The Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House takes shape along Tech Drive, Bettendorf. The $7.4-million facility will have 16 beds to provide care for terminally ill patients. Genesis VNA & Hospice has been providing hospice care in the Quad Cities for 15 years, and the new facility will be area's first free-standing hospice.
Iowa lawmakers are likely to need a supermajority vote to increase personal and corporate income taxes after approval for a proposed constitutional amendment took the lead... more
Iowa Farmers Union has not endorsed federal candidates for at least 14 years, but is urging farmers to vote for Josh Turek in the race for U.S. Senate, and the rest of the Democrats... more
Less than two weeks after the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the agency was stepping up enforcement of the federal Animal Welfare Act, the USDA’s lawyers are arguing in court that... more