The U.S. beef industry is asking President Trump to help get American beef back into China. Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow/Thursday and Kent Bacus with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) says they’re urging Trump to raise the issue of U.S. beef access during that meeting. “We need someone […]Powered by WPeMatico
Iowa State University has agreed to a settlement in a lawsuit filed in October of last year over its policies regarding student speech. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and attorney Casey Mattox filed the lawsuit on behalf of student Robert Dunn. “Iowa State had a series of speech code policies, that one of which in […]Powered by WPeMatico
Republicans in the Iowa House have voted for a 72-hour waiting period before women seeking an abortion in the state may have the procedure performed. In addition, women seeking an abortion in Iowa would have to have an ultrasound and be given an opportunity to look at it. “I stand in support….because seeing is believing,” […]Powered by WPeMatico
The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that would extend legal protections to Iowans who shoot to kill in self-defense. Under that so-called “stand your ground” proposal, people in Iowa cannot be charged with a crime or sued if they shoot to protect themselves and their property not only in their own homes and businesses, but […]Powered by WPeMatico
A Tama County man has admitted to illegally taking a deer. Sixty-one-year Ralph Ray Rozevink of rural Tama County, pleaded guilty February 22nd to shooting a doe from the highway in southern Marshall County in December of 2016. State Conservation Officer Brett Reece had investigated and charged him with one count of shooting a deer […]Powered by WPeMatico
After five years of lobbying, the “Iowa Army of Pink” has won its battle at the statehouse. “This is the day I’ve prayed about for so long and I can’t believe it’s finally happening,” Bridget Pargulski of Johnston said today. She’s part of the group that’s been asking legislators to force health care providers to […]Powered by WPeMatico
The American Red Cross is holding blood drives today in Council Bluffs and Omaha in honor of a southwest Iowa man. Fred Wilson is one of the people who was shot — and survived — after a gunman opened fire in December of 2007 in a department store at Westroads Mall in Omaha. Wilson says […]Powered by WPeMatico
The effort to plug leaks at the Iowa capitol is underway. Experts suspect the golden dome of the historic statehouse was struck by lightning a few years ago and it cracked the mortar underneath. Moisture has been seeping side. Last spring legislators set aside $10 million to fix the problem, but the project was delayed so […]Powered by WPeMatico
More than a dozen horses, said to be living in “horrendous conditions,” were rescued from two south-central Iowa properties in recent days. The Animal Rescue League of Iowa said it rescued four horses from a property in Indianola Monday evening after 10 horses were removed from a property in New Virginia Friday. In the New […]Powered by WPeMatico
