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I heard on the Buzz Out Loud podcast yesterday that a caller had called in stating that he had been the target of a new computer virus scam by telephone. According to the information given, the scammer calls you and states that they had noticed that you have a virus on your computer. When asked… Continue reading »

KWQC Channel 6 Quad Cities The state budget cuts ordered by Iowa Governor Chet Culver will have a big impact on staffing at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Up to 81 employees could lose their jobs. Several of those employees are prison guards. Other people who would be affected are cooks, support staff,… Continue reading »

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDE5AChSPzs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1] Please note: You will not have touch screen capability, unless the computer hardware has it. Windows 7 will not turn a regular non touch screen into one. The video kind of hints at that in my opinion, so I just want to make that point clear. /manley

Preliminary plans on how state executive branch departments implement a ten percent across-the-board budget cut are now available. The plans are in response to an order by Governor Chet Culver to cut state government spending by ten percent, or nearly $565 million, after the Revenue Estimating Conference projected earlier this month an 8.4% decline in… Continue reading »

Proposed state budget cuts include 1,321 jobs by DAR DANIELSON on OCTOBER 21, 2009 in BUSINESS & ECONOMY, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Plans released today by the governor’s office show the directors of executive branch agencies propose cutting 1,321 jobs in state government. There would be an estimated 791 state worker layoffs and another 529 positions… Continue reading »

Iowa National Guard possible deployment schedules. http://www.scribd.com/doc/21360408/National-Guard-Units

The Department of Defense is alerting an historic number of Iowa National Guard soldiers to get ready for overseas duty. The number of local soldiers called-up could be as high as 3,500. It would be the largest single Iowa National Guard deployment since World War II. The official announcement is expected Tuesday, but over the… Continue reading »

According to several twitter posts, apparently Mediacom is having outages in Burlington again. I do not know if it is both cable and internet or just internet. But several comments add “again” to their tweets, so I’m assuming Mediacom has been having problems? Not sure, just thought I would say something. /Manley

Car crashes into ER waiting room Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 9:23 p.m. QUINCY, ILL. — Staff and patients at Blessing Hospital got quite a scare early Saturday morning. Around 3am a car ran into the window of the Emergency Room of the hospital. Fortunately no one was hurt. But Quincy Police are still looking… Continue reading »

Justin Jacob was sentenced to 11 years in 2003 for vehicular homicide and an OWI in connection with the death of Davis County Deputy Dennis McElderry. Jacob was released in 2008. By Matt BuhrmanSaturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:22 p.m. BLOOMFIELD, IOWA — Memorials inside and outside of the Davis County Law Center mark a… Continue reading »