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Record increase in nitrate removal costs
Des Moines Water Works has spent a record amount this year trying to keep nitrates out of the city's drinking water. CEO Bill Stowe tells the Torch more than one-and-a-half million dollars has gone in...
Jul 28, 2015
Bird flu vaccine works
USDA is seeking federal funding to stockpile a bird flu vaccine it says is 100 percent effective in protecting chickens. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told a House Ag panel yesterday they're now testing th...
Jul 23, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 7-22: Seven presidential candidates in metro this weekend, Congressman Young co-sponsors VA legislation, UI adds first dorm in 50 years
Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley will hold five events on Friday.It's another busy two days in the metro on Friday and Saturday with 7 presidential candidates in town. Chris Chr...
Jul 22, 2015
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
Bobby Jindal wraps up Iowa tour in Ames
GOP presidential candidate Bobby Jindal.(photo by Sarah Beckman)Foreign policy and reducing the size of the federal government are two of the main issues driving Republican presidential candidate Bobb...
Jul 21, 2015
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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
Torch Afternoon News 7-20: Grassley comments on Planned Parenthood, Kasich and Christie plan visits, Drake alum wins British Open playoff
U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleySenator Chuck Grassley wants answers into the Planned Parenthood controversial video that surfaced last week. Grassley says he's not jumping to conclusions just yet. Several...
Jul 20, 2015
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Eddie Tipton has been found guilty by a jury in the Hot Lotto fraud case. He was accused of rigging a lottery computer so he could by the winning ticket and pass it to a friend to collect more than 16...
Jul 20, 2015
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