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DES MOINES – Friday, Gov. Reynolds announced appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions.
MASON CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Cerro Gordo county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 26, 2024:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Iowa Democrats are reminding voters that MAGA GOP Congresswoman Ashley Hinson and other extreme right politicians have fought to outlaw IVF and other reproductive rights for women.
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds issued the following statement in response the Iowa House passing SF 2204 an act relating to interests in agricultural land acquired or held by foreign businesses, foreign governments, or non-resident aliens.
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Corrections is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Cornelius as the new Chief of Staff, effective March 1, 2024. “We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Cornelius to the Iowa Department of Corrections team,” said Director Beth Skinner.
DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig released the following statement today following the Iowa House of Representatives’ passage of House File 2257, his legislation to expand small-scale poultry processing in Iowa:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Iowa’s Trump-loving “MAGA” Republican Representatives were slammed after agreeing to take a very long vacation as America’s border is overrun, the government is on the brink of shutdown, and allies in Europe face a growing Russian threat.
FOREST CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Winnebago county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 13, 2024:
NORTHWOOD – The following are the expenses paid by Worth county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 20, 2024:
CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS – Iowa (16-12, 8-9 B1G) lost a tight Big Ten road game to Illinois (20-7, 11-5 B1G) Saturday, 95-85.
Federal investigators find at least 9 children employed as industrial cleaners in Iowa slaughterhouse, cleaning dangerous kill floor equipment such as head splitters, jaw pullers, meat bandsaws, and neck clippers.
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Mark Fisher as a district judge in Judicial District 6.
CHARLES CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Floyd county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 21, 2024:
FOREST CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Winnebago county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 20, 2024:
SOUTH CAROLINA – Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is drawing way back on her Southern heritage roots with revelations that states can legally leave the union, and that frozen embryos are people.
MASON CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Cerro Gordo county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 20, 2024:
CHARLES CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Floyd county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 12, 2024: SUPERVIORS CURRENTLY SERVING: Mark Kuhn County
OSAGE – The following are the expenses paid by Mitchell county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 6, 2024:
“Seventeen years ago, at 60 I retired from teaching and began my career as your State Representative,” Rep. Steckman told NIT today. “It has been an incredible 17 years, from the time I knocked on the first door to having opportunities I never would have had…all thanks to the wonderful people that elected me and put their faith in me.”
FOREST CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Winnebago county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 6, 2024:
HAMPTON – The following are the expenses paid by Franklin county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 5, 2024:
The following is a legislative update from Democratic Rep. Sharon Steckman, representing District 59 – the eastern half of Cerro Gordo county – in the Iowa Legislature:
DES MOINES – Thursday, Iowa’s top labor union warned citizens that Republican lawmakers are advancing anti-worker legislation that would threaten public employees.
DES MOINES – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds gloated in a statement that her legislative priorities are through the first funnel of the 2024 legislative session.
CLEAR LAKE – Your tax dollars are making certain a new entertainment zone in Clear Lake will be really special, after the State of Iowa promised over $4.3 million earlier and now Cerro Gordo county is promising $250,000, but Clear Lake estimates the project will only cost $3.3 million.
MASON CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Cerro Gordo county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 12, 2024:
MASON CITY – The following are the city council meeting minutes and expenses paid by the city of Mason City for the period ending on February 8, 2024:
MASON CITY – The NIACC Board of Directors is scheduled to meet on the evening of February 15, 2024.
DES MOINES – Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration for eighteen Iowa counties due to significant snowfall during the January winter storms.
NORTHWOOD – The following are the expenses paid by Worth county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 12, 2024:
The following is a legislative update from Democratic Rep. Sharon Steckman, representing District 59 – the eastern half of Cerro Gordo county – in the Iowa Legislature:
CHARLES CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Floyd county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 5, 2024:
School shooting still taking toll on small, rural community.
NORTHWOOD – The following are the expenses paid by Worth county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 5, 2024:
MASON CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Cerro Gordo county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 5, 2024:
WASHIGNTON, D.C. – Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives failed in their attempt to impeach Homeland Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas, even with all four Iowa Representatives supporting it.
DES MOINES – Gov. Reynolds announced new appointments to Iowa’s boards and commissions.
MASON CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Cerro Gordo county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on January 29, 2024:
NORTHWOOD – The following are the expenses paid by Worth county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on February 1, 2024:
Thursday, Kim Reynolds said it was time to pass a bill in Iowa that defines what exactly a woman is. Iowa would define a woman this way: “A ‘female’ is a person whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova and a ‘male’ is a person whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.”