DES MOINES (SPECIAL) - Iowa's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped slightly to 6.0 percent in September from 6.1 percent in August. The current rate is also lower than one year ago when the state's unemployment rate was reported at 6.2 percent. Meanwhile, Iowa's jobless rate is more ...
The winner of the 2011 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC), Charly Cummings, will bring his prize-winning talent to two Iowa livestock markets, Nov. 17 & 18. Heres his schedule:Nov. 17, Lamoni Livestock Auction, Inc., 900 East Main Street, Lamoni. Owner Randy Gibson said ...
WASHINGTON The U.S. Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) and Governor Terry Branstad today hosted a press conference to recognize the Iowa Innovation Council I6 Green Project for being one of six winners of i6 Green, a federal, multi-agency competition to drive ...
TOLEDO CHRONICLE- The average American family spends over $100 per year on Halloween goodies. As your kids drag you through aisles full of ghosts and goblins, the scariest thing about Halloween is threatening to leave bite marks in your pocketbook. No wonder so many moms flee screaming from the ...
tamatoledonews.com NEWTON (SPECIAL) - The 2012 Miss Iowa USA and MISS Iowa Teen USA Pageants took place Sunday evening at the Newton High School Auditorium in Newton, Iowa. A capacity crowd filled the auditorium this evening for the pageant finals, where the panel of judges selected Rebecca ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Iowa sculptor Daniel Weiss, Des Moines, is the next featured artist at the newest exhibit in the Ray Frederick Gallery, room 306, on the Iowa Valley/Marshalltown Community College campus. The exhibit, entitled “Objects & Assemblages,” opened Wednesday, Oct. 5, and will ...
TAMA NEWS-HERALD-DES MOINES- State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald is bringing the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt to Tama County in hopes of returning lost money to its rightful owner. "We are holding over $315,133.56 for Tama County citizens in the Great Iowa Treasure Hunt," Fitzgerald said. "We ...
Madison, Wis. - Fall has arrived, and so has the time when motorists in many states are more likely to encounter deer on streets and highways. Unfortunately, these meetings often result in a serious traffic accident. Hundreds of thousands of animal-vehicle crashes occur each year, the majority ...
(DES MOINES)- Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today unveiled their blueprint for transforming Iowa’s education system. The blueprint states that Iowa must become more selective and supportive of teachers and principals, set clear expectations and fair measures for student ...
AMES – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Bureau fall colors hotline began providing updates on September 19. The hotline number (515) 233-4110 is updated weekly with information on what colors are showing in which region. The brightest displays of color occur with an early ...