Des Moines, January 19, 2011— The State Judicial Nominating Commission has released completed questionnaires and writing samples submitted by sixty persons seeking nomination for appointment to the Iowa Supreme Court. This information is available to the public and posted on the Iowa Judicial Branch website: www.iowacourts.gov Currently, the court has three vacancies, which occurred after voters decided […]
Jan 20 2011 | Posted in
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A cold front will push rapidly south across the state today, ushering in the coldest air of the season so far. Temperatures of zero to 20 below, combined with the wind, will make it feel like 15 to 35 below across the state tonight and Friday morning. A low pressure system will bring snow to […]
Jan 20 2011 | Posted in
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Upward sports started this year with some help from Oskaloosa Nazarene Church. The youth basketball program is for kids from 1st grade to 6th grade. Al Carlson, Director of the program stated the purpose of the league is to teach the right way to play the game. Carlson said it includes sportsmanship, attitudes and some […]
Jan 20 2011 | Posted in
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August 28, 2010 – January 19, 2011 Visitation: 12:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., with the family present to greet friends from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at Smith Funeral Home in Grinnell Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, January 27, 2011 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 3622 Hwy 63, Malcom, Iowa 50157 Interment: […]
Jan 20 2011 | Posted in
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March 03, 1922 – January 19, 2011 Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Saturday January 22, 2011 at First Baptist Church of Grinnell, Iowa Interment: at a later date. , at Lower Blue Point Cemetery near Grinnell, Iowa. Bob was born on March 30, 1922, in Grinnell, Iowa to John and Mary Hutchison Peters. He was raised […]
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Washington, Jan 19 – Iowa Congressman Tom Latham voted on Wednesday to repeal President Obama’s job-destroying health care law off the books as he prepares replacement health care legislation that addresses the actual concerns of Iowans. The House voted 245 – 189 to repeal the health care legislation, which was supported by President Obama and […]
Jan 19 2011 | Posted in
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell voted against H.R. 2, the Patients’ Right to Repeal Act, which repeals current health care law that protects Iowa’s families, seniors, and workers from insurance company abuses. Boswell released the following statement on his vote. “Instead of focusing on what Iowans really care about, which is jobs and […]
Jan 19 2011 | Posted in
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Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) released the following statement after the House of Representatives voted to pass his language repealing ObamaCare this afternoon by a vote of 245 to 189. King’s language to repeal the law “as if such Act had not been enacted” was included by House Leadership in H.R. 2, the Repealing […]
Jan 19 2011 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services released a new report showing that, without the Affordable Care Act, up to 129 million Americans under the age of 65 who have a pre-existing health condition would be […]
Jan 19 2011 | Posted in
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Provision to Provide Extra Nutrition Assistance to Children in Child Care Settings WASHINGTON, Jan. 18, 2010 – USDA today announced the nationwide expansion of at-risk afterschool meals to promote improvements in health and nutrition in Child Care settings. The expansion is part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 signed into law by President […]
Jan 19 2011 | Posted in
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