‘The Power of Habit’ is a good start
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Random House Jan. 7, 2014 $16 383 pp. In “The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Book Review
Posted April 30, 2014in On the Move
Saylorville opens Marine Store
Saylorville Lake Marina, a Suntex Marinas property, announced last week its grand opening and Spring Fling celebration for a new Marine Store and Service Center, May 2-4 at 6170 N.W. [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Duffy
Posted April 30, 2014in Cover Story
All summer long
It’s time for the best season of the year in Iowa, and we ain’t talking about summer: It’s festival season. All summer long (and into the fall and winter), cities [...]
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Posted April 29, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
One dollar payments get Iowa millions in Medicare dollars
DES MOINES, Iowa — Talk about a massive return on investment: Iowa receives millions each year from the federal government in exchange for $1 monthly contributions for each of the [...]
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Posted April 29, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Casinos will pay $92 million to end dog racing mandate
DES MOINES, Iowa —Decades of state-mandated subsidies for Iowa’s two greyhound racing tracks may be about to end. In exchange for a $92 million payout to the state’s greyhound racing [...]
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Posted April 24, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa congressman urged IRS to investigate nonprofits
DES MONES, Iowa — Four days after the head of the Internal Revenue Service denied the agency was targeting conservative social welfare organizations applying for tax exempt status, Rep. Bruce [...]
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Posted April 24, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa to give Microsoft millions in exchange for 86 jobs
DES MOINES, Iowa— The Iowa Economic Development Authority has unmasked Project Alluvion, awarding $18 million in sales tax rebates for Microsoft to build a data center in West Des Moines. [...]
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Posted April 24, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Zoom! Sioux City and South Dakota battle over speed cameras
DES MOINES, Iowa — Sioux City’s Interstate 29 mobile speed cameras, which pumped $4.5 million into the city’s general operating budget last year, have just become less profitable. Neighboring South [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! DRIVING AND PARENTING ARE PRIVILEGES Police stopped a car for speeding on April 16 at 12:20 a.m. at the 2000 block of Interstate 235. [...]
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