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US Labor Department orders Iowa city to pay fired clerk $5K in unpaid overtime wages
WQAD - AP Iowa Headlines
Dec 19WAPELLO, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered the city of Wapello to pay its former clerk almost $5,000 in unpaid overtime. »
Trial scheduled to begin Monday for Iowa sheriff's deputy accused of assaulting man
WQAD - AP Iowa Headlines
Dec 04MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — A trial is scheduled for being Monday for a Muscatine County sheriff's deputy accused of an on-duty assault. »
100 chickens killed in barn fire near West Liberty
WQAD - AP Iowa Headlines
Nov 16WEST LIBERTY, Iowa (AP) — As many as 100 chickens have been killed in a barn fire near West Liberty. »
Panelists: Judicial retention, impeachment processes misused
Iowa IndependentCivil Rights
Nov 01Legislators and social conservative activists misused the state's judicial retention elections in order to attack judges that upheld the rights of same-sex couples, several people familiar with the process say, and are now misusing the another process ... »
Archer: Social issues aren’t most important
Iowa IndependentEnvironment
Oct 26WILTON -- Quad Cities attorney John Archer kept his focus on his Democratic challenger and the economy during a recent GOP fundraiser, indicating that social issues should take a back seat the nation's financial security at this time. »
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McKibben Makes Comeback
John Deeth Blog
Feb 02Dem Bruner announces in Senate 26 Republicans just picked up as high profile a challenger as they can get for Democratic Sen. Steve Sodders of Marshalltown: his predecessor. Former three-term senator and one time congressional candidate Larry McKibben ... »
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE KIRKWOOD TURF STUDENTS
Iaturf
Jan 25Nick ChristiansJanuary 25, 2012Congratulations to Tryoy McQuillen and the Kirkwood (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) turf students for winning this years Turf Bowl contest at the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMS) meetings in Long Beach, California. This is a ... »
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day links and discussion thread
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 16Last year, Governor Terry Branstad made only a brief appearance and declined to give a speech at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event in Des Moines. He wasn't dumb enough to make that mistake twice. No one would mistake me for a fan of Branst... »
Who's who in the Iowa House for 2012
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 13Although the 60 Republicans and 40 Democrats in the Iowa House haven't changed since last year, I thought it was worth updating this post, because some committee assignments have changed, and House Democrats reshuffled their ranking members somewhat. M... »
EPA database shows top greenhouse gas emitters in Iowa
Bleeding Heartland
Jan 12The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a new database yesterday showing 2010 greenhouse gas emissions for large facilities across the country. After the jump I've posted the top 10 emitters in Iowa. The EPA figures are based on 2010 emission... »