23 Dec 2019

Seller of "Miracle Scraper," Auto Club Agrees to Refund Money to Iowans

By Lynn Hicks

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 23, 2019) — All Iowans who purchased the “Miracle Scraper” ice-scraper — including those unknowingly enrolled in an auto-membership club — will receive complete refunds under a settlement reached with the Iowa Attorney General’s Office.

23 Dec 2019

The Christmas Truce of 1914: Proof That Peace is Possible

By Thomas L Knapp

As 1914 drew to a close, Europe had been at war for months. On the Western Front, opposing armies faced each other across a stalemated front-line running from the North Sea to the Swiss border. On December 24, 100,000 soldiers from both sides of that line decided to create some peace on Earth.

20 Dec 2019

Sen Charles "Chuck" Grassley Receives Response from Defense Department on TransDigm Price Gouging

By Grassley Press

WASHINGTON DC (December 20, 2019) — Following inquiries from Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley regarding TransDigm Group Inc’s (TransDigm) price-gouging of spare parts purchased by the Department of Defense (DoD), Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M Lord provided further information about DoD’s TransDigm contra

20 Dec 2019

Ray LaHood Featured Speaker at Annual Abraham Lincoln Birthday Banquet on February 12

By David Blanchette

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (December 20, 2019) — Ray LaHood, former long-term Illinois Congressman and the US Transportation Secretary from 2009 to 2013, will be the featured speaker at the annual Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) Birthday Banquet on Wednesday, February 12 in Springfield.

20 Dec 2019

Vince Klim of Bettendorf, Iowa, Part of UW-Whitewater's Hired Before Graduation Campaign

By Jeff Angileri

WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN (December 20, 2019) — Vince Klim, an undergraduate entrepreneurship major, was hired as a sales development representative at the InfoSec Institute in Madison, Wisconsin.

20 Dec 2019

Story County Attorney Appointed as State’s Prosecuting Attorneys Training Coordinator

By Lynn Hicks

 

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 20, 2019) — Attorney General Tom Miller appointed Story County Attorney Jessica A Reynolds to serve as Iowa’s Prosecuting Attorneys Training Coordinator, who also serves as the executive director of the Iowa County Attorneys Association.

20 Dec 2019

Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership

By Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

WASHINGTON DC (December 20, 2019) — Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two bipartisan bills at the elevated spending levels agreed upon this summer.

20 Dec 2019

Local Student Alexus VanQuakebeke of Coal Valley, Illinois, Named to the Graceland University Fall 2019 Honors List

By Brooke Sutherland

LAMONI, IOWA (December 20, 2019) — The honor roll lists for Graceland University's 2019 fall term have been announced, and Alexus VanQuakebeke of Coal Valley, Illinois, has been named to the honors list.

Graceland University students with a GPA between 3.65 and 3.99 are named to the honors list.

20 Dec 2019

Rivermont Collegiate Adds Second Campus in Clinton, Iowa

By Jill Weitzel

BETTENDORF, IOWA (December 20, 2019) — Rivermont Collegiate, a PS-12th grade-independent school, founded in 1884, adds a second campus in Clinton, Iowa. The new campus, which will be called Rivermont Collegiate Pangaea Campus, boasts the best STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) facilities in the state of Iowa. Ashford University invested more than thirty million dollars into the campus before liquidating the asset several years ago.

20 Dec 2019

Local Student Myrissa Liedtke of Coal Valley, Illinois, Named to Graceland University Fall 2019 President's List

By Brooke Sutherland

LAMONI, IOWA (December 20, 2019) — The honor roll lists for Graceland University's 2019 fall term have been announced, and Myrissa Liedtke of Coal Valley, Illinois, has been named to the president's list.

Graceland University students with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average are named to the president's list.

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