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Signup for Concervation Resereve program ends April 15

DES MOINES (SPECIAL) - Landowners interested in enrolling cropland in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) have less than a week to make an offer at their local USDA Farm Service Agency office. “This is the last chance for now to take advantage of the general CRP signup to reduce erosion, ...

Higher gas prices and warmer weather mean more motorcycles on Iowa highways

tamatoledonews.com - AMES (SPECIAL) -With rising gas prices and warmer weather, drivers on Iowa highways will soon be joined by more motorcyclists. Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) statistics show since 2001 motorcycle registrations in our state have increased by nearly 30 percent to ...

MCC spring student art show on now

MARSHALLTOWN (SPECIAL) - Students enrolled in the spring semester Drawing I & II, and Sculpture I & II, taught by Associate Professor of Art Tim Castle, will exhibit their work during the Student Art Show beginning Wednesday, April 6 through Monday, April 18 in the Ray Frederick ...

Defense Department calls for employers to complete Guard survey

Tamatoledonews.com ARLINGTON, VA. (SPECIAL) – The Department of Defense’s national survey of America’s employers has reached its half-way point and the Department is urging more participants to make their voices heard. The Department of Defense National Survey of Employers is designed to ...

Grassley warns of bailed-out banks’ repaying bail-outs with government funds

Tamatoledonews.com WASHINGTON (SPECIAL) – Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the Treasury secretary for assurances that banks bailed out with government funds will not be allowed to use another government program to pay back their bailouts. “The reports that banks from New York to Nashville are ...

Iowa City VA Health Care to honor volunteers on April 20

tamatoledonews.com - IOWA CITY (SPECIAL) - The Iowa City VA Health Care System (VAHCS) celebrates America’s most valuable national resource during National Volunteer Week, April 10 -16. A ceremony honoring health care system volunteers will be Wednesday, April 20, at 10 a.m., at the Moose ...