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World Food Prize doubles to $500,000 in surprise to winner at Iowa Capitol ceremony
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo Finance· 7 months agoHeidi Kühn, this year's World Food Prize winner, got a big surprise at the Iowa Capitol ceremony...
Roots of Peace founder wins World Food Prize for reviving farms in former minefields
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHeidi Kühn of California, founder of the nonprofit humanitarian group Roots of Peace, has won the...
Brown & Black Forums to hold Republican presidential event in Iowa ahead of 2024 caucuses
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Brown & Black Forums of America will hold an Iowa forum for Republican presidential candidates...
Former Iowa public safety commissioner Charles Larson Sr. dies at 87
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCharles "Chuck" Larson Sr., former commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety during the 1970's and U.S. attorney for Iowa's northern district, died at age 87 on Thursday. "From my ...
For turning 'mines to vines,' founder of Roots of Peace wins World Food Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA California peace activist who has worked to remove land mines from war-torn regions and replace...
GOP candidate Larry Elder: 'Soft-on-crime' Iowa county attorneys need to be removed
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 12 months agoGOP presidential candidate and radio commentator Larry Elder is calling for legislation to hold Iowa...
Iowa’s first gentleman diagnosed with lung cancer
The Hill via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIowa’s first gentleman Kevin Reynolds was diagnosed with lung cancer, according to a statement from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). Kim Reynolds announced...
Blessing Health to close Keokuk hospital, clinic-based services will remain
The Hawk Eye via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKEOKUK — Blessing Health will close its Keokuk hospital Oct. 1, the health system announced Thursday. Instead, Blessing Health will focus its resources in the region on clinic-based outpatient ...
Group led by GOP lawyer Doug Gross sent mail that distorted Josh Mandelbaum's record
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA newly formed group whose president is longtime Republican political figure Doug Gross is...
Pair behind 'Doomsday vault,' a bank of 1.25 million seeds, win $500,000 World Food Prize
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe two men behind the so-called “Doomsday vault” holding 1.25 million seed samples ― seeds that can...