by admin | Feb 27, 1999 | Health & Medicine
THE 25TH ANNUAL VARIETY CLUB TELETHON STARTS TONIGHT TO BENEFIT CHILDREN’S CHARITIES STATEWIDE. IT TAKES OVER 2,000 PEOPLE TO PUT THE TELETHONTOGETHER. OVER THE PAST DECADE AND A HALF, THE PROGRAM HAS RAISED 39-MILLION DOLLARS. THE VARIETY CLUB MAY BE BEST KNOWN...
by admin | Feb 26, 1999 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
GOVERNOR VILSACK IS TELLING THE STATE CRIME LAB TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO POSSIBLE NEW EVIDENCE IN THE CASE OF A MISSING MASON CITY T-V ANCHOR. REPORTS THIS WEEK TOLD HOW BLOOD-STAINED WOOD AND CLOTH WERE FOUND AT A FARM IN JOHNSON COUNTY — WHICH MAY BE TIED...
by admin | Feb 26, 1999 | Business
SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER STEWART IVERSON SAYS EVEN IF THERE ARE ENOUGH VOTES TO PASS AN “ETHANOL-ONLY” REQUIREMENT FOR IOWA GAS STATIONS — HE WILL NOT ALLOW THE FULL SENATE TO DEBATE IT. IVERSON, A REPUBLICAN FARMER FROM DOWS, SAYS HIS JOB AS...
by admin | Feb 26, 1999 | Education, Sports
WHEN A COACH SAYS HE IS WORRIED ABOUT GETTING HIS TEAM TO THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, THAT USUALLY MEANS THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT QUALIFYING. FOR THE THE TOP-RANKED IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY HOCKEY TEAM IT’S NOT A MATTER OF QUALIFYING — BUT OF PAYING THEIR WAY TO...
by admin | Feb 26, 1999 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
ONE OF IOWA’S BEST-KNOWN POLITICIANS IS RECOVERING FROM AN UNUSUAL AILMENT. DRAKE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT AND FORMER GOVERNOR ROBERT RAY WAS RELEASED WEDNESDAY FROM IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER IN DES MOINES. DRAKE SPOKESWOMANLISA LACHER SAYS THE 70-YEAR-OLD RAY...
