More than 20,000 pork producers and industry officials from across the U.S. and around the planet are in Iowa for the World Pork Expo, opening today. The Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines is hosting the 30th annual event. Doug Fricke, spokesman for the sponsoring National Pork Producers Council, says the trade show has expanded […]Powered by WPeMatico
Des Moines businessman Fred Hubbell won the Democratic nomination for Governor in Tuesday’s primary, easily beating five other competitors. “Tonight’s results send a very strong message. Iowa voters have had enough of the heartless and misguided policies and priorities that have taken our state backward,” Hubbell said. Hubbell will face Republican Governor Kim Reynolds in […]Powered by WPeMatico
The man who’s been state ag secretary since March appears to have fallen a fraction short of the 35 percent threshold he needed in yesterday’s primary to win the Republican Party’s nomination for ag secretary. Shortly after 1 a.m. today all 99 counties had reported results and Mike Naig had 34.74 percent. That means delegates […]Powered by WPeMatico
Deidre DeJear has narrowly won the Democratic Party’s nomination for secretary of state. Her opponent, Jim Mowrer, called DeJear overnight to concede the race. “This was a nail-biter and all day the suspense was killing us,” DeJear said early Wednesday morning. “I’m really just excited about the voters.” DeJear is a small business owner from […]Powered by WPeMatico
More details about Governor Kim Reynolds’ firing of Iowa Finance Authority Director Dave Jamison over sexual harassment allegations were revealed today. Jamison is getting unemployment benefits. The governor wants to stop the payments and an administrative law judge held a hearing on the case today. A lawyer for Jamison asked Jake Ketzner, the governor’s chief […]Powered by WPeMatico
“Brisk” is the word Secretary of State Paul Pate uses to describe turn-out for today’s Primary Election. “Every indicator is it will be a significant turn-out,” Pate said early this afternoon. Nearly 50,000 voters asked for an absentee ballot — a record number for the “early” voting period. Early this morning, Pate announced election officials in […]Powered by WPeMatico
Ankeny Police are waiting for autopsy results before releasing more information about the deaths of two people in a mobile home. Lieutenant Brian Kroska says the bodies were discovered Monday morning after officers were sent to the Autumn Ridge mobile home park. “I think it was the property owner or manager who requested us to […]Powered by WPeMatico
Founders of the website FindJodi.com held an event in Mason City today to mark missing former KIMT TV anchorwoman Jodi Huisentruit’s 50th birthday. They held the event near one of the billboards that have been recently put up in the city which say: “Someone knows something…is it YOU?, ” in an effort to raise awareness […]Powered by WPeMatico
Ankeny Police are investigating the deaths of two people in a mobile home. The bodies were discovered Monday morning after officers were sent to the Autumn Ridge mobile home park on a welfare check. An Ankeny Police spokesperson said the two had been dead for “an extended period of time.” Few other details have been […]Powered by WPeMatico
