Iowa-based Hy-Vee seeks to move corporate workers to retail
Apr 28, 2022
The Associated Press - WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa-based grocery chain Hy-Vee will ask up to 500 of its employees to move from corporate-level jobs to retail positions at its stores, it said…
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GOP lawmakers vote to cut unemployment benefit maximum to 16 weeks
Apr 27, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate have agreed to reduce the maximum duration of state unemployment benefits by about 39 percent. In January, Governor Kim Reynolds called on lawmakers to make…
Warmer weather needed before planting can begin
Apr 26, 2022
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR While we’re more than a month into spring already, weather and soil conditions have been far from ideal for Iowa farmers to do much in the way of spring planting. Angie Rieck-Hinz,…
Bird flu drives free-range hens indoors to protect poultry
Apr 25, 2022
By DAVID PITT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is it OK for free-range chickens to not range freely? That’s a question free-range egg producers have been pondering lately as they try to be open about…
Meeting to discuss opposition to liquefied CO2 pipeline
Apr 25, 2022
A meeting was held in Oskaloosa Friday night (4/22) about a proposed pipeline that would carry liquefied carbon dioxide across the state. Carolyn Raffensperger, executive director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, spoke about…
Transportation secretary says Iowa bridge repair a priority for new infrastructure dollars
Apr 22, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The U.S. Transportation Secretary says addressing safety concerns is the highest priority for the $3.9 billion in new federal infrastructure money for Iowa roads, bridges, and airports. Secretary Pete…
Iowa home sales up slightly in March
Apr 21, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Home sales in Iowa held steady last month, while national data shows a decline of 2.7% in sales of existing U.S. home in March. “So in some ways we’re…
Legislature sends mobile home park bill to governor
Apr 20, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Republicans in the Iowa Senate have sent the governor a bill to require that the owners of mobile home parks provide notices of rent increases or utility hikes 90…
2nd suspect arrested in deadly Iowa nightclub shooting
Apr 19, 2022
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A second suspect in a shooting at an Iowa nightclub that killed two people and injured 10 others was arrested Monday in a Chicago suburb, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Dimione Jamal…
Iowa Supreme Court rules Finkenauer’s name may be printed on Primary ballots
Apr 18, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a district court ruling — and U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer’s name will be listed on the June Primary ballot. The Iowa Supreme…