Local efforts to improve and manage Iowa’s streams could end if the Legislature doesn’t fund the program in its closing week. “It really needs to get some funding this year, or the whole effort really kind of goes away,” said Sen. Rob Hogg, D-Cedar Rapids. “It’s  kind of a farmer-led watershed improvement effort. It...
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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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UPDATED 6:15 p.m. to embed documents CORALVILLE — The deal that is bringing Von Maur to Coralville may be worth more than $16 million to the department store, with much of that coming from taxpayers, according to a public finance expert. That’s significantly more than the $11 million figure that has been frequently used...
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IOWA CITY – Most of the at-large candidates for the City Council here would put up a stop sign to red-light cameras. Six of the seven candidates said at a forum Wednesday night that they oppose the traffic-enforcement cameras, which Iowa City is considering implementing. “This is a revenue grab, and we should not...
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IOWA CITY – With Gov. Terry Branstad balking at the cost, the Iowa City area could help pick up the bill to operate an Iowa City-to-Chicago passenger rail line. The City Council Monday night gave its approval to send a letter to the state saying the city would pursue local funding for Amtrak service....
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DES MOINES – State transportation officials said Wednesday they expect agreements will be finalized by spring with federal and Illinois officials that will enable Iowa to begin using funds from Iowa’s $86.8 million federal allocation aimed at making Chicago-to-Iowa City passenger rail service an eventual reality. Nancy Richardson, director of the state Department of...
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(Dubuque, Cedar Rapids) – Representatives of Four Oaks’ FaDSS (Family Development and Self-Sufficiency) program are preparing to talk with the new state legislature about the importance of Iowa families working toward self-sufficiency and staying off welfare. Four Oaks FaDSS grant, also called Cornerstone, is partnering with the Iowa Family Development Alliance for a FaDSS...
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