Ethanol advocates are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to raise the 2019 federal ethanol production mandate to make up for waivers granted this year. Scott Pruitt, the EPA Administrator who resigned earlier this month, issued waivers so some small refineries didn’t have to blend ethanol into gasoline. Ron Lamberty, senior vice president of the American […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two people are now behind bars, in the Hardin County Jail, accused of abusing an eight-year-old boy for several months last year. Thirty-year-old Alex Shadlow and his girlfriend, 39-year-old Traci Tyler, were charged Wednesday with first-degree kidnapping. The victim in the case in Shadlow’s son. Court documents show the pair locked the boy in a […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republican Governor Kim Reynolds today said Democrats have “an obligation” to find a way to oust the state senator accused of sexual misconduct. Nate Boulton, a Democrat from Des Moines, dropped out of the race for governor shortly after The Des Moines Register published accusations from three women who say Boulton groped them. Earlier this week, Boulton announced […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds says the law limits what she can say about the investigation of a now-fired state trooper accused of sexual harassment. The trooper was on paid leave for 10 months before he was fired July 3. The Associated Press reports the female state employee who complained about the harassment also accuses a supervisor […]Powered by WPeMatico
While breakdancing is often associated with the 1980s, a new generation of Iowans as young as eight years old is devoted to the art form, which is centered around hip-hop music. Tommy Vuong, of Des Moines, is helping to organize a competition this weekend for breakdancing — what he calls breaking — and he emphasizes […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds has interviewed one of the three women who’ve been nominated for an opening on the Iowa Supreme Court. The state Judicial Nominating Commission submitted the three candidates to the governor last week, to replace a justice who is retiring in September. “I do a personal interview with each individual and have an […]Powered by WPeMatico
Governor Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order creating task forces to address the lack of housing and broadband in rural Iowa. The “Empower Rural Iowa Initiative” also seeks to develop leaders in rural parts of the state. “Preserving rural Iowa is a key priority of my administration,” Reynolds said today during a news conference […]Powered by WPeMatico
Residents of the southwest Iowa town of Greenfield have been without clean drinking water this week because of a blue-green algae bloom. Scott Tonderum, general manager of Greenfield Municipal Utilities, says it’s a first for the city. The algae infested the lake that feeds the town’s water supply. “This is the first time we’ve had […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly announced today an addition to the 2018 signing class, as Inès Nezerwa signed on to play for the Cyclones. With the signing of Nezerwa, Iowa State now has five new additions this season, joining Maddie Frederick, Ashley Joens, Morgan Kane and Jade Thurmon who are all signed on […]Powered by WPeMatico
