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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Harkin (D-IA) on Friday announced that the city of Floris and the University of Northern Iowa will receive $88,500 in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) on Friday announced that two regional planning commissions will receive a total of $109,800 to update their comprehensive economic development strategies. These funds were made
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) on Thursday announced that the Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission will receive $54,900 to update its comprehensive economic development strategy in West Burlington. The funds
MASON CITY – A second assault within a week has been reported at a Mason City rental property. NIT reported earlier this week that an assault with an injury was reported on
AMES, Iowa – Attendance figures at Jack Trice Stadium have soared in the last two seasons and the 2013 campaign appears to be following the same trend. Behind the success of the
TAMPA,FL — Outback Bowl officials have announced an agreement to extend the contract with the Big Ten Conference six additional years through the 2019 college football season. The agreement extends a 20-year
FOREST CITY, Iowa – Winnebago Industries, Inc. (NYSE:WGO), a leading U.S. manufacturer of recreation vehicles, has been named a Gold Award recipient from Detroit Chassis’ Recycling Program. Detroit Chassis issued a recycling
AMES, Iowa – July 19, 2013 – The Iowa Department of Transportation is announcing that its popular “IA Driver Test” app, a practice test for the real written exam that applicants must
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced that Primary Health Care, Inc. in Des Moines will receive $375,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources
WASHINGTON – President Obama spoke from the White House Press Briefing Room on Friday, July 19th about Trayvon Martin and the verdict of the court trial that followed the Florida teenager’s death.
(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today named Des Moines attorney Sheila K. Tipton to the Iowa Utilities Board. Tipton, 61, is a shareholder of the Belin McCormick law firm in
WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department on Thursday marked the one year anniversary of two notorious terrorist attacks. “The United States notes that July 18 marks the one-year anniversary of the terrorist
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the State of Missouri to supplement state and local recovery
MASON CITY – A man stopped two years ago for operating while intoxicated – with a child in the vehicle – is now serving two days in jail. Richard Dean Thompson, 32,
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball sophomore Mike Gesell is expected to miss 4-6 weeks after suffering a broken bone in his left, non-shooting hand, Thursday night during a
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling in favor of two illegal immigrants who left the country on their attorney’s advice and then were denied re-entry to
Iowa voters like Gov. Terry Branstad: they give him a 50 – 37 percent favorability rating and a 51 – 33 percent job approval, but they say 46 – 43 percent he
AMES, Iowa – Researchers at Iowa State University have identified an RNA structure in humans that could lead to a new treatment for spinal muscular atrophy, the leading genetic cause of death
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa African American Hall of Fame will induct three new members on Aug. 2. Founded in 1995 in Des Moines, the IAAHF recognizes the outstanding achievements of
WASHINGTON – HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Thursday released a new report that finds premiums in the Health Insurance Marketplace will be nearly 20 percent lower in 2014 than previously expected. The
WASHINGTON – As part of an effort to help make sure their residents’ health information is available after a hurricane or other wide-spread disaster, four Gulf states have partnered with six states
WASHINGTON – HHS Office of Civil Rights director Leon Rodriguez announced the termination of Medicaid funding to a California surgeon who intentionally discriminated against an HIV-positive patient by refusing to perform much
Six Colombian nationals were indicted this week by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent James Terry
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer, his girlfriend, his nephew and two of their associates were sentenced this weeky in federal court for their participation in bribery and alien
WASHINGTON—Emerson Winfield Begolly, 24, of New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today in Pittsburgh to 102 months in prison for soliciting others to engage in acts of terrorism within the United States and
WASHINGTON – Iowa Congressman Steve King was interviewed last week on FOX News with Sean Hannity alongside Congressman Bobby Rush (IL-1) on the Zimmerman Trial.
SIOUX CITY – A man who distributed child pornography pled guilty on July 17, 2013, in federal court in Sioux City. Patrick Persinger, age 38, formerly of Sioux City, was convicted of
WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Thursday announced the selection of organizations in 11 states for loans and grants to support job creation efforts and business development, and to strengthen economic
MASON CITY – An incident unfolded Thursday evening in Mason City that involved a homicide.
NORA SPRINGS – The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a two-vehicle collision with injuries that took place Thursday, July 18th at about noon. A 1999 Saab driven by a James
MASON CITY – The girls basketball Top of Iowa Shootout will be held Friday through Sunday in the NIACC recreation center and the NIACC gym. The shootout will feature 18 schools from
WASHINGTON – Keystone-Farmers Cooperative Telephone Company, in Keystone, Iowa, will receive a $7,648,000 loan to upgrade its outside plant and network infrastructure to Fiber-to-the-Premises architecture, and make other system improvements. FTTP capability
CHARLOTTE, N.C — Wells Fargo announced on July 15th that in the first quarter 2013, 10 percent of all participants in Wells Fargo administered defined contribution plans chose to contribute to a
Monroe, IOWA — An Iowa State Patrol Trooper assigned to Governor Branstad’s security detail discovered a house fire Wednesday afternoon while driving the Governor back to Des Moines from an event in
NEW YORK – U.N. officials welcomed the presidential endorsement of a law to regulate the structure and responsibilities of Afghanistan’s electoral management bodies, calling it a “key step” to towards the country’s
NEW YORK – Children will continue to suffer the consequences of the ongoing conflict in Syria unless an urgent political solution is found, a top United Nations child rights official stressed today, citing
MR. CARNEY: I may have had something to announce, but I can’t remember what it was. (Laughter.) So I’ll go straight to your questions. Jim. Q Thanks, Jay. Two things on health
WASHINGTON – President Obama was set to deliver remarks Thursday on how the Affordable Care Act is putting money back into the pockets of over 8.5 million Americans. The President will be
WASHINGTON – President and Mrs. Obama on Wednesday reflected on Nelson Mandela International Day. The ailing patriot from South Africa has been hospitalized for weeks. “On behalf of our family and the
IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior running back Mark Weisman has been named to the 2013 Doak Walker Award Watch List, announced today by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum. The