The Mahaska County Conservation Board held their Annual Bird Food Give Away from 9:00 a.m. until Noon on Saturday, January 22 at the Russell Wildlife Area. Residents brought their own buckets for collecting up to 10 gallons of cracked corn for bird feeding Bring your buckets out to the Conservation Center to get free cracked […]
First Step Oskaloosa is a group of five University of Iowa graduate students in the School of Urban and Regional Planning and the College of Public Health. We have been asked by Oskaloosa City manager Michael Schrock to look at solid waste disposal. Specifically, we are analyzing residential curbside recycling and garbage pickup practices, commercial […]
Linking the Keys On January 22, 1912, the nearly twenty thousand residents of the city of Key West, Florida, located on a small island some 128 miles south of the Florida peninsula, observed the completion of an overseas rail connection to the mainland. The Florida East Coast Railway served the island until 1935, when it […]
1982: Very hazardous winter weather struck Iowa for the third consecutive weekend with rain and freezing rain beginning in southwestern Iowa during the evening of January 21st then changing to snow at times, spreading northeastward overnight, and persisting into the morning of the 23rd in some areas. Southern Iowa was covered with a thick layer […]
New York/Newark/Boston: Ninety-One Leaders, Members, and Associates of La Cosa Nostra Families in Four Districts Charged with Racketeering and Related Crimes, Including Murder and ExtortionNinety-one members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including the New England LCN family, all five New York-based families, and the New Jersey-based Decavalcante, family […]
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that three million Medicare beneficiaries nationwide have received prescription drug cost relief through the Affordable Care Act. To date, three million eligible beneficiaries who fell into the drug coverage gap known as the donut hole during 2010 have been mailed a one-time, tax-free $250 […]
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, has been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Air Force 1st Lt. Robert F. Dees, 23, of Moultrie, Ga., will be buried Jan. 22 at the […]
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 21, 2011- The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking private, nonprofit organizations and public agencies to submit applications to participate in the 2011 Urban Youth Corps program. The program objectives are to provide transportation-related work projects and training opportunities to youth between the ages of 16-21 who face barriers to […]
Awards to be presented following Mentoring Day on the Hill on January 27, 2011 January 21, 2011(DES MOINES) – The recipients of the 2011 Excellence in Mentoring Award have recently been announced by the Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service. The awards will be presented during a special recognition ceremony to be held in conjunction with […]
IOWA CITY, IA (January 19, 2011) – The Board of Directors of MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. appointed Tracy S. McCormick and Robert J. Latham to serve as Directors of the Company. They will complete the unexpired terms of W. Richard Summerwill and James G. Wake, both of whom have announced their retirement from the Board […]
