by admin | May 30, 2000 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
County health department leaders from across western Iowa are getting a briefing this afternoon from their state chief. Iowa Public Health Director Stephen Gleason says he’s updating the county leaders on a variety of new initiatives. One is the anti-smoking...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Politics & Government
The Governor’s Council on Brain Injuries met this morning, still upset by Governor Tom Vilsack’s veto of spending which would have benefited brain-injured Iowans. Bob Vander Plaats, chairman of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Brain Injuries, says...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
There was a fire in a south central Iowa tavern this morning. The City Clerk says the bar was located on Main Street in Humeston.Surrounding fire departments were called in to put down the blaze — and the fire battle created another problem for Humeston...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A 72-year-old rural Cedar Falls woman has died from injuries received when tornadoes ripped through northern Black Hawk County earlier this month. Marilyn Whitesell had been trapped in her home which collapsed in the twister. Whitesell died Sunday evening of...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Crime & Courts, Military
Authorities in the eastern Iowa town of Riverside, south of Iowa City, say 23 American flags were discovered stolen from area cemeteries yesterday. V-F-W member Gene Kallaus says the flags were special because each one had covered the casket of a veteran at his...