by admin | Mar 31, 2000 | Sports
The Iowa Conference baseball race opens this weekend and Wartburg will be seeking for a fourth consecutive title. The Knights already opened the league race with a doubleheader sweep of William Penn and coach Joel Holst admits his team has lofty expectations.Wartburg...
by admin | Mar 31, 2000 | Sports
The Iowa House of Representatives took time this morning to honor Des Moines’ minor league basketball team, which claimed its league championship this season. The Des Moines Dragons won the International Basketball Association playoff title. Fort Dodge...
by admin | Mar 31, 2000 | Education
Every year, three openly gay high school seniors in Iowa will be awarded scholarships to attend Iowa, Iowa State and U-N-I. The scholarships are bankrolled by a Des Moines businessman and awarded in the name of Matthew Shepard, the gay Wyoming college student who was...
by admin | Mar 31, 2000 | Health & Medicine
The Iowa Caregivers Association says a new survey finds a “volatile situation” exists in many Iowa nursing homes. The survey of nurse supervisors finds most feel overwhelmed — and most supervisors believe the certified nurse assistants they oversee...
by admin | Mar 31, 2000 | Crime & Courts
That police standoff in Fort Dodge is over. The man who kept police at bay overnight was carried away on a stretcher this morning. He’s identified as William Lockray and he’s reportedly charged with bank robbery. Lockray was holed up in the home of a woman...
