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Iowa Workforce Development, in partnership with Lee County Economic Development Group, received a “2007 Excellence in Economic Development” award from the International Economic Development Council. A panel of economic development experts selected the winners and awarded the Laborshed Study the excellence award in the population category of 50,000 to 200,000. The official award will be [...]

One woman is part of a group of three Decorah police officers, one DeWitt police officer and one Decorah volunteer firefighter who will receive the Sullivan Brothers’ Award of Valor in a ceremony this Thursday. Officer Sara Stinson will be joined by Chief Tom Courtney, Captain Warren Leeps, volunteer firefighter Jeff Ode and DeWitt Sergeant [...]

If you are a geek, love a geek or simply aspire to be a geek, the true life incident you’re about to read will be all too familiar. Two nights ago I was called over to a friend’s house to work on an upcoming project. We’d finished what had to be done when she looked [...]

It might seem disingenuous to say a 63-year-old politician has come of age, but that’s exactly what Sen. Chris Dodd appears to have done. On Monday night, while addressing roughly 40 members of the Linn Phoenix Club in the home of Cedar Rapids Mayor Kay Halloran, Dodd, who has been lacking spark on the campaign [...]

Investigation of incendiary devices in Lee County mailboxes has been ongoing since early June. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office believes the suspect or suspects began using fireworks and have now escalated to improvised explosive devices consisting of galvanized pipe, powder and fuse. Residents are urged not to handle any suspicious items in their mailboxes. If [...]

It’s official! On Aug. 1 female biologist Sally Mason will become the next president for the University of Iowa. This marks the fourth such announcement made by the university in the past 20 years. Perhaps that’s the reason Mason is receiving $100,000 more per year than her predecessor. A letter from the Iowa Board of [...]

It’s been a week or two since we put together the Sunday Linkfest. So, without further ado, here’s some stuff we noticed that you might want to read: Latoya Peterson at Racialicious has a very nice post about video games and their often racist and sexist content. Quite frankly, this has sparked quite a controversy [...]

An Iowa City event which had drawn a great deal of national attention has been partially postponed to allow presidential hopefuls who are also U.S. senators to travel back to the beltway for debate on a bill. The Iowa Professional Fire Fighters State Convention was to host presidential hopefuls Tuesday and Wednesday. Gov. Bill Richarson, [...]

On Monday as I was packing up the car for Girl Scout camp, I had the outline of my Friday post — this post — in my head. Each trip to the back of the Jeep with dunk bags, camp dishes, water shoes, bug spray and sunscreen filled me with dread. I had little doubt [...]

Low-income Iowans with civil legal problems will benefit from grants approved by the Iowa Supreme Court. The 17 grants, totaling more than $1.3 million, will be used by legal service programs around the state. Funds for the grants come from the Interest on the Lawyers’ Trust Account program. The funds are generated from interest earned [...]