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Torch Afternoon News 8-11: Candidates add stops around state fair appearances, Wind energy jobs to be in thousands, Egg industry recovering

Torch Afternoon News 8-11: Candidates add stops around state fair appearances, Wind energy jobs to be in thousands, Egg industry recovering

More than 20 presidential candidates from both sides of the ticket are rolling in to the metro starting tomorrow to pay visits to the state fair. Mike Huckabee and Jim Webb will be in town tomorrow with several events surrounding appearances at the fair. Republican Bobby Jindal will also be in Urbandale tomorrow morning to…MORE

Get ready for the Perseid meteor shower!

Get ready for the Perseid meteor shower!

The annual Perseid meteor shower, which is known as one of the brightest meteor showers, happens near the end of summer. Here’s everything you need to know.MORE

Torch Morning News you can use 8-11:

Torch Morning News you can use 8-11:

The percentage of Iowans without health insurance has dipped to five percent in the first half of the year, according to the latest Gallup poll.  That’s almost half of what it was two years ago.  Only four states have lower rates. More good news for Iowa workers…you could be in for a pay raise, according…MORE

Help ahead for laid off Deere workers

Help ahead for laid off Deere workers

A new center aimed at helping laid-off John Deere workers is about to have its grand opening next week.  The John Deere Transition Center opens up shop a week from today at Hawkeye Community College Main Campus.  More than 13-hundred workers from the company lost their jobs since last fall because of the downturn in…MORE

James Holmes sentenced to life in prison

James Holmes sentenced to life in prison

A jury announced that James Holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison for killing 12 and wounding 70 at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater in 2012.MORE

Torch Morning News you can use 8-10:

Torch Morning News you can use 8-10:

Iowa’s farm industry is getting nervous about commodity prices remaining low this year…and farm lenders and ag economists say the outlook for agriculture could be more grim next year. Prices for corn have dropped 60 percent since 2012, but farmers are still paying rents that are 50 percent higher than seven years ago. A slight…MORE