WASHINGTON DC (September 13, 2019) — The Rutherford Institute is challenging the police practice of stopping cars registered to unlicensed owners, whether or not the owners are behind the wheel (such vehicles are often driven by licensed family members and friends) and in the absence of specific wrongdoing.

National Security Advisor John Bolton became the latest American casualty of Washington's 18-year war in Afghanistan on September 10, fired by US president Donald Trump shortly after Trump announced that he had planned, but was canceling, a meeting with Taliban leaders at Camp David to ink a "peace deal."

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2019) — Heartland Simmentals of New Hampton took home the Grand Champion Percentage Bull banner in the Simmental Cattle show judged at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Reck Brothers N Sons of Blakesburg took home the Grand Champion Purebred Bull and Champion Iowa Bull at the Iowa State Fair.

Addyson Lehman of West Liberty took home Grand Champion Foundation Female.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2019) — Breeze-hill Angus of State Center was awarded the Grand Champion Bull banner in the Angus Show judged at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Rowdi Van Zee of Sioux Center had a very strong showing at the fair, taking home Champion Iowa Bull, Reserve Grand Champion Bull and Premier Exhibitor, as well as Grand Champion Female.

Kara Collison of Rockwell City was awarded Champion Iowa Female and Reserve Grand Champion Female.

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2019) — The very best in Percheron and Clydesdale horses competed in the Richard O Jacobson Exhibition Center August 15 through 18 at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Shining Stars of Pleasant Hill won the show's Six-Horse Hitch Showdown of all breeds.

Complete results below:

 

Herdsmanship, Six or More Stalls

1) Anderson Farms, Oelwein

2) Jason Hill, Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada

 

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2019) — The English Society Horse Shows took place August 13 through 15 in the Richard O. Jacobson Exhibition Center at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

The complete results are listed below:

 

ENGLISH SOCIETY

 

Five-Gaited Open

1) Judith Gauger, Marengo

2) Kelsi Keith-Rusch, Ottumwa

 

Five-Gaited Iowa Owned

1) Brenna Smith, Norwalk

2) Kelsi Keith-Rusch, Ottumwa

 

DES MOINES, IOWA (September 10, 2019) — Winners in more than 70 classes of competition were named in the 2019 Iowa State Fair Quarter Horse Show.

The Iowa State Fair Quarter Horse Show was a double-judged show. In such a show, the use of two judges, independent of one another, takes place. Thus, two sets of results are produced with two full sets of American Quarter Horse Association points being awarded.

Complete list of results below:

 

QUARTER HORSE

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.” — Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

JOHNSTON, IOWA (September 9, 2019) — The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences — Upper Midwest Chapter recently announced the 2019 Emmy(c) Award nominees. Iowa Public Television received 11 nominations.

 

Arts/Entertainment — Program

Des Moines Metro Opera Presents Rusalka

 

Business/Consumer: Program — Feature Segment

Market to Market: Joni’s Journey

 

Children/Teen

Kids Clubhouse Adventures: Sound

Andrew Yang's small-but-solid polling in the Democratic Party's 2020 nomination race shows that "Universal Basic Income" has gone from a fringe idea to an idea with a foothold in the popular consciousness. Supporters of a basic income span the political spectrum and the economic upheavals of the 21st century — especially fears that automation will increasingly replace human workers — are likely to fuel its journey to the center of policy discussions over the next few years.

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