Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
DES MOINES, Iowa-- A federal grand jury in Iowa has returned a 12-count indictment against a kosher slaughterhouse and some of its employees on charges ranging from conspiracy and harboring illegal immigrants to bank fraud.
Krusty Konservative (Free subscription) | yesterday
Huckabee a Celebrity? Mike Huckabee was in Iowa promoting his new book yesterday. Huckabee drew huge crowds in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. While some grumble that he is already campaigning for president; I think he is just wisely going to the places where he has a following to promote his book. However, I have to admit it is smart to get everyone’s email address that comes through the line. Love him...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
The dean of Iowa’s political journalistas, The Des Moines Register’s David Yepsen, is among three finalists for a job at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. From the Daily Egyptian (the college paper): Paul Simon described his public policy institute as a “do tank,” not a think tank. The three candidates [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Emily Geiger So, I know this will be the topic everyone in the Iowa blogosphere is talking about, but it’s just too juicy of a story to pass up. Iowa’s first lady, Mari Culver, was seen by a Des Moines Register reporter smoking in a state vehicle in violation [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | yesterday
Number of comments: 3 Huckabee a Celebrity? Mike Huckabee was in Iowa promoting his new book yesterday. Huckabee drew huge crowds in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. While some grumble that he is already campaigning for president; I think he is just wisely going to the places where he has a following to [...]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Central Iowa residents are invited to create a connection with the city of Des Moines by purchasing an engraved brick that will surround the landings on either side of the Center
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Civic Skinny, the political gossip column published every week in Des Moines’ alternative newsweekly (Cityview), says sources inside the Iowa Democratic Party expect Lt. Gov. Patty Judge to become the party’s next chair. The idea, Skinny says, is that the move would bolster Gov. Chet Culver’s standing leading up to his re-election bid in 2010. Here’s the [...]
Indy Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa » A judge has ruled that the former chief executive officer of an Iowa slaughterhouse that was the site of a large immigration raid is a flight risk and should remain in federal custody. U.S. Magistrate Jon Scoles issued the order Thursday for Sholom Rubashkin.
Animal Crazy (Free subscription) | yesterday
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa zoo has recaptured a flamingo that flew over a Des Moines neighborhood, a golf course and the entire zoo during a 7-hour freedom flight. Blank Park Zoo workers clipped the adult Chilean flamingo's...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
After being caught by a reporter from The Des Moines Register smoking in in a state-owned vehicle, a violation of the state’s smoking ban, Iowa First Lady Mari Culver apologized and promised it would never happen again. Culver was spotted by the Register smoking in a Chevrolet Tahoe that the state provides to the [...]
Radio Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee has a new book out -- Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That's Bringing Common Sense Back to America. He held a booksigning in Cedar Rapids earlier today; another is scheduled this evening in...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
After being seen smoking by a Des Moines Register reporter in a state-owned vehicle (a “workplace” under the statewide smoking ban) Mari Culver owns up: Iowa’s first lady admitted today that she smoked in a state-owned vehicle, breaking a law that her husband signed with fanfare in April. The law [...]
Krusty Konservative (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Huckabee is over in Cedar Rapids for a book signing. He had a crowd of over 100 there to buy his book and get him to sign it. Nice bus. So I expect the Mods will rip on Huckabee, so I'll post the following picture of Doug Gross driving the mystery machine. I think that's Roderer in the back seat.
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Number of comments: 6 Huckabee is over in Cedar Rapids for a book signing. He had a crowd of over 100 there to buy his book and get him to sign it. Nice bus. So I expect the Mods will rip on Huckabee, so I'll post the following picture [...]
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Gov. Chet Culver is asking state departments to come up with ways Iowa can trim $30 to $40 million from its budget, The Des Moines Register reported today. The state was expecting to finish its budget year in June with $85 million in the general fund, but projections now show that number to be around $15 [...]
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