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Torch Afternoon News 6-26: Bobby Jindal makes surprise visit in Urbandale, Flooding causes headache for metro, Grimes wants census workers
Louisiana Governor Bobby JindalRepublican presidential candidate Bobby Jindal made his first stop in Urbandale as a contender in the race earlier today. Jindal addressed today's ruling on same sex mar...
Jun 26, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 6-25: Metro area battling flooding, Iowa leaders speak at EPA hearing, Supreme Court rules in favor of Obamacare subsidies
Lots of flooding around the metro from last night's storms...several trails and parks are closed today, including Grays Lake and sections of the Des Moines River Trail. No date or time has been set as...
Jun 25, 2015
Gov. Branstad fires at EPA during RFS hearing in Kansas
Governor Terry BranstadGovernor Branstad delivered poignant testimony at the EPA’s public hearing on proposed Renewable Fuel Standards in Kansas City, Kansas today.Branstad started off his speec...
Jun 25, 2015
Car crashes and deaths down
The greater Des Moines area has been hit with fewer car crashes and car-related deaths in the past decade, according to the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. The biggest number of ac...
Jun 22, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 6-19: Telemed abortion ban ruled unconstitutional, Iowa lacking in summer reading programs, US Dept. of Labor gives $5.25 million for bird flu aftermath
Iowa's highest court has ruled that telemed abortions can continue in the state. The court threw out the ban imposed by the Iowa Board of Medicine that required a doctor to be there when a woman took ...
Jun 19, 2015
TORCH MORNING NEWS YOU CAN USE:
The greater Des Moines area produced 44 billion dollars' worth of products last year, according to the U-S Conference of Mayors' latest report. That's up 4-tenths of a percent from the previous year. ...
Jun 19, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 6-18: Branstad writes to Obama, Ernst talks RFS, Judge hears speed cameras lawsuit
Governor Branstad is asking for a Presidential Disaster Declaration for the bird flu epidemic. Branstad wrote to President Obama that Iowa needs help from FEMA with the effects of the disease on unemp...
Jun 18, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 6-17: Iowans leaders plan trips to Cuba, Jeb Bush visits Pella tonight, Free master’s program for Des Moines teachers
If you're a public school teacher in Des Moines, you'll soon be able to get your Master's Degree for free from Drake University. The district's school board approved a contract with the university las...
Jun 17, 2015
TORCH MORNING NEWS YOU CAN USE 6-17:
A private contractor is being hired by the state to track state workers' medical leave, at a cost of 32-thousand dollars per month. State human resources staff will no longer be determining whether em...
Jun 17, 2015
Wet fields put damper on planting
Some Iowa farmers are having trouble spraying their fields for weeds, because of the wet weather we've had. USDA says standing water is also a problem, causing some drowned out spots that will need to...
Jun 17, 2015
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