It’s 10 p.m. on a summer night along a gravel road anywhere in Iowa. A raucous chorus of male frogs are making themselves heard as they vie for mates in the farm pond next to the road. A volunteer stands clipboard in hand, ear cocked, mentally sorting out each of the calling species and the […]
January 20, 2011 (DES MOINES) – The Iowa Department of Economic Development announced today that more than 230 new jobs are planned or proposed for Iowa as a result of awards from the department. The Iowa Economic Development Board approved awards for projects or proposals in Muscatine, Cedar Rapids, Johnston, Des Moines, Story City, Sioux […]
(DES MOINES, Iowa) On November 19, 2010 Attorney General Tom Miller, representing the State of Iowa, joined in an Amici Curiae (friends of the Court) brief supporting the federal government’s argument that the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) is constitutional. The brief stated that the law will help states fulfill their goals […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced that Beth Townsend will be the Director of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission in the Branstad/Reynolds administration. “Today I am pleased to announce that Beth Townsend will serve as the Director of the Iowa Civil Rights Commission,” said Branstad. “Beth’s experience representing individuals before the commission […]
ANKENY, Iowa (January 20, 2011) – A family of three credits the activation of their smoke detectors with providing them sufficient time to escape their burning home early this morning. The Ankeny Fire Department was dispatched on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 12:49 a.m., to a residential structure fire at 1930 NW 70th Place, SW […]
DES MOINES – The DNR is now accepting applications for a grant designed to help locally-led groups develop water quality improvement efforts in Iowa communities. Groups can request Watershed Planning Grants from $10,000 to $50,000 to develop plans to improve a local river, lake or stream on the state’s impaired waters list. Offered by the […]
January 19, 2011 (Des Moines, Iowa) – The Iowa Travel Guide is available to order online from www.traveliowa.com or by phone at 800.345.IOWA. All Iowa Welcome Centers stock the guide as well. An online version of the updated guide is available at www.traveliowa.com. The four-color, 184-page guide is Iowa’s comprehensive trip-planning publication, with listings from […]
Ruling: Plaintiffs’ Arguments “Fatally Flawed” (DES MOINES, Iowa) U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt Wednesday granted Attorney General Tom Miller’s request to dismiss a legal challenge of Iowa’s judicial and retention system, which Iowans adopted through a constitutional amendment. “Today Judge Pratt very soundly upheld the will of the people of Iowa,” said Miller. “This […]
AMES, Iowa – Jan. 20, 2011 – More travel headaches could face motorists in Iowa over the next 24 hours, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. Light snow is expected to fall over the northern parts of the state through Friday, and overnight low temperatures may fall well below zero in some areas. Dangerous […]
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 […]
