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Open letter to readers: Today and tomorrow 18 Nov 2011 | 06:49 am
As some of you may already be aware, Wednesday was a difficult day for The American Independent News Network, which is the larger entity that operates The Iowa Independent. David S. Bennahum, our chie...
Kettering says ‘it is time’ to retire from Senate 17 Nov 2011 | 09:03 am
LAKE VIEW — State Sen. Steve Kettering says he will not seek re-election next November, creating what amounts to an open seat for a new district that includes Carroll County and a vast swath of wester...
Gingrich: ‘I’m a genuine, intellectual conservative’ 17 Nov 2011 | 07:05 am
CARROLL — As he surged to the top of two national polls Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich spent nearly three hours at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll on Monday, speaking with voters, t...
Perry, pro-Perry super PAC leading network TV ad buys in Des Moines 17 Nov 2011 | 05:15 am
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry and his Super PAC are continuing a media blitz at Des Moines’ top network TV stations, while other candidates and issue groups have gone off...
Sierra Club: Misleading Cain ad not worth response 17 Nov 2011 | 04:28 am
False claims on Environmental Protection Agency regulations made in a Herman Cain ad aren’t worth responding to, a spokeswoman for the Sierra Club says, claiming voters are smart enough to see through...
Cain preparing to run network TV ads in Iowa 16 Nov 2011 | 11:10 am
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s campaign appears to be readying to run ads at Iowa’s leading network TV station, according to filings at KCCI-TV in Des Moines. Leslie Gillette contact...
Harkin among wealthiest one percent of Americans 16 Nov 2011 | 10:12 am
Iowa U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Cumming) can count himself among the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans, according to a USA Today analysis of financial disclosures of members of Congress. Harkin has an e...
Poll: GOP caucusgoers split support four ways 16 Nov 2011 | 08:38 am
A new poll from Bloomberg News shows likely Republican Iowa caucusgoers split four ways between Herman Cain, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. House S...
ACS lockout continues; plan emerges to repeal sugar protections 16 Nov 2011 | 07:23 am
A bill recently introduced by congressmen from Pennsylvania and Illinois could have a far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that ...
Cain campaign: Farmers know more about regulations than EPA 16 Nov 2011 | 06:26 am
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Age...
