Iowa News Archives

The state's largest biodiesel production plant will begin operation on Tuesday. Renewable Energy Group Inc.

Two dozen community-based organizations in Iowa have come together to host the Heartland Presidential Forum tomorrow afternoon in Des Moines.

Staying warm in Iowa will likely cost more money this winter. Natural gas prices are projected to be 8 percent higher than last year's, while propane prices could be 15 percent higher, according to the Iowa ...

Living below the poverty line can be especially tough during an Iowa winter - and this year may be tougher than last.

Iowa needs to repay $1.5 million aimed at helping the poor and disabled. That's according to the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services .

It's official. TPI Composites of Warren, R.I., will establish a 500-employee factory in Newton, where the town's largest employer, the former Maytag factory and headquarters, is winding down operations.

Google is moving ahead with plans for its new data center in Council Bluffs. The Web giant is recruiting and hiring workers, but company officials remain tightlipped about details.

Chief Rainforest con man and Senator Chuck "fauxscal conservative" Grassley campaign contributor David Oman From the Knoxville Journal-Express : Earthpark is a $150 million indoor rain forest project, ...

A homeless veteran's death two weeks ago in Iowa City has prompted several groups to fight back.

“When it happened, my house shook, and I'm clear on the other end of this town”

A grain bin collapsed and sent a tidal wave of corn into a home, sweeping it off its foundation, trapping a family of four and shaking the ground for miles.

One man was taken to a hospital after being buried for hours in grain and debris in Hillsboro in southeast Iowa.

The bin _ about 100 feet in diameter, 90 feet high and containing more than 500,000 bushels of corn _ collapsed Monday evening. The force of the grain broke the walls of Jesse and Jennifer Kellett's home and sent the roof crashing down. Read more

MOLINE, Ill. - Farm equipment maker Deere & Co. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 52 percent as strong worldwide agricultural sales more than offset declines in other sectors from the U.S. housing ...

Unions and businesses may pay for TV and radio "issue ads" that name candidates in the days before elections, federal regulators said Tuesday, easing previous restrictions and opening the way for interest ...

The Black Hawk County Health Department will present on Wednesday the results of a study examining the potential health effects if a coal plant is built in the area.

The price of gasoline has jumped another 13 cents in the last two weeks, close to the all-time high set earlier this year, according to a survey published Sunday.

Get that man an Actors' Equity card. Bill Clinton is developing a side line as top performer on his wife's comic Web videos. via NBC Channel 7/39

“We do not believe in allowing lobbyists to write the laws of the United States of America.”

Six Democratic presidential contenders wooed Iowans at a raucous fund-raising dinner on Saturday, with Barack Obama and John Edwards taking veiled shots at front-runner Hillary Clinton on a night filled with ... via Reuters

Nov 16, 2007 2:12 PM, By Forrest Laws Farm Press Editorial Staff The Senate fell five votes short of cutting off debate on the farm bill, a move Democratic leaders said was necessary for Congress to complete ...

Cindy Iutzi/MVM News Network Fourteen economic development projects in Iowa, including two in Keokuk, were awarded funding Thursday from the Iowa Economic Development Board and Iowa Department of Economic ...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Economic development officials have approved state incentives for 14 businesses with a promise that nearly 1,000 jobs will be created and hundreds more will be retained.

The Cedar Rapids airport is in line for more than 26 million dollars in federal funds for runway construction.

The IRS is looking for more than 600 Iowa taxpayers. That's because they're owned nearly $440,000 in refunds from the 2006 tax returns.

State officials say three communities will get a share of more than $1 million in Vision Iowa grants.

Gov. Chet Culver has appointed a Woodbury County magistrate to Iowa's 3rd Judicial District.

This weekend on Ezra Klein's blog, Nicholas Beaudrot posted a neat picture of a pie graph affixed to a car that showed relative levels of discretionary federal budget spending.

Girl regularly ate pizza involved in recall This is what Kayla Boner left: Softball jerseys.

Nu-World Amaranth of Dyersville has been named the November Renew Rural Iowa Entrepreneur of the Month, an Iowa Farm Bureau program created to honor small business leaders.

Iowa's hopes for a bowl bid could depend on the Hawkeyes last game -- a nonconference matchup against visiting Western Michigan this weekend.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Gov. Chet Culver said Sunday he temporarily lifted limits on how long gasoline and diesel truck drivers can work, a move he said was designed to combat fuel shortage in neighboring states ...

The race for the Democratic presidential nomination is moving into overdrive today, as candidates scramble to outdo each other to win over the Iowa activists who will go to the caucuses on January 3rd.

DES MOINES, Iowa - When gas hits $3.50 to $4 a gallon, Midwest consumers and government officials may become much more interested in expanding passenger rail service than they now are, officials concluded ...

The proposal would mandate that determinations on disability benefits occur within 30 days and that payments begin no later than two weeks after the determination, according to Dodd.

Veterans make up one in four homeless people in the United States, though they are only 11 percent of the general adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.

Governor Culver wants to explore the idea of voting by mail, and he wants some input from Iowa voters.

An estimated 500 Deere & Co. retirees packed Christ the King Catholic Church in Moline this morning to learn about a group's efforts to fight changes Deere has made in their health benefits.

BETTENDORF, Iowa - Democrat Barack Obama called Wednesday for an overhaul of the nation's bankruptcy laws and said he would offer tax breaks of up to $4,000 a year to make college more affordable for ...

The southern Iowa town of Centerville is getting some new jobs. The Barker Company, based in Keosauqua, is expanding its operations in Centerville.

After three years on the market, it appears a buyer has been found for the vacant ConAgra plant near Britt.

Younger veterans have a hard time connecting with Legions, VFWs By Mary Loden Of The Summit Veterans Day automatically calls to mind images of World War II, the poppies of Flander's Field and cemeteries dotted ...

Monsanto Co. plans to invest $230 million to expand its Iowa seed corn operations over the next two years.

WEST DES MOINES n More than half of Iowans who stopped smoking this year say the recent increase in the cigarette tax was a factor in their decision, according to a survey released Monday by anti-smoking ...

Republican John McCain, campaigning for support in Iowa's January caucuses, got an inspirational early return Monday from a fellow military veteran.

Zebra mussels have shown up on a boat in Rathbun Lake in southern Iowa, raising concerns that the invasive species might have spread.

A Monroe teenager died from an apparent E. coli infection on Friday after showing flu-like symptoms for almost two weeks.

A Polk County judge says that Iowa regulators have been illegally allowing new hospital projects without proving they are needed.

It's about to become easier to see in the morning. Daylight-saving time will come to an end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov.

Iowa's prison system is expected to be a big topic at the Legislature next year.

A program aimed at collecting back taxes in Iowa has brought in 13 million dollars.

A new survey of supply managers and business leaders shows that economic growth is slowing dramatically because of inflation in nine Midwestern and Plains states.

Under discount deals offered at new suburban hospitals, patients and employers could save money when they are treated there instead of at downtown medical centers.