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Torch Morning News you can use 7-22:
Looks like Iowa is a step closer to its goal of becoming the healthiest state in the U-S. The latest Kids Count ranker places Iowa 4th overall in terms of the well-being of its children, and number on...
Jul 22, 2015
Bird flu conference slated for Tuesday
Governor Branstad and U-S Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack will kick off next Tuesday a two-day conference on the bird flu. The industry conference at the downtown Marriott is designed to go over the response...
Jul 22, 2015
Torch Morning News you can use 7-21:
The Greater Des Moines Partnership wants to broker a settlement in Des Moines Water Works' suit against upriver counties over nitrate pollution. The group's Jay Byers told the Register they want to br...
Jul 21, 2015
Bird flu not done, Vilsack says
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack isn't ready to call the bird flu over in the Midwest. It's been more than a month since the last case was reported, but Vilsack says the threat has not passed. The warmer temp...
Jul 21, 2015
Iowa gets a double-header of pol summits
Two political summits set up shop in the first-in-the-nation caucus state over the weekend. Hillary Clinton received the loudest applause of the candidates at the Iowa Democratic Party Dinner in Cedar...
Jul 20, 2015
Torch Morning News you can use 7-15:
The defense in the Hot Lotto trial this week in Des Moines says there is no evidence that Eddie Tipton had contact with the two people involved in trying to claim a winning lotto ticket. They also tol...
Jul 15, 2015
Guard can stay at DSM – for now
The Iowa Air National Guard has another reprieve from getting kicked off the Des Moines Airport campus. The Des Moines Airport Authority voted to delay the termination of its lease agreement with the ...
Jul 15, 2015
Torch Morning News you can use 7-14:
There will be no special session to override budget vetoes, according to Governor Branstad. The governor says Republicans in the legislature do not want to go back to a special session to argue over e...
Jul 14, 2015
Certified Site Program adds Perry and Norwalk
Perry and Norwalk are among the latest communities named to the state's Certified Site Program. IEDA director Debi Durham says in addition, Woodward Eco Business Park was named a pilot site for the ne...
Jul 14, 2015
Union and lawmakers sue Governor
AFSCME and nearly two dozen state legislators have joined in a lawsuit against the governor and the state director of Health and Human Services. The suit is trying to compel Governor Branstad and Char...
Jul 14, 2015
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