The United States Government Accountability Office recently made six recommendations on how USDA can improve its reporting on foreign-owned land across the country.
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The United States Government Accountability Office recently made six recommendations on how USDA can improve its reporting on foreign-owned land across the country.
Also, United Way taking appointments for free tax preparation
A look back at the top news stories from the week of Jan. 29
A Palo woman who is a certified voice writer is the first in the state and in the 6th district following the Iowa Supreme Court’s order that allows voice writers as court reporters. Court officials hope it will reduce the critical shortage. Voice writing is just another option which may come easier to some than typing on a steno machine.
This year’s winter “Point in Time” count Jan. 24 yielded mixed results in Linn and Johnson counties that showed perhaps the start of changing trends for both.
With new legislation limiting the growth local governments can capture, coupled with this year’s low state residential property tax rollback, new Christmas decorations, park and other infrastructure improvements are on the chopping block in Swisher. Here’s how Corridor communities are looking to fill their budget gaps.
Dianne Martin, daughter of finance manager, Fred Coste, 47, who was fatally stabbed in 1959, has gone through many emotions over the last 64 years, waiting for his killer to be caught. She is hoping Cedar Rapids police Investigator Matt Denlinger can get her the answers she needs to have peace.
Advocates told Linn County legislators at a forum Saturday that the needs of deaf and hard of hearing students are not being met by area education agencies. Twelve lawmakers, including Democrats and Republicans, attended the forum where 30 people shared their personal stories about Iowa’s AEAs.
Tuesday event to showcase computer science programs for students, businesses
Born a slave on a Missouri plantation more than 160 years ago to a mother owned by Moses Carver, George Washington Carver was orphaned during the Civil War and freed with the abolition of slavery in 1865.
A pregnant woman admitted to stabbing the father of her two children, but said they were in a physical fight at the time. She intially told police she heard him calling for help and found him outside with a stab wound.
Scott Wing travels across the school district in the early morning hours to determine if roads are safe for buses, families and teenage drivers
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