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Grassley: Fear of giving IRS more power "comes up a lot"
The 2010 health care reform law, referred to as the Affordable Health Care Act, grants the Internal Revenue Service more powers and control over Americans' health care. The recent scandal, in which it was discovered that conservative organizations' applications for nonprofit status were delayed by the IRS, has caused concern about the IRS's expanded powers among Republicans and Democrats.
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Marion County Photo Contest Underway
Marion County Extension and the Marion County Development Commission (MCDC) have once again joined together to sponsor the annual Marion County Photo Contest. The contest is open to all amateur photographers.
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Dollars for Scholars night held
The tenth annual Knoxville Dollars for Scholars event was held last night.
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50-year-old man leads several agencies on chase
In following up on a story we broke on our Facebook page last night, a 50-year-old man is sitting in the Wayne County Jail facing multiple charges in that county, as well as Marion.
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Bees invade Thomas' yard
Dave Thomas of 905 S. 3rd St. in Knoxville wasn’t looking for a partridge in his pear tree while mowing his lawn on Monday. He got quite a surprise, though, when he was mowing under the tree and heard a buzzing sound.
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Slideshow: Public Works visits Northstar
Several City of Knoxville staff members, from all departments, visited Northstar Elementary Tuesday afternoon. Much of their equipment was brought with them.
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Council conditionally agrees to buy properties
The Knoxville City Council agreed to purchase two buildings damaged in a March 25 arson fire, upon certain conditions be met.
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Sinclair never felt uncomfortable in caucus
Des Moines media this week have been reporting on the dismissal of former Senate Republican Communications Director Kristen Anderson. Anderson is alleging sexual harassment led to this, and Republicans contend that she was dismissed due to her performance. Sen. Amy Sinclair is a female Republican Senator, and says she has never felt uncomfortable around her male counterparts.
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Truck hits power line
A Donaldson Delivery boom truck struck a secondary power line in an alley near the corner of Brobst and Robinson around 11:15 a.m.
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Rowland and Knox are perfect again
On Saturday, May 18, the Knoxville Police K-9 Unit participated in the annual Midwest K-9 Detector Dog Trials in Adel. Officers Rowland and Knox successfully certified with a perfect 4 out of 4 score. This is the fifth consecutive year that the Knoxville K-9 Unit has achieved a perfect score.
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