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Iowa on alert for wildfowl with flu
Iowa will join a national effort to keep an eye on wild waterfowl for bird flu symptoms. Migrating birds are blamed for the outbreak that wiped out flocks at 70 poultry operations in the state. DNR is...
Aug 27, 2015
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Pavement created from soybeans? ISU dedicates a new pilot plant facility tomorrow to produce bio-polymers from soybean oil.The facility helps companies that want to eventually replace petroleum-based ...
Aug 25, 2015
Record-breaking year for state fair
The Iowa State Fair hit a record attendance rate this year. The fair this year drew in more than a million-117-thousand people, breaking the 2008 record of a million-80-thousand. Great weather, visiti...
Aug 25, 2015
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Des Moines' tax abatement program expires at the end of the year, and city officials wanted to get residents' and developers' take on extending it. The city is recommending using a declining scale sys...
Aug 20, 2015
Poultry producers want bird flu vaccine
Poultry producers in Iowa are pushing for vaccine protection for their birds this fall. Both the state and the feds have held back on recommending anti-bird-flu shots, because of potential repercussio...
Aug 20, 2015
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The keys to the 4-billion dollar Medicaid program in Iowa are being turned over by the governor to four private companies, starting the first of the year. The decision marks a key point in Governor Br...
Aug 18, 2015
Bird flu cost Iowa more than a billion
The bird flu epidemic in Iowa cost the state's economy one-point-2 billion dollars, according to the latest tally from the Iowa Farm Bureau. The bureau says recovery will not be swift, since half of I...
Aug 18, 2015
Walker keeps campaign message despite hecklers
by Sarah Beckman, 98.3 the TorchDozens of protesters, both from local groups and from out of state, gathered in front of the Des Moines Register’s Soap Box at the Iowa State Fair on Monday to ra...
Aug 17, 2015
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The Iowa State Fair opens today. The ten-day event got its kickoff last night with a parade starting at the state capitol. The event showcases the state's best in agriculture, food and entertainment.I...
Aug 13, 2015
No more MHI closings, director says
The head of the Iowa Department of Human Services says he has no plans to shut down the remaining two state mental health facilities. But he’s not sure the state needs more than the 700 availabl...
Aug 13, 2015
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