Governor Kim Reynolds says the state has made good progress on Covid vaccinations and she has no plan to offer the kind of incentives other states are trying — like college scholarships and lottery prizes — to encourage more people to get vaccinated. “I’m not going to do a lottery,” Reynolds said earlier today in […]
All regular shifts are on Thursday at the JBS meatpacking plant in Marshalltown that had some production disrupted this week after a company-wide cyber attack. However, the slaughtering operation at the JBS plant in Ottumwa will start two hours late Thursday and some meat cutting operations are cancelled. All bacon-related departments at the Ottumwa plant […]
Governor Kim Reynolds chose Black Hawk State Park in Lake View as the backdrop for a bill-signing ceremony to approve a budget that expands spending on the state park system by $2 million. The plan also includes about $42 million for a variety of water quality initiatives. Reynolds noted the first bill she signed into […]
Even though the pandemic hit them disproportionately harder than others, many Latino business owners in Iowa are optimistic as the pandemic subsides. Himar Hernandez is a community development specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. He works with many Latino-owned businesses and says in a short time, multiple new businesses have opened. “I would […]
The former CEO of Make-A-Wish Iowa has pleaded guilty to embezzling from the charity. Forty-year-old Jennifer Woodley was arrested in late January. The Associated Press reports Woodley has entered a written guilty plea to two counts of first-degree theft and one count of fraudulent practices. She’ll be sentenced in July and the AP reports prosecutors […]
The Democratic leader in the Iowa House is stepping down and a new House Minority Leader will be chosen on June 14. House Democrats selected State Representative Todd Prichard of Charles City as their leader after the 2018 election and then again after the 2020 election. In a written statement, Prichard said it has been […]
Two meatpacking plants in Iowa saw canceled shifts and a halt in production this week, following a cyberattack on the world’s largest meat producer. JBS plants in Marshalltown and Ottumwa were forced to slow down or temporarily stop production lines. Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says he’s concerned about interruptions which can hurt the industry, […]
Most farmers in the state have parked their planters. The U.S.D.A report shows corn planting is virtually complete and 87% of the seeds have already poked out of the ground. The emergence is five days ahead of the five-year average. The report shows 81% of corn is in good to excellent condition. Just 7% of […]
A special investigation by the State Auditor’s office has found a former state employee manipulated timesheets to boost her husband’s pay by tens of thousands of dollars. Renae Rapp was an administrative assistant who managed payroll and staff scheduling at the state unit in Cherokee where sexually violent predators are committed once their prison terms […]
