DES MOINES – An estimated one million gallons of untreated wastewater was released into the Des Moines River on Wednesday afternoon near Prospect Park in Des Moines. The wastewater bypass occurred when the motor on a pump failed causing the sewage to back up and flow out of a manhole across the ground at Prospect […]
DAVENPORT, IA – Following his earlier guilty plea on February 25, 2011, Terrence Deshawn Dunn, age 36, formerly of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on May 24, 2011, to 60 months of imprisonment for one count of threats against the President, and 96 months of imprisonment for one count of making a threat to unlawfully damage […]
A confirmed case of measles has occurred in a Dallas County resident. This situation is being treated as a public health emergency because measles spreads easily and can cause serious illness and death. Local public health officials in Dallas and Polk counties are working with the Iowa Dept. of Public Health (IDPH) to determine who […]
DES MOINES, IOWA – Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased slightly in April to 6.0 percent from the previous month’s rate of 6.1 percent. The statewide jobless rate stood at 6.1 percent in April 2010. In contrast, the U.S. unemployment rate for April was at 9.0 percent, surpassing the Iowa rate by three full percentage […]
Solar-powered KRUU 100.1 FM, Fairfield’s volunteer, grassroots community radio station, has been awarded a grant from Iowa’s Office of Energy Independence [OEI] to produce a series of 20 one-hour programs highlighting the state’s best energy efficiency practices. This public awareness outreach campaign will include a dedicated website serving as a connecting hub of information. “We […]
Bill Northey, Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture, made a stop in Oskaloosa to take a tour of Oskaloosa Food Products around 9 am yesterday morning. Northey was taken on a personal tour of the Oskaloosa Food Products Corporation facility by President Blair Van Zetten. Van Zetten went through the process of how they process eggs to […]
Des Moines, IOWA — During Peace Officer Memorial Week, the State of Iowa will honor eight officers who died in the line of duty. Each of these men died while working to apprehend a suspect or protect their community from crime. Please join us on May 17, 2011, to honor these law enforcement officers, as […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today invited current and would-be 2012 Republican presidential candidates to participate in the Iowa caucuses, citing a ‘wide-open’ field. “Iowa is a full-spectrum state, and everyone in Iowa – including and especially evangelicals – wants someone who will articulate a message of job […]
(DES MOINES, Iowa) Attorney General Tom Miller announced that Iowa is part of a settlement with 50-state attorneys general to resolve allegations of unfair debt collection practices on customer accounts for Hollywood Video and its parent company, Movie Gallery. After Hollywood Video filed for bankruptcy in 2010, its customer accounts were turned over to debt […]
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today stressed that if their property tax plan is not implemented this year, Iowa taxpayers will be on the hook for a whopping $1.3 billion property tax increase over the next five years. This includes all classes of property: agricultural, residential, commercial and […]
