NORFOLK, Va Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for projects in eight states, including Virginia, to improve electric service for about 10,000 rural residents. Rural Utilities Service Administrator John Padalino made the announcement on the Secretary's behalf in Norfolk, ...

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has received a grant totaling $1.8 million over five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help improve the oral health of Iowa's children and adults who are most at risk for oral diseases like tooth decay. The funding ...

WASHINGTON - Senators Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin today (Friday, Sept. 6) pressed the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the time for farmers to take advantage of emergency haying.In a letter to Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the senators wrote, "While we are thankful ...

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today made the following comment on what Reuters described as the Obama Administration's "giving U.S. states wide leeway to experiment with pot ...

CENTERVILLE, Iowa - Jerry Kaster, 40, of Moravia, pleaded guilty and was assessed the maximum amount of $20,000 in liquidated damages for unlawfully killing of a trophy whitetail deer in Appanoose County. The case began with a call to the Turn in Poachers hotline on December 2, 2010.According ...

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Iowa. Record highs around 100 degrees are expected today and tomorrow, with the heat index soaring to 110 degrees in the afternoon and evening. The excessive heat is expected to continue through the week. The Iowa Department ...

With school in full swing or soon to be in most parts of Iowa, parents once again face that early morning decision is my child too sick for school? School districts often provide guidelines for keeping children out of the classroom and the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) encourages ...

A new report issued by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) shows Iowa's adult obesity rate remained stable in 2012. The statewide obesity rate of 30.4 percent remains 12th in the nation in which a ranking of 1 indicates the highest rate of obesity. According to "F as in Fat: How Obesity ...

DES MOINES- Iowa's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent in July from 4.6 percent in June, but remained substantially below the July 2012 rate of 5.5 percent. In contrast, the U.S. unemployment rate for July dropped to 7.4 percent from 7.6 percent in June."Despite this ...

DES MOINES- MidAmerican Energy Company is pleased by the Iowa Utilities Board's recent decision, which allows MidAmerican Energy to move forward with the development of up to 1,050 megawatts of additional wind generation in Iowa by the end of 2015.MidAmerican Energy announced plans May 8, 2013, ...