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What are the top five vegetables?

tamatoledonews.com - (SPECIAL) We all know we need to eat our veggies, especially with the new wave of processed food companies touting how their sauces and canned pastas now contain a full day’s allotment of vegetables -- but Iva Young thinks that’s just a bit deceiving. “It’s a ...

Predict nasty cold Thanksgiving week 2010

STATE COLLEGE, PA. - (SPECIAL) AccuWeather.com reports Thanksgiving week for much of the U.S. is looking ice cold as one or more blasts of air spill southward out of the Arctic. It appears the frigid air will sweep from the northern Rockies and Plains all the way to the Atlantic Seaboard and ...

Iowa Power Fund Board approves $4.2 Million in innovative energy projects

tamatoledonews.com DES MOINES (SPECIAL) - The Iowa Power Fund Board today approved three innovative energy projects for Iowa totaling over $4.2 million during a public meeting at Grand View University. The three projects combined, will generate an additional $21 million in leveraged funds. ...

ISBA supports retention election outcome

Leaders of The Iowa State Bar Association expressed disappointment that the three supreme court justices were not retained in this year’s retention election. However, they stated that they respect the decision by voters. Retention elections are an important part of Iowa’s merit system of ...

Flu symptoms could signal carbon monoxide poisoning

CEDAR RAPIDS (SPECIAL) - While the symptoms of headache, nausea and fatigue are usually associated with the flu, they’re also a warning sign of another serious health problem – carbon monoxide poisoning. Now that we are heading into flu season and people are starting to regularly run ...

Iowa veterans warned about individuals charging to shift assets

tamatoledonews.com DES MOINES (SPECIAL) -In recent months, the Insurance Division has become aware of a number of individuals making presentations in nursing homes, assisted living facilities and similar locations where older veterans may be in residence. The story told follows a familiar path. ...

Alliant Energy urges qualified customers to apply for energy assistance

TAMA NEWS-HERALD CEDAR RAPIDS- (SPECIAL) Alliant Energy is reminding customers that Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) agencies are now accepting applications for the upcoming heating season. The program provides dollars to moderate and low-income level households to help pay a ...

DNR seeks input on floodplain mapping plan

TOLEDO CHRONICLE - DES MOINES (SPECIAL)—The DNR is looking for input on a statewide plan to provide new, accurate floodplain work maps for Iowa communities and counties by July 1, 2014. Many local governments have long operated with outdated floodplain maps – or none at all. The DNR is ...

Newspapers reach three in four adults

TAMA NEWS-HERAKD - TOILEDO CHRONICLE - ARLINGTON,VA. (SPECIAL) - More than 71 percent of adults, or 165.6 million people, read a newspaper in print or online in the last week, according to the latest data from Scarborough Research. The company examined newspaper readership as part of its USA+ ...

Iowa’s Emergency Management program achieves national accreditation

tamatoledonews.com JOHNSTON (SPECIAL) - The state of Iowa’s emergency preparedness and response program has been granted full accreditation by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP). Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD) Administrator David Miller received ...