Agriculture and culture, rolled into one Cedar Rapids City Council meeting. Served with gravy and a biscuit. Chickens — The …
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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2010 9:58 am5693d ago
Agriculture and culture, rolled into one Cedar Rapids City Council meeting. Served with gravy and a biscuit. Chickens — The …
Staff Columnists Jul. 28, 2010 7:44 am5693d ago
Remember how much snowier Iowa winters were back when you were a kid? You’re not alone. In fact, when state …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 27, 2010 10:55 am5694d ago
The Des Moines Register’s Jason Clayworth covered the Legislature’s Oversight Committee on Monday. Members are shocked that state departments have …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 27, 2010 12:01 am5694d ago
More rushing brown water, more muck and more heartbreak. Add Lake Delhi and Monticello and several other Eastern Iowa towns …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jul. 26, 2010 10:54 am5695d ago
One morning not long ago, I was strolling down the walk next to my house. It was humid, warm and …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2010 4:34 pm5697d ago
This weekend I plan to head on over to a neighbor’s house to load up a ton of broken concrete. …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2010 11:49 am5698d ago
If you were hoping to get your hands on the world’s strongest beer, sold in bottles made from the carcasses of a dead varmints, …
Staff Columnists Jul. 23, 2010 9:30 am5698d ago
Checked out the Local Option Sales Tax Advisory Committee meeting last night. It had a distinctive retro feel. Roughly a …
Staff Columnists Jul. 22, 2010 12:01 am5699d ago
(FYI – This is my print column. Sorry to blog readers if there’s sa little retread, but there’s new stuff as …
Staff Columnists Jul. 21, 2010 11:54 am5700d ago
U.S. Sec. of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, our former guv, has just been tapped to become the new U.S. Sec. of Misguided Knee-jerk Firings …
Staff Columnists Jul. 20, 2010 5:03 pm5700d ago
Well, that’s embarrassing. When seven religious leaders from Yemen, guests of the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program, …
Staff Columnists Jul. 20, 2010 1:16 pm5701d ago
Spent a little time this morning clicking through Terry Branstad and Chet Culver’s May 20-July 19 campaign cash filings. You …
Staff Columnists Jul. 19, 2010 12:59 pm5702d ago
So The Des Moines Register says, based on a bunch of interviews, that Gov. Chet Culver personally solicited campaign donations …
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