Posted July 09, 2013in Rap Sheet
Posted July 05, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa universities and Board of Regents dinged in audits
DES MOINES – Iowa public colleges overpaid staff, failed to safeguard university and student information and implemented a new student information system riddled with errors, according to newly released audit reports for the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa. Additionally, auditors found the Iowa Board of Regents,
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Posted July 03, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Tech giants benefit from offshore accounts and Iowa tax breaks
DES MOINES – Iowa has handed out nearly $30.3 million in tax breaks to attract two tech companies that rank among the top in the nation for their offshore holdings, which allow them to drastically reduce their tax burden in the United States. The companies – Microsoft and Google –
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Posted July 03, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa town becomes site of second U.S. horse slaughterhouse
DES MOINES – A small town in southeast Iowa gained initial approval Tuesday to become home the nation’s second horse slaughterhouse that will produce meat for human consumption, officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Tuesday. Responsible Transportation of Sigourney met the USDA’s initial requirements and will have to
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Posted July 03, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Sex offenders and ice cream truck drivers beware: New Iowa laws in effect
DES MOINES – Sex offenders, school workers and ice cream truck drivers in Iowa beware: Monday marks the day that a slew of new state laws go into effect. All school employees will now have to undergo background checks that will include a search of the state’s sex offender and
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Posted July 03, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Virginia eyes confusing Iowa program as road map to restore felon voting rights
ALEXANDRIA — Gov. Bob McDonnell’s recent decision to automatically restore some felons’ voting rights in Virginia may not survive past this year. A plan to follow a confusing road map laid out by Iowa could further cloud the issue. In January, a new governor will take control and could reverse the
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Posted July 03, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines
Amount: $1,225.00 To: Metal Masters For: The removal of signage placards at Birdland Pool in Des Moines. Amount: $520 To: U.S. Postal Service For: Six-month rental fee for a post office box. Amount: $610.06 To: Acorn Naturalists (California) For: Purchase of butterfly posters, an owl skull and insect
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Posted July 03, 2013in Your View
Let Zabel rest in peace, along with his integrity
Bob Fagerland’s question about why Jim Zabel didn’t serve in WWII is first and foremost no one else’s business (Your View, June 20). I had the pleasure of running into Jim on numerous occasions when flying through western cities. He was always wearing very thick-lens eyeglasses. He probably couldn’t see
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Posted July 03, 2013in Good Bad Ugly
The good Bad news for burglars in Des Moines. Since January, the police department has had plain-clothes officers assigned to a Crimes Against Property beat to assist with burglary investigations following an insurgence of burglaries city wide. The department announced last week that this special squad did reduce the number
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Posted July 03, 2013in Tech Talk
Ingress gets gamers off the couch
You may not be aware, but you are living in a war zone. Central Iowa is currently besieged by two warring factions that are fighting for the future of our very existence. Why haven’t you heard anything about this on the news? Because it’s occurring on a plane of existence
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