Several Eastern Iowa groups are among more than 100 community-based child abuse prevention programs receiving $1.3 million in grants from the Iowa Department of Human Services. “These grants are designed to meet specific needs as identified by people on the front lines of child protection,” said Wendy Rickman, administrator of the Adult, Child and...
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A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Wednesday, April 25, 2012: ETHANOL EXTENSION: The Iowa House approved a one-year extension of a0ne-cent ethanol tax credit to prevent “an unintentional fuel tax increase by doing nothing,” according to Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer, R-Garner. If the tax credit was not extended until...
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DES MOINES – Lawmakers and Capitol officials “messed up” in responding to a death threat against a legislator and his clerk earlier this month, prompting an ongoing review of safety procedures at the Statehouse. “We did not do a good job,” said House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, who played a central role in responding...
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Dubuque Senior High School junior Angela Wagner, Wahlert High School junior Zach DeMoully, and Hempstead High School senior Alex Baranski, were declared Trig-Stars for their respective high schools for the 2011-2012 academic year in a recent competition. Continue reading
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The City of Dubuque Housing & Community Development Department is selling completely renovated and historically restored single-family town homes to moderate-income homebuyers. Continue reading
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Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will speak at Eastern I0wa Republican district conventions April 21. Reynolds will speak at the 1st District convention, which begins at 10 a.m. at Grinnell Middle School, before speaking to the 2nd District convention, which kicks off at 10 a.m. at Iowa Wesleyan College Howe Student Center Gymnasium, in Mount...
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