Following a recommendation from consultants hired by the city earlier this year, the council voted this week to replace the 75-year-old City Park Pool, which, according to the consultants’ report, loses 5 million gallons of water each year.
Goal is to move people off government assistance into ‘economic self-sufficiency’
At least four candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination, including former President Donald Trump, will join tens of thousands of college football fans Saturday in Ames, where Iowa State hosts Iowa in a sold out showdown at Jack Trice Stadium.
Republican Party of Iowa chairman Jeff Kaufmann says presidential candidates and party activists would push back at requiring caucus participants to register before the Jan. 15 caucuses.
On the podcast this week, we discuss tailgating at the big game, caucus-style; the feds weigh in on Iowa’s new youth employment laws, and more news from the aftermath of a collapsed residential building in downtown Davenport.
Neighbors in this quiet corner of Linn County say they’ve gotten between 70 and 100 signatures on a petition opposing the trail and a planned extension of Stamy Road, which would be a critical part of the city’s plans to develop the area northeast of the new Tower Terrace Road interchange with Interstate 380.
The company behind Iowa’s massive education savings account program says it has placed a high value on convenience and user experience as it manages education expenses for thousands of Iowa private school students.
To activate Third Street SE – a key connection between downtown and the New Bohemia District – a consultant says it’ll take support from the private sector coupled with public investment to make any true transformation.
The recent restructuring of multiple state departments into one new agency that oversees most issues of health will help that agency address hunger and food insecurity in Iowa, the agency’s director said Thursday.
Also, new CNN poll shows Nikki Haley as GOP candidate with widest lead over Joe Biden
Also, new super PAC ad declares Haley conservative Biden ‘fears most’
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering contributing just over $1 million to help renovate a farm purchased by CommUnity Crisis services to become a new youth crisis shelter.
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