Sen. Chuck Grassley isn’t alarmed by “what some might call upheavals” in Republican politics in Indiana, Nebraska and Iowa. He sees the recent victories by Tea Party-backed candidates in GOP Senate primaries in Indiana and Nebraska as well as the success of Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul supporters in Iowa in electing a majority...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood will return to Dubuque Friday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Complete Streets Project in the Historic Millwork District. The event will be held at 10:30 a.m. at 10th & Jackson. The public is invited. Continue reading
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The Republican Party of Iowa caught heat from news organizations for reneging on its own plan for releasing certified presidential precinct caucus results by giving them to the Des Moines Register before any other media outlets. One of the party’s critics at a public hearing hosted by the GOP in Des Moines May 15...
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CHANGE IN LOCATION Mitt Romney will deliver what’s being billed as a major policy address May 15 in Des Moines on the “out-of-control spending and debt” under the Obama administration, according to Iowa U.S. Rep. Steve King. Romney, who is hitting back on a new round of attack ads by President Obama’s re-election campaign,...
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Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, has announced that former state lawmaker Doug Struyk will become his executive officer. Struyk will replace Matt Hinch, who is leaving the speaker’s staff to join the Des Moines Partnership. Struyk, 41, served in the Iowa House from 2003 to 2011, including a stint as assistant minority leader....
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UPDATED CEDAR RAPIDS – The founder of the Cedar Rapids Tea Party has endorsed Dubuque businessman Rod Blum in the U.S. House 1st District Republican primary. Blum is facing Independence attorney Ben Lange, who was the GOP challenger to Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley of Waterloo in 2010. Despite of Lange coming within 2 percentage...
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Jobs and the economy, property tax relief, lower spending and education reform were winning issues for Iowa Republicans two years ago when they took a 60-40 majority in the House and picked up six seats in the Senate. “Thematically, not a lot has changed since 2010,” said House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha. “That’s still...
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On May 8th, 2012 at 9:05 p.m., Dubuque Police responded to 140 Loras Blvd. #1 on the report of a stabbing. Officers met with alleged victim, Mary C. Padulla, 50, of that address, who reported she had been stabbed by an unknown suspect. Continue reading
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On May 9th, 2012, Dubuque Police arrested the owner of Dubuque Pawn (2160 Central Ave.), Michael H. Vandermillen, 39, of 811 Hawkeye Heights, Dubuque, on a charge of Ongoing Criminal Conduct and Possession of a Firearm as a Felon. Continue reading
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