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Lori De Waal
June 14, 2010
The 4th annual IOWA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL is garnering a much bigger following from major moviemakers this year. The unique cinema, business and social gathering will take place on July 16th-18th at the Clear Lake Arts Center in Clear Lake, Iowa. Showcasing new feature length films, socially impacting documentaries, edgy short subjects and a few regional student productions, this year's festival is bringing in big names and legendary people.
UBMI Publications
February 09, 2010
www.hunt-private-land.com
For most hunters the end of rifle season is the end of deer season. However, nothing could be farther from the truth for dedicated deer hunters.
Though some bucks begin shedding their antlers in December others will keep their antlers through the end of February and ...
CH International Media
December 30, 2009
www.hunt-private-land.com
You have the buck of a lifetime down and now the work begins.
Many hunters believe taxidermists are magicians, however, most taxidermists will attest proper care of the trophy while still in the field is the key to getting back a great looking trophy.
The crew at...
UBMI Publications
December 01, 2009
www.hunt-private-land.com
Does the moon have any effect on the rut? One researcher´s findings suggest so.
"The rut is starting earlier this year."
I hear this almost every year without fail. It doesn´t come any earlier than the last year or the year prior. It begins the same time every y...
UBMI Publications
November 30, 2009
www.hunt-private-land.com
Short on barrel length, but long on fun and accuracy, handgun hunting brings a new light to hunting Whitetails.
Need a new challenge to add to your deer hunting,try handgun hunting. Often over looked as a short range firearm, many of today´s handguns are quite capabl...
Newswire Services
July 14, 2009
Sheltra Motorsports Fights Hard For Solid Finish.
NEWTON, Iowa - Patrick Sheltra overcame a spin and a flat tire during Saturday night´s Prairie Meadows 200 at Iowa Speedway to finish 14th in his third trip to the Newton, Iowa race track. The finish put the Whitesville, Kentucky based team...
Newswire Services
July 10, 2009
Today, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was put on notice that the Thomas More Society in Chicago stands ready to defend the Coalition for Life of Iowa against the prejudicial questioning by the IRS, which has delayed granting tax exemption to the non-profit religious organization. After questioni...
Newswire Services
July 08, 2009
Sheltra Motorsports To Also Pay Tribute To Matt Hawkins In Prairie Meadows 200.
NEWTON, Iowa - It´s not a secret that Patrick Sheltra and his Sheltra Motorsports team have suffered disappointment in the last two ARCA RE/MAX Series events at Michigan International Speedway and Mansfield Mo...
Aina Olusegun Aderemi
June 09, 2009
Iowa is definitely a farming state and corn is the dominant crop. Fortunately, Iowa real estate won´t take a large bite out of your bank account.
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Iowa is known for predominantly being a farming state and some people might view this as a bit boring. Such an assumption would be incor...
Albertina Belmont
April 22, 2009
Payday loan in Iowa is a small amount of loan that is intended to fulfill your cash needs when an emergency arises.
Subhendu Zabada
April 17, 2009
For those who want to save their hard earned money and do not want to waste it on a new car the best place is the public car auctions for cheap cars In Iowa. It is amazing how you can get cheap cars at theseused car auctions and the cars are still in good condition and reliable. Most of these govern...
Robert Paul Reyes
April 04, 2009
Iowa is smack dab in the middle of America's heartland; the small state is eons away from the cultural and ethnic diversity of the Left coast and East coast. Iowa conjures up images of corn-fed milk drinking families enjoying picnics, going to church, and watching Fox News in their living rooms.
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James Nimmo
April 03, 2009
(OKLAHOMA CITY) As an atheist and a supporter of Americans United for Separation of Church & State I am so heartened by today's Iowa Court ruling supporting the full inclusion of gay and lesbian citizens in the social and political life of this country.
The educational deficit and the deliberate...
April 03, 2009
By Rod Boshart, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
In a precedent-setting ruling, the Iowa Supreme Court Friday upheld a lower court decision legalizing same-sex marriages in Iowa.
The unanimous landmark decision is expected to carry national implications as Iowa becomes the first Midwest state...
James Moyog
January 12, 2009
If you reside in Iowa you´ll want to have Iowa auto insurance because it´s required by law to do so. One of the best ways to get the absolute best coverage you can when you live in Iowa is to check Iowa auto insurance quotes as this can help you a lot. It´s amazing how much bette...
Dan Brawner
June 17, 2008
Iowa's record-breaking flood had deluged cities, swept away homes and businesses, knocked out roads and bridges. But it has also brought out the heroism and compassion of ordinary people.
Newswire Services
June 16, 2008
USA TODAY: By Alan Gomez, Marisol Bello and Judy Keen
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Marie Welton figures her daughter will have to bulldoze her flooded home here. She worries about the survival of her own business, a children's hair salon, as people recover from epic flooding that put 1,000 blocks underwat...
