by admin | Aug 31, 1999 | Crime & Courts
The Ames School Board has approved the first of what could be several newsecurity measures implemented following several bomb threats in the last school year. Theboard approved a new security plan and the installation of electroniccard-activated door locks for the...
by admin | Aug 31, 1999 | News
Women are beginning to break the so-called “glass ceiling” in what’sliterally been a man’s field. A farm commodity group, the Iowa CornPromotion Board, has elected Helen Inman of Bancroft as its chairman.Inman says women have recently risen to...
by admin | Aug 31, 1999 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Military, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is calling for new Congressional hearings on the1993 standoff at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Grassley saysnew reports have emerged about the F-B-I’s use of certain weapons andtactics that may have resulted in the fire...
by admin | Aug 31, 1999 | Human Interest, Recreation / Entertainment, Religion
Impoverished Catholic nuns in several Iowa cities may benefit from a comedyshow that opens tonight at the Des Moines Civic Center. Maripat Donovan co-wrote “Late Nite Catechism,” which features an actress playing anun who’s only known as...
by admin | Aug 31, 1999 | Human Interest
Eleven chapters of a group known as “Parents Anonymous” have sprung uparound the state. Sue Renfrow, the group’s Iowa program director, says somemembers have trouble controlling their tempers. Others just need somesupport as they stress-out over...
