By CAMI KOONS Iowa Capital Dispatch July ended with hot temperatures and record high dew point temperatures, according to a weekly weather report from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. While the temperatures were warm and parts of the state could use some rain as of ...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Some residents returned to devastated neighborhoods in eastern Washington state to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris. In some cases, only chimneys were left standing. The ...
There are many ways to measure the health of a country. One way is growth of gross domestic product. Another is economic productivity. But there’s a less conventional measure worth watching: Do the world’s most talented and ambitious people want to immigrate here? Throughout most of ...
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” made box office history in its first weekend in theaters. The Sony-released superhero movie became the second-biggest North American opening ever with an astonishing $355 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates ...
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Key senators unveiled a short-term spending bill on Sunday that would keep federal agencies funded past the midterm elections and into early December as they look to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season. The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before leaving Washington at week's end for its traditional August recess, a period that many lawmakers want to spend shoring up their reelection prospects rather than working in the nation's capital. The bill generally funds the federal government at ...
TODAY Fort Dodge Noon Rotary: Noon, Shiny Top Brewing, 520 Central Ave. A.A. Eye Opener Group: Noon, 1408 Fifth Ave. S. Fort Dodge Civitan Club: 5:30 p.m., Pizza Ranch, 3311 Fifth Ave. S. Bingo: 6:30 p.m., Opera House, Fort Museum and Frontier Village, 1 Museum Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Earlybirds start at 6:30 p.m. A.A. W.H.O. Group: 7 p.m., 1408 Fifth Ave. S. TUESDAY Daybreak Rotary Club: 7 a.m., Triton Cafe board room, Iowa Central Community College. PICA (Pride in Community Appearance): 9 to 11 a.m., meet at the Fort Dodge Public Library, 424 Central ...
