During the 2013 Iowa Legislative session, The Chronicle and News-Herald will submit questions to the Tama County delegation:State Senator Steve Sodders (D-State Center) and State representative Dean Fisher (R-Garwin.)If you have a question you would like considered for submission, send it to ...
"Every single day, water is flowing through the gates. When you see that rolling, turbulent water going by, that is wasted renewable energy," according to Mark Stover of Hydro Green Energy. Unfortunately, he is correct. According to the U.S. Department of Energy ten dams along the Iowa portion ...
Q: What exactly is sequestration?A: Sequestration is a process of automatic, largely across-the-board permanent spending reductions. The process was created in 1985 in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act. More recently, Congress included sequestration as an enforcement tool in the Budget Control Act ...
Would it surprise you to learn that for the past five years Iowa Valley Community College District has had the highest percent of international students among all of Iowa's 15 community colleges? Nearly five percent of our students are international, compared to one percent at the other Iowa ...
During the 2013 Iowa Legislative session, The Chronicle and News-Herald will submit questions to the Tama County delegation:State Senator Steve Sodders (D-State Center) and State representative Dean Fisher (R-Garwin.)If you have a question you would like considered for submission, send it to ...
"Deny the acceptance of failure." Those are the 'fighting' words Mark Kelly hears every day from his wife, former Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D) AZ. Giffords, who struggles to recover from a 2011 assassination attempt, is a motivating force in Kelly's life. He shared his story ...
By Pastor Randy MasonLiberty Baptist ChurchOn February 12th President Obama will give the State of the Union address, an annual constitutional requirement, "to give the Congress information on the State of the Union," a tradition that started with President Washington and continues to this day ...
Do you foresee any legislative action in the gun control area this session and what is your position?During the 2013 Iowa Legislative session, The Chronicle and News-Herald will submit questions to the Tama County delegation:State Senator Steve Sodders (D-State Center) and State representative ...
Many Iowans and organizations have volunteered their time and expertise to guide the work of the Legislature as we look for ways to better help those in need of mental health and disability services.The Mental Health and Disability Services Redesign Study Committee officially completed its work ...
No, I don't mean a child or a pet!The adoption I'm talking about deals with roads, right-of-ways, trails, parks, beauty spots, public areas and shorelines. This type of adoption is a way for all of us to enhance the properties and help keep them free of litter and debris. In some cases, the ...