CNN reports the White House denied Congressman Steve King’s request to join the president on Air Force One as he traveled to Council Bluffs, Iowa yesterday. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst and Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska both joined Trump on Air Force One. Siouxland Public Media contacted Representative’s King’s office for comment, we’re still waiting for a reply. President Trump was in Iowa yesterday to celebrate a recent decision to lift restrictions on the sale of gasoline blended with 15-percent

061119 532 President Donald Trump is in western and central Iowa and former Vice President Joe Biden has been campaigning in south-central and eastern Iowa today. Trump will visit a Council Bluffs ethanol plant and highlight his administration’s rule change, allowing year-round sales of gas with a 15 percent ethanol blend. Biden, at his first stop in Ottumwa, accused Trump of using farmers as “pawns” in Trump’s “erratic” tariff war. Scientists are predicting this summer’s “dead zone” in the

061119 504 Former Vice President Joe Biden is campaigning in Iowa today in his bid to take on President Trump in the 2020 election. Some other Democrats criticized Biden over the weekend for missing an event in Cedar Rapids attended by 19 candidates. At his first campaign stop in Ottumwa, Biden said he didn’t want to miss his daughter’s birthday and granddaughter’s graduation. "Well, I got a different value set. It’s family, family, family. And I make no apologies for not showing up and speaking

061119 432 Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is criticizing President Trump for his behavior during the D-Day commemoration in Europe last week, including a tweet attacking singer Bette Midler. During a speech today to about 100 people in Ottumwa, Iowa, Biden repeated his oft-stated claim that Trump is a "threat to our core values." The president is traveling to an ethanol plant in council bluffs today, to focus on his successful efforts to make ethanol mixed E 15 gas available in the

President Donald Trump plans to visit western this afternoon. He starts his trip in Council Bluffs to tour and speak at Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy. The company produces and sells ethanol. The president will attend a GOP dinner in Des Moines. Meanwhile, Democrat Joe Biden is visiting the Hawkeye state today as well. He will speak at events in Ottumwa, Mount Pleasant and Davenport. On the weekend, more than a dozen of Biden's Democratic rivals were in Iowa for a party dinner. Several aimed

061019 532 Iowa farmers ---using five days during the past week ….suitable for field work….now have planted ninety-three-percent of the state’s expected corn acreage. But…corn planting progress is….. three-weeks later than the five-year average…. for this date. The U-S-D-A’s weekly update says Iowa soybean planting----seventy-percent complete--- trails last year and the five-year average by seventeen days. Linn County grower---Mike Stewart---farming near Mount Vernon---was completing planting

061019 504 Iowa farmers ---using….. five….. sunny and dry work days during the past week----now have planted …ninety-three-percent…. of Iowa’s corn acreage. That’s nearly three-weeks behind…. the five-year average progress….. at this stage of the growing season. This (Monday) afternoon……Mike Stewart….farming near Mount Vernon…. was among those scrambling to get seeds in the ground…. “I’m on my last day, hopefully, planting beans. Everything else is in the ground. Finished corn Thursday evening

061019 432 Iowa's court system has blocked public access to online records detailing Gov. Kim Reynolds' 2000 arrest for drunk driving, saying they inadvertently exposed her sensitive personal information. The records contained the governor's Social Security number, driver's license number and other sensitive information that should not have been made public under court rules. The annual Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" – a region of oxygen-depleted water off the Louisiana and Texas coasts that's

061019 404 The Iowa Department of Transportation is awarding 4.6 million dollars to help transit fleets replace buses. The money comes from Volkswagen as part of its settlement for 2015 Clean Air Act violations. The largest amount of money will partially fund 107 new school buses across the state. Half of these buses will use a propane engine. Zac Bitting (BIT-ting rhymes with hitting) is the DOT’s grant manager and says propane fuel generates less pollution than diesel. 0610bitting1.wav :12

Nineteen of the nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates were in Cedar Rapids yesterday for the Iowa Democratic Hall of Fame Dinner. Joe Biden wasn’t there. He attended his granddaughter’s high school graduation in Washington, D.C. Biden is expected to visit Ottuma, Iowa tomorrow. A poll released over the weekend shows Biden leading the 23 candidates running for the Democratic nomination. He is ahead by 8 points at 24%. That is down from 30%. Bernie Sanders was second with 16%,