A California-based company that charged up to 200 percent interest for cash advances and targeted veterans with military pensions will cease offering Iowans unusually steep, high-interest loans. Iowa Attorney General, Tom Miller, reached an agreement with Future
In Tuesday morning’s Condition of the State Address, Gov. Terry Branstad said he is making a two-year balanced budget proposal that includes some difficult reductions. He has promised, however, that with the tax revenue shortfalls of $132
Iowa’s 87th General Assembly kicked off Monday of this week and District 12 House Representative, Brian Best of Glidden, joined 99 other state representatives for the swearing-in ceremony. In addition to Gov. Terry Branstad’s Condition of the
A post-election poll released yesterday (Tuesday) shows that Trump supporters in the Midwest are staunchly pro-ethanol. The Quadrant Strategies survey of 3,000 Trump voters in Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio and Minnesota found that more than eight in
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a combat veteran and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, met Tuesday with President-elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Army, former U.S. Army infantry officer, Vincent Viola. She says Viola’s military
Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds will discuss the significant role biofuels play in Iowa’s energy future at the 2017 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit at the end of the month. Branstad and Reynolds’ appearance follows
In what will likely be the last address that Gov. Terry Branstad makes to the Iowa Legislature and the people of the state on the Condition of the State, he said he is proud to be making
An area resident has fallen victim to a phone scam that promised an increase to Social Security income. Authorities are reporting that the caller said all they needed was a little bit of personal and banking information
Iowa’s 2016 biodiesel production reached a record-breaking total of 297 million gallons, surpassing 2015’s total of 242 million gallons by 55 million. The 23 percent increase is attributed to support from the federal level, such as the
On Jan. 6, family members of 84-year-old (Beverly) Joy Annear asked for assistance searching for their missing grandmother and mother, but that search ended Sunday morning after the family called off the search at approximately 8:20 a.m.