Dale Netherton
June 14, 2008
What it's like when the river takes over your access to the outside world.
Dan Brawner
February 27, 2008
I look out the back window and see the handle of my lawn mower sticking out of a snow drift like a periscope checking to see if the coast is clear from yet another blast from the unseasonably wintery sky. But the calendar doesn´t lie and even though it may not look like it now, spring is coming. S...
Dan Brawner
January 18, 2008
It is a sad day when Iowans have to be reminded to be polite. It has always been a matter of pride that regardless of individual differences, we remain civil and considerate. An Iowan would bleed to death in the street rather than inconvenience a stranger. "No, no," he´d say. "Don´t trouble yours...
Bill Haymin
January 08, 2008
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According to the counters, Ron Paul came in fifth in Iowa with an alleged 10% of the GOP vote. Many believe had Dr. Paul not been the target of a deliberate media smear (i.e., worldnetdaily.com's news item January 5, 2008 with th...
Dustin Gawrylow
January 08, 2008
Initial reactions to the Iowa Caucus results seemed to be along the lines of “well, this is what was expected.” This is far too simplistic an analysis as it is apparent that we are seeing a realignment of a 3-wing Republican Party.
First, Mike Huckabee represents not only the evangelical wing o...
Ken Hughes
January 06, 2008
The caucus process isn’t the way to select a presidential candidate. Standing in the four corners of a school gymnasium raising hands doesn’t seem very presidential. If a particular candidate doesn’t get a specific numbers of votes it’s my understanding those votes can be bartered to another candida...
Robert Paul Reyes
January 05, 2008
Why did Hillary Clinton suffer such a humiliating and crushing defeat in Iowa?
Consider the two candidates who finished ahead of her in Iowa:
What words come to mind when you think of Sen. Barack Obama?
Hope, change, youth, eloquence, anti-war, warmth, handsome, attractive wife and cute...
Greg Albert
January 05, 2008
There is no question about it; Ron Paul absolutely smoked Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 Iowa Republican Caucuses. Paul beat Giuliani by a margin of 6 points, which is more than double the margin that Fred Thompson and John McCain beat Paul. In fact, Paul stayed neck-and-neck with McCain for most of the ...
John Xavier III
January 05, 2008
The Iowa Caucus has had an opposite effect than in previous years. Instead of winnowing the field, it has blown the race wide open. Five Republican candidates still have a conceivable path to the nomination, albeit some cases are stronger than others. With only 40 delegates out of the 1,191 needed t...
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
January 04, 2008
Last night was the first or many preliminary steps to the race for the White House in 2008. Democrats and Republicans alike braved the bitter cold in Iowa to ring the bell for change. Their collective voices rang loud and clear. Democrats had the largest showing ever in Iowa with 130,000 or so atten...
Alan E. Moses
January 04, 2008
Janurary 3rd of 2008 will go down in American politics as a date that showed the world that our system is ready for change. The turnout was over 230,000 in support of candidates for change led by Obama and Edwards on the Democratic side. 68% of those that participated turned a blind eye towards the ...
David Swanson
January 03, 2008
I love Dennis Kucinich and think he is far and away the best candidate running for president. He and I are speaking together on a panel in New Hampshire this weekend. But asking his supporters in Iowa to vote for Obama as their second choice makes no sense to me.
First of all, any Iowan willing ...
Will Roberts
January 03, 2008
Well it's a New Year and so much happening to get us off to a great start. Oil prices 100 dollars a barrel, Pakistan, CIA debacle… but issues tall and small are being trumped by the Rep/Dem Circaucus. If you are planning on making a big splash here in the beginning of 2008, you had better wait.
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Zekarias Ezra
January 03, 2008
I have written not long ago that there in fact is such a thing called a “Mandate of Heaven”, which Obama seems to enjoy. Ask the Senator himself if he ever thought of himself competing for the Presidency of the United States of America in 2008. You know the answer.
Political pundits in collabora...
Heather Wokusch
January 02, 2008
“If we cut the Pentagon budget 15%, $75 billion will go into a universal pre-kindergarten program so our children ages 3, 4 and 5 will have access to full-time day care and more money would go into elementary and secondary education. Our college-age students need to know that with a Kucinich adminis...
Newswire Services
December 29, 2007
Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) released the initial results of their informative poll of Republican voters in Iowa which asked, "Do you support or oppose Mike Huckabee's touchback amnesty plan to allow the illegal aliens to leave the US and return legally in one day?" with initial resp...
Michael C. Morris
December 14, 2007
I am a registered Republican, but like most people in the country, I do not believe that there is any difference between a Democrat and a Republican anymore. But today I was also as impressed as I was yesterday with the GOP debate.
While the TV touted John Edwards as the winner of today’s debate...
