With the looming end-of-the-month deadline for the state of emergency declaration for the bird flu approaching, Governor Branstad said he will extend it if need be. Branstad said on Friday that he met with state Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey and several poultry farmers to assess the current state of the outbreak and its affect on…… MORE
Governor Branstad is sticking to his timeline of next month for the end of the legislative session, though he said he’s optimistic it won’t carry on further after this week’s legislative activity. “It’s always good when people start focusing on resolving the differences,” said Branstad. “But I think we still have a long ways to…… MORE
Don’t expect to see any live birds at the Iowa State Fair or any county fair this summer. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced Thursday that it’s ordering the state fair and all county fairs to cancel live bird exhibitions this year as the bird flu outbreak continues to progress. “We are…… MORE
Harris Vaccines in Ames is waiting to hear back from the USDA about a bird flu vaccine it created. Director Hank Harris says his lab developed the vaccine without the actual strain of the deadly bird flu infecting millions of chickens and turkeys in Iowa. Harris and his team created the vaccine about a month ago.…… MORE
In a warehouse building off the interstate in Ames, a two-story lab is busy creating vaccines for all kinds of animal diseases. One of them is the bird flu vaccine, which will help ward off the disease infecting millions of chickens and turkeys in Iowa and neighboring states. Hank Harris of HarrisVaccines said his lab team has…… MORE
Former Texas governor and potential GOP presidential contender Rick Perry spoke to a room full of Iowans on Wednesday about national security and foreign policy. Perry was the first speaker in a series put on by the Iowa chapter of Americans for Prosperity, Peace, and Security. Several topics were touched on that Perry addressed in…… MORE
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller has joined other state attorneys general across the nation in filing a federal lawsuit against four cancer charities. The “fake” cancer charities scammed around $187 million from donors over the past few years. The charities named in the lawsuit include: Cancer Fund for America, Children’s Cancer Fund of America, Cancer…… MORE
As a way to congratulate the ongoing work of the Southeast Connector Road Project in Des Moines, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx visited the city on Friday afternoon. The project was awarded a $10 million TIGER grant three years ago, and has helped create a 2 mile extension of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. Des Moines was…… MORE
April is autism awareness month! Autism Speaks Light It Up Blueinitiative started six years ago to commemorate UN-Sanctioned WorldAutism Awareness Day on April 2nd. What started as a day fo…… MORE
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