February 2010
1 post
Porn movie canceled at Bijou - The Daily Iowan →
January 2010
1 post
Whiteout! One person killed, many wrecks reported →
July 2009
2 posts
What's Up Iowa? →
robjensen: Iowa, once again you made it to the top topics list on digg. So yeah, what’s up?
June 2009
16 posts
Emerald ash borer strikes northeast Iowa →
Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials confirm larvae of the dreaded emerald ash borer has been found in a tree in Clayton County, about five miles south of Elkader.
Radio Iowa: Pelosi in Iowa today; GOP robo-calls... →
State alleges environmental violations by... →
RT @charlotte_eby
Some Republican Does Crap in Iowa Outside of... →
April 2009
12 posts
Miss Iowa goes national about living with cerebral... →
Iowa House Marriage Debate Kerfuffle
There has been a lot of moving around on this today — @Charlotte_Eby on Twitter has been providing quotes and happenings throughout the day. Follow her for the updates!
Iowa's Family Values →
Iowa has long been a champion of civil rights advances. This op-ed details one person’s story of Iowa’s heritage.
And as fast as it happened...
Looks like that was resolved pretty quickly. http://bit.ly/Zn3BI
State House Republicans trying to force a vote on...
Looks like there has been a “call of the House”, where House members are rounded up and called to a session, and forced to stay in the chamber. From Twitter: http://bit.ly/W4DZY http://bit.ly/MuHmc http://bit.ly/Ksfle
Readymade's San Francisco Staff Balks at... →
Pretend for a moment you have two options:
Keep your job at a hip and by all accounts growing magazine, but you have to move to Iowa. OR
Quit your job at the hip and by all accounts growing magazine, but stay in San Francisco.
Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage OK →
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court announced its ruling in a landmark same-sex marriage case Friday morning.
The court’s written ruling was to be issued on the Iowa Supreme Court’s Web site , but traffic to the site crashed the server and took down the Web site.
The court ruled in favor of six same-sex couples who sought to get marriage licenses, but were denied. The...
Iowa Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage to be... →
A long awaited and significant Iowa Supreme Court case ruling on same-sex marriage will be released tomorrow, likely at 8:30 a.m. The case, Varnum vs. Brien, involves six same-sex Iowa couples who sued Polk County Recorder Timothy Brien in 2005, after his office denied them marriage licenses. Polk County District Judge Robert Hanson sided with the couples in a ruling last year, but he suspended...
March 2009
31 posts
Soda Machine Explodes in Cedar Rapids →
CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids police say a pop machine has exploded sending debris 100 feet and damaging nearby vehicles.
Customer Finds 'Deadbeat' Label On Her Meds →
OMAHA, Neb. — It was one pharmacy label that workers at an Iowa pharmacy didn’t want out in the open.But “Bankrupt Deadbeat” not only got out, it was also printed — on the customer’s receipt.
Brewers urge Iowa to loosen rules, join craft beer... →
Iowa City, Ia. — Iowa brewers and beer geeks say a law from 1933 is keeping the state off the craft beer bandwagon. Laws governing sales of higher-proof alcoholic beverages mean the state is losing tax money and blocking an expanding industry, they contend. Other states’ brew masters enjoy looser regulations and business from out-of-state buyers.
Iowa Democrats Unveil Tax Revamp →
DES MOINES (AP) - Legislative Democrats are unveiling plans to revamps Iowa’s income tax system, ending the ability to deduct federal taxes and using the extra revenue to lower tax rates.
America's Most Wanted Fugitive Captured in Iowa →
(via @abbietoeknee) A Mongol gang member featured on America’s Most Wanted was apprehended in Boone, Iowa while working in a tattoo parlor, after a tip to the show.
Bomb Threat at UI Hospitals Emergency Center →
IOWA CITY (AP) — Public safety officials say the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Emergency Treatment Center has reopened after a bomb threat.
First Iowa Tornado of the Year →
MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) - A tornado in Missouri Valley has struck a house, causing major damage, but no one was home at the time.
The Harrison County Emergency Management Agency says the house sustained damage, but no one was injured in the storm, which blew in from Nebraska.
Factory boss gets 3 years in immigration case →
DES MOINES, Iowa — A supervisor arrested after a massive immigration raid at an eastern Iowa kosher slaughterhouse was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison for his part in hiring illegal immigrants.
Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza, who worked as a supervisor of four departments at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville, will also serve two years of supervised release after prison.
Judge denies request to move Agriprocessors trial... →
DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal judge Wednesday denied a request by a kosher slaughterhouse and its former manager to move their trial out of Iowa because of pretrial publicity the manager’s lawyer has called “inflammatory, accusatory, and one-sided.”
Iowa lost 1.5% of its manufacturing jobs in past... →
via @iowatech - Industrial employment in Iowa fell 1.5 percent over the past 12 months according to the 2009 Iowa Manufacturers Register, a compilation of state industry published annually by Manufacturers’ News Inc. MNI reports Iowa lost 4,319 industrial jobs from January 2008 to January 2009.
Rescue groups paint a sad story of Iowa’s puppy... →
Miracle, a poodle, was rescued from an Iowa puppy mill and sent to Hearts United for Animals based in Auburn, Neb., Sorenson said. The veterinarian who spayed her after her rescue found dead puppies that had been inside her for so long they had hardened. Her uterus had ruptured, probably because of medication she was given to force labor, said Sorenson.
Iowa's County Websites Leave Something to be... →
More than a dozen of Iowa’s 99 counties don’t offer a Web site, and there are glaring inconsistencies in content among those counties that maintain sites.
The Associated Press conducted a one-day spot-check of county and state government Web sites in late February as part of Sunshine Week, a journalist-led effort to spotlight the importance of government openness.
Lift the Limit →
Because of Iowa’s stupid beer definition (no beer may have more than 5% ABV), there is next to no availability of many fantastic beers and I had to resort to buying beer out of state. Lift the damn limit.
