Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement on Sunday, July 21, regarding President Joe Biden ending his Presidential campaign: Joe Biden has served our country and Iowans well by lowering the cost of prescription drugs like insulin and passing the largest ...
This is the second entry by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office in a two-part series addressing phishing scams and how best to protect yourself. If you ever find yourself in a situation where you think you might have been scammed, it's crucial to act quickly to protect yourself. Here's ...
Phishing scams have become really sneaky these days. They're these cyber attacks that try to trick people into giving away their personal info like passwords, credit card numbers, or even their social security numbers. The scammers use all sorts of tricks to pull off these scams. They pretend ...
With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who this past week was about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 ...
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts in Iowa are set to expire on more than 500,000 acres before the end of 2026, leaving landowners with the decision of what to do next. One option to consider is a unique program offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency—the ...
National Social Media Day took place on June 30 this year. Q: What comes to mind in observation of National Social Media Day? A: As an early adopter of social media, I appreciate the opportunity to use technology to directly communicate with constituents. Representative government is a ...
Corporate ag kingpin Bruce Rastetter has made many investments in his career, but it’s hard to imagine a bigger payoff than his high-dollar political donations to Governor Kim Reynolds. The Reynolds-appointed Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) gave Rastetter what he wanted on June 25 when it ...
Last Friday's Iowa Supreme Court decision to uphold and implement Governor Kim Reynold’s and Iowa Republican’s 6-week abortion ban is one of many ways Iowa Republicans are trying to control women's bodies and how they build their families. Just the week prior to the abortion ruling, Iowa ...
They held a garden party. I didn’t go. Not because I did not want to see old friends, but I wasn’t invited. I could have gone anyway, and I would have been welcomed. I, however, would have felt like the kid who showed up for the first two practices for football, dropped out and then wanted ...
U.S. Senators Charles Grassley and Joni Ernst like to rail against “unelected bureaucrats,” but they’re quick to hide behind the secretive, undemocratic World Trade Organization (WTO) when it comes to mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef. Grassley and Ernst haven’t ...