact on livestock producers in the Midwest. McAfee says the North Carolina cases are focused on the […]Powered by WPeMatico
You think it’s hot on the Midway at the Iowa State Fair? A NASA space probe, designed in part at the University of Iowa, will be launched tomorrow morning on a mission to the sun. U-I physicist Jasper Halekas, a co-investigator on the Parker Solar Probe, says his main experiment is focused on what’s known […]Powered by WPeMatico
Maryland Congressman John Delaney announced he was running for president about a year ago and after he visits Carroll this weekend, he will have make a campaign stop in each Iowa county. “On Sunday, we’re going to cross the finish line on our 99th county,” Delaney said. “…I think Democrats should campaign everywhere, right? There’s […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld parts of an injunction against Iowa’s new voting law. The League of United Latin American Citizens challenged the constitutionality of three provisions of the law and a Polk County judge granted an injunction blocking provisions of the law until the case can be heard in court. The Iowa Supreme […]Powered by WPeMatico
Senator Chuck Grassley says the chairman of the Senate Ag Committee has assured him the 2018 Farm Bill will become law before year’s end. “And I sure hope so, because I don’t want to do what we had to in 2013 — extend the Farm Bill for one year,” Grassley says, “because farmers need that […]Powered by WPeMatico
He’s anything but Itty Bitty, but that’s his name, and he’s the winner of the 2018 Iowa State Fair’s Big Boar Contest. The ironically-named big pig weighed in at 1,163 pounds, just two more than runner-up Yo Yo. Itty Bitty is owned by the West Delaware High School FFA chapter and many of the 44 […]Powered by WPeMatico