Michael C. Morris
December 12, 2007
I am a registered Republican, but like most people in the country, I do not believe that there is any difference between a Democrat and a Republican except how they try to get the money from your pockets to theirs. My story “I am Ashamed to Call Myself Republican” outlines some of my concerns.
B...
Daniel Downs
November 30, 2007
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leads the pack of Republican presidential hopefuls, according to the latest Rasmussen Report. Rasmussen surveyed 839 Iowa caucus participants on November 26 and 27. The survey findings show 28% of Iowans favor Huckabee, 25% Romney, 12% Giuliani, 11% Thompson, and 5% s...
Mike Ferner
November 09, 2007
DES MOINES -- A new campaign to place the Iraq war in the center of Iowa's presidential caucus races kicked off in Des Moines yesterday. But as often happens, it wasn't so much the protest that made the story as the reaction to it.
"Seasons Of Discontent -- A Presidential Occupation Campaign," or...
Dan Brawner
September 18, 2007
“Put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.” Proverbs 23.2
Obesity in the United States has ballooned to 27 percent this year, according to a recent report by the Trust for American Health, with no state showing a decline. We’ve tried fad diets, counting calories, weighing porti...
Robert Paul Reyes
September 05, 2007
"Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary," Richardson, New Mexico's governor, said at the Northwest Iowa Labor Council Picnic. "And I want you to know who was the first candidate to sign a pledge not to campaign anywh...
Stafford Williamson
August 20, 2007
Time Warps: VP Cheney 1994, Hoosiers 2006, Hairspray 1962, Dem. Iowa Debates 0, Irish Dark Ages? Argentina BioFuels[in the]Future
WARRANTLESS WIRETAP LAW CHANGES EXPLANATION
In Iowa this week, the Democratic Presidential Candidates debated before the television audience for This Week with Ge...
R. Kent Nowviskie
August 12, 2007
The smell of corndogs and cotton candy wafted across the Corn State of Iowa this Saturday, as corny politicians made corny promises that dripped saccharine-sweet from their wagging, bragging tongues. The empty promises flowed forth like the sickeningly sweet high-fructose corn syrup that flows out o...
Stafford Williamson
August 06, 2007
Steve Verhey, the chief executive of Central Washington Biodiesel says that running a conventional diesel engine on biodiesel (presumably B99 or something close to B100) produces about half the carbon monoxide that petrodiesel does. That was a key factor, according to Verhey, that the construction ...
Newswire Services
July 10, 2007
'Economic Development Group Launches First-in-the-Nation Program to Pay for Entrepreneurs Health Insurance'
A visionary, first-in-the-nation program invites entrepreneurs to start their business in Iowa. The North Central Iowa Alliance (NCIA) will pay for health insurance for startup business own...
Dan Brawner
April 10, 2007
Zach Johnson is the real deal. After Johnson, a 60-to-1 underdog, won the Masters golf tournament in Atlanta last Sunday, Augusta National Golf Club chairman Billy Payne told him at the “green jacket” ceremony that Johnson’s life had changed forever. But Zach countered, “I’m a Midwest guy from Iow...
Dan Brawner
March 11, 2007
Long-time speaker of the House, Thomas “Tip” O’Neill used to say that all politics is local. And it’s our local state government representatives that agonize over the stuff that’s really important to the average person–like regulating deer contraceptives and toughening the standard as to what const...
Dan Brawner
January 31, 2007
The trick in any good horror story is identifying the real monster out of all the scary possibilities. Recently, there was a news story about Ali Yusof, an orchard keeper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who wanted to keep pests and pilferers out of his fruit trees. So Yusof stationed--not one guar...
Congressional Desk
October 29, 2006
Bruce Braley was born in Grinnell, Iowa, in 1957. He grew up in the small rural town of Brooklyn, Iowa, in Poweshiek County. Bruce married Carolyn Kalb of Dubuque in 1983 and he currently lives with his wife and three children—Lisa, David, and Paul—in Waterloo.
Bruce learned the value of hard wor...
Terry L. Mitchell
July 14, 2006
We are nearing the middle of the third Bush presidency, the second of two for George W. Bush, which followed two for Bill Clinton, which followed one for George H.W. Bush. Whether the Bush presidencies should be called a dynasty is up for debate. What's probably not up for debate is likelihood that...
California Political Desk
March 22, 2006
California communities will now have a chance to bid on the historic battleship.
Stockton, Calif. - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced that the USS Iowa has been transferred from “reserve” to “donation” status, which will enable interested California communities to apply soo...
Congressional Desk
January 23, 2006
Senator says plans like Indiana’s 21st Century Scholars provide students with crucial access to higher ed
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Evan Bayh today praised officials in Wisconsin and Iowa for introducing legislation based in part on Indiana’s successful 21st Century Scholars program that wil...