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Number of deer taken statewide is down 4.5%
Iowa hunters, during the recent 2011-12 deer hunting seasons, killed 121,407 deer. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports that’s down 4.5% from the previous year. D.N.R. wildlife biologist Willy Suchy says deer numbers in Iowa hit their high mark six years ago. “It peaked in about 2006-07 and the best indication is we’re now [...]
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Legislators seek assurances “tot mom” case can’t happen here
A bill to create tough new penalties for a parent who fails to report their child is missing has been tabled at the state capitol. However, a small group of Iowa legislators is asking the state attorney general’s office to issue a statement indicating a parent guilty of such conduct could and would be charged [...]
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Warrior Dash to make its Iowa debut this summer
An extreme sporting event that’s popular in America’s big cities will come to Iowa for the first time this summer. The Warrior Dash is a five-K running race with about a dozen obstacles through with participants navigate. That includes leaping over pits of fire, climbing vertical walls and crawling through a field of mud over [...]
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Iowa City gives final approval to red light cameras
Another city has voted to use red light cameras. The city council in Iowa City took its third and final vote Tuesday on adding red light cameras, and it passed by a 4-3 margin. The police department says the cameras will go up at approximately 10 intersections that are the most dangerous based on crash [...]
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Government efficiency plan would reduce legislators’ pension pay-outs
House Republicans have crafted a “government efficiency” package that includes a ban on using food stamps to buy junk food. Craig Schoenfeld, a lobbyist for Hy-Vee, suggests that would turn grocers into the food police. “Watching things go through and dictating consumer choice,” Schoenfeld says. Lana Ross represents the statewide network of Community Action Agencies and [...]
