by admin | Jun 30, 1999 | Politics & Government
The constitutional amendments weren’t the only thing on the ballot Tuesday. In WinnebagoCounty a one-cent local option sales tax passed. The tax takes effect October first & is expected to give supervisors some630-thousand dollars in new revenue.
by admin | Jun 30, 1999 | Outdoors
The director of the Union County Conservation board is questioning a reportthat says Three Mile Lake’s swimming area is cloudier than normal standards.John Tapkan says he finds the report in the Des Moines Register hard tobelieve.Tapkan says the man-made lake...
by admin | Jun 30, 1999 | Business
Today is the deadline for all the nation’s banks to be prepared against anycomputer glitches that could accompany the arrival of the year 2-thousand. Ben Hildebrandt, spokesman for the Iowa Bankers Association, says Iowa banksare prepared for the new millennium....
by admin | Jun 30, 1999 | Politics & Government
After Tuesday’s rejection of two tax-and-spend amendments to the Iowaconstitution, one political scientist does NOT expect the voters will beasked to amend the document again anytime soon.Iowa State University political science professor Steffen Schmidt says...
by admin | Jun 30, 1999 | Sports
The Davenport Assumption baseball team has put together a lengthy winningstreak as the regular season heads down the stretch. The class 3A top-rankedKnights improved to 22-6 with a doubleheader sweep of North Scott on Mondayand have now won 14 of their last 16 games....
