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Editorial Roundup: Iowa

Mar. 25, 2024 07:14 AM EDT

Dubuque Telegraph Herald. March 22, 2024. Editorial: Upper Mississippi refuge has been protecting Driftless region for a century Happy 100th birthday to the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge and its century of conservation efforts. ...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

Mar. 18, 2024 12:39 PM EDT

Dubuque Telegraph Herald. March 17, 2024. Editorial: Refusing to vaccinate kids hurts everyone Last Sunday’s Telegraph Herald carried an in-depth story about a troubling uptick in the number of families receiving exemptions from childhood vaccines. For the 2023-2024...

Worker dies in trench collapse at construction site in Dubuque, Iowa

Mar. 01, 2024 15:30 PM EST

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A worker died Friday when he became buried after a trench collapsed at an Iowa construction site. The accident was reported just before 8:30 a.m. at an apartment building construction site in Dubuque. Firefighters arrived to find the victim's co-workers trying...

Editorial Roundup: Iowa

Feb. 05, 2024 17:50 PM EST

Telegraph Herald. February 4, 2024. Editorial: Iowa should make hands-free driving law It’s high time that Iowa joined 30 other states and banned handheld use of cellphones while driving. Law enforcement officials have been asking for this law for years to address...

Flexsteel: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Feb. 05, 2024 16:59 PM EST

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Flexsteel Industries Inc. (FLXS) on Monday reported net income of $3.1 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, the Dubuque, Iowa-based company said it had profit of 57 cents. The furniture maker posted...