Grassley to Begin 25th Annual Tour to Iowa's 99 Counties


Iowa Senator to Visit Nine Counties Next Week


WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley announced today that he will begin his annual visit to each of Iowa's 99 counties with meetings in nine counties on Jan. 10 and 11. This is the beginning of Grassley's 25th year visiting every Iowa county.

Grassley will be holding town meetings in Madison, Warren, Marion, Butler, Bremer, Chickasaw and Floyd counties. The town meetings are open to the public and Grassley encourages all area residents with questions or comments to attend.

Grassley will also visit schools in Dallas and Black Hawk counties.

"Elected officials can easily lose touch with what's going on with their constituents if they spend all of their time in Washington, D.C. I come home nearly every weekend and my county visits help me know what Iowans are thinking. I take that common sense to Washington on their behalf," Grassley said.

Here is a list of Grassley's visits in January.

Monday, January 10, 2005

Dallas County, 9:45 - 10:45 a.m., Visit PrairieView School in Waukee, Grassley will tour the school and meet with Character Counts students, 655 Southeast University Avenue, Waukee

Madison County Town Hall Meeting, 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., Winterset Public Library, 123 North 2nd Street, Winterset

Warren County Town Hall Meeting, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Indianola City Hall, Community Room, 110 North First Street, Indianola

Marion County Town Hall Meeting, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Knoxville City Hall, Community Room, 305 South 3rd Street, Knoxville

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Butler County Town Hall Meeting, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m., Butler County Courthouse, 428 6th Street, Allison

Black Hawk County, 10:15 - 11:15 a.m., Visit Hudson High School, 136 South Washington Street, Hudson

Bremer County Town Hall Meeting, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m., Bremer County Courthouse, 415 East Bremer Avenue, Waverly

Chickasaw County Town Hall Meeting, 2:15 - 3:15 p.m., Community Services Building, 260 East Prospect Street, New Hampton

Floyd County Town Hall Meeting, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., Floyd County Courthouse, 101 South Main Street, Charles City

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