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Government, Business, Logistics

Iowa Issues 30-Day Overweight Permits for Harvest Season

corn truck

Iowa has issued a proclamation that allows overweight loads for vehicles transporting corn, soybeans, hay, straw, silage, fodder, fertilizer and manure to be overweight for 30 days.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
September 18, 2023
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Iowa Grants to Help Community Colleges Expand CDL Training

Truck on Iowa road

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced $5 million in commercial driver license infrastructure grants for community college training centers and new equipment.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
August 24, 2023
Government, Business, Logistics

New Iowa Truck Road Unveiled at Missouri River Barge

Port of Blencoe new road ribbon-cutting

A road partially funded by a $1 million U.S. government grant is enabling farmers to move freight from Interstate 29 directly to Iowa’s Port of Blencoe barge terminal on the Missouri River.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
July 28, 2023
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Signs Law Expanding CDL Testing

Gov. Kim Reynolds

Iowa is making it easier for people to enter trucking careers with a new law expanding third-party testers for commercial driver licenses.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
March 31, 2023
Government, Business, Equipment, Safety

Iowa Has New Overweight Permit Law for Emergencies

Iowa highway

Iowa has a new law on its books allowing state and local officials to exempt overweight permits from load limits so truckers can move heavier loads in emergencies.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
February 21, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

Iowa Extends Overweight Limits for Agricultural Transport

Farm truck

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has extended through Feb. 19 the harvest time proclamation for weight limits and the transportation of grain, fertilizer and manure.

Noël Fletcher | Staff Reporter
February 3, 2023
Government, Business, Safety

Iowa Transportation Commission Approves Five-Year Plan

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The Iowa Transportation Commission recently approved the state’s transportation improvement program.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
June 16, 2020
Government, Business, Fuel

Trump’s Biofuel Plan Triggers Political Fallout in Farm Country

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President Donald Trump’s decision to defend the U.S. government’s power to broadly exempt oil refineries from biofuel-blending requirements is triggering a backlash in Iowa and other states that are top producers of ethanol and the corn used to make it.

Jennifer A. Dlouhy | Bloomberg News
March 6, 2020
Business

Walcott Truckers Jamboree to Welcome Over 40,000 Attendees

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The 40th anniversary event will be held July 11-13 at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, I-80 Exit 284. Festivities will include concerts, carnival games, firework shows, an antique truck display and a super truck beauty contest.

Savannah Kelley | Special to Transport Topics
July 10, 2019
Government, Safety

Iowa Transportation Commission Approves Five-Year Improvement Plan

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The Iowa Transportation Commission approved the state Department of Transportation’s outline for projects that will be conducted over the next several years.

Eleanor Lamb | Staff Reporter
June 18, 2018

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