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Kristen Daugherty decorates Amiah Neff?s face Saturday during the Fairfield RAGBRAI committee?s gratitude celebration in Central Park.
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Kristen Daugherty decorates Amiah Neff?s face Saturday during the Fairfield RAGBRAI committee?s gratitude celebration in Central Park.
DES MOINES ? Potential presidential candidates? recent burst of summertime Iowa visits belies this reality: No one has started to do the serious spadework of preparing for a 2016 White House run in this important state.Sure, it?s more than two years until Iowa is to begin the presidential selection process. But this is a state where presidential campaigning ? including, early on, wooing state legislators, ...
DES MOINES ? New Democratic House Minority Leader Mark Smith is known for being a soft-spoken presence in the often rambunctious Iowa Capitol, but colleagues say he?ll bring a quiet persistence to the daunting task of preparing for the 2014 election cycle.The Marshalltown lawmaker was recently elected to the leadership post after longtime leader Kevin McCarthy announced he was stepping down to work for the ...
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office arrested Tina Marie Brooks, 35, of 2251 Glasgow Road, at 8:14 p.m. Sunday at home. She is charged with assault (simple).Casey Jack Carlson, 29, of 3210 W. Tyler Ave., was arrested at 10:59 p.m. Saturday on 175th Street east of Highway 1 and charged with operating while intoxicated, second offense.Jarrod Lane McCarroll, 41, of Lenexa, Kan., was cited for failure to maintain ...
Fairfield Police Department had no arrest records for the media today, but did have a couple days worth of dispatch calls. Police logFriday9:49 a.m. Walmart reported it was given a fake $100 bill. The store provided police with a photo of the suspect and car.6:59 p.m. Walmart reported and officers watched a video of a female customer getting $100 cash back and forgetting it at a self-checkout cash register; ...
Justine and Brian Denison say they adhere to all the growing practices required for organic certification, yet if they label their beans and tomatoes ?organic? at the farmer?s market, they could face federal charges and $20,000 or more in fines.Because the Denisons chose not to seek organic certification by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Denison Farm, which has been under organic management for more ...
A presidential task force charged with developing a strategy for rebuilding areas damaged by Superstorm Sandy has issued a report recommending 69 policy initiatives, most focused on a simple warning: Plan for future storms in an age of climate change and rising sea levels.The report released today by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force says coastal communities should assume floods are going to happen more ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday opened the door for more than three dozen juveniles sentenced to long prison terms to appeal their sentences.The court said the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that threw out automatic life sentences for juveniles may be applied retroactively to Iowa cases. The federal high court said automatic life sentences for juveniles violate the constitutional protectio...
MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ?Jack Seward had some questions for the Regional Utility Service Systems at Wednesday?s meeting regarding the short term loan Washington County had from RUSS for funding the Richmond and Rubio projects that are no longer going to happen.?Were you going to bring up to the board the letters sent back and forth between Washington County and RUSS?? Seward asked RUSS executive Director Bruce ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The medical director for the Iowa Department of Public Health is warning against the tapeworm diet.In her weekly email to public health workers around Iowa, Dr. Patricia Quinlisk recounted a recent incident:A physician sought the department?s help for a patient who said she?d swallowed a tapeworm she?d bought over the Internet. The woman was hoping the parasite would help her lose weight.Quinl...
DES MOINES (AP) ? The Iowa Electrical Examining Board won?t exempt farm buildings from mandatory electrical inspections.The Des Moines Register says the board voted 8-3 on Thursday to reject a proposal that would have generally exempted farm buildings. The proposal was aimed at resolving issues stemming from a court ruling that the board exceeded its authority by requiring inspections on most electrical installat...
DUBUQUE (AP) ? Rangers are asking for help in tearing away bittersweet vines that are imperiling trees at a park on the south side of Dubuque.Ranger Wayne Buchholtz at Mines of Spain State Recreation Area told Cedar Rapids television station KCRG that the vines grow rapidly. They can totally cover trees, killing them because the vines block the tree leaves from sunlight.Rangers say the only way to protect the ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? A former federal grand juror is due in court Friday to face charges that he leaked secret information about the investigation of an Iowa man later convicted in a nearly $1 million investment scheme.Terry Jacob Jones is charged with criminal contempt for disclosing details of testimony and a sealed indictment and arrest warrant for John Holtsinger of Ottumwa.A complaint filed by a Secret ...
Despite all the grumbling about tuition increases and student loan costs, other college expenses also are going up.The price of housing and food trumps tuition costs for students who attend two- and four-year public universities in their home states, according to a College Board survey. Even with the lower interest rates on student loans that President Barack Obama signed into law, students are eyeing bills that ...
