Obama Iowa swing focuses on jobs and recovery
President Obama tours Iowa towns Fort Madison Mount Pleasant and Ottumwa to hear from small business owners workers and farmers about boosting the recovery and creating jobs. Republicans criticize the trip as campaign style and heavy on federal spending as a path to job growth.
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Ottumwa
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Georgia
Romer
Jen Psaki
White House
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Ilinois
Iowa City
Matt Strawn
Republican Party of
Obama town hall at Indian Hills Ottumwa
Live coverage of President Barack Obama’s town hall meeting at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa begins at 4 15 p m today with live coverage on KCRG TV9 Local 9 2 and the KCRG website.
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Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa
KCRG
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Fire safety lessons teach Cedar Rapids third graders to escape first
Nearly 1,500 third graders in Cedar Rapids and Marion participate in a Cedar Rapids Fire Department program. Students learn to exit safely, call 911, and practice home escape plans with a mobile safety trailer visit and five classroom sessions.
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Jeff Rausch
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Suzanne Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Nicky Stansell
Bertena Johnson
Don Maas
Former workers say spending for disabled men’s meals cut
A Des Moines hearing heard that Dru and Randy Neubauer were told to slash groceries for 21 men housed at an Atalissa bunkhouse. Henry’s Turkey Service and Hill Country Farms face wage and deduction violations, with possible penalties up to 900000 dollars.
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Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Atalissa
Dru
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Texas
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Turkey Service
West Liberty Foods
Kenneth Henry
Jane Johnson
Henry
Hill Country Farms
Johnson
Dru Neubauer
Neubauer
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Neubauers
Tur
Vander Plaats backs Arizona immigration law in Iowa push
Des Moines Vander Plaats, GOP candidate for Iowa governor, calls Arizona’s illegal immigration law a step in the right direction and says he would support implementing a similar measure in Iowa. He cites law’s focus on crime, enforcement, and hiring illegal workers amid debate over civil rights and profiling concerns.
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Des Moines
Bob Vander Plaats
Arizona
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Libertarian Party nominates Ames man for Iowa governor
The Libertarian Party of Iowa names Eric Cooper of Ames as its gubernatorial candidate seeking 2 percent of the vote to gain major party status. Chairman Ed Wright says the message of liberty appeals to voters. The slate includes Nick Weltha Des Moines for lieutenant governor and John Heiderscheit Bettendorf for U S Senate with Rob Petsche Manchester and Gary Sicard Robbins for the U S House in the 1st and 2nd Districts.
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Cooper
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Libertarian Party
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Des Moines
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Bettendorf
U.S
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