by admin | Jun 29, 2000 | Politics & Government
Minnesota’s Governor is urging Midwesterners to unite to fight high gasoline prices. Governor Jesse Ventura is calling for a one-day boycott of gas stations. Joe Shannahan, a spokesman for Iowa’s Governor, says Governor Tom Vilsack’s...
by admin | Jun 29, 2000 | Sports
Drake University has named Dave Blank as the school’s new director of athletics. Blank is currently the athletic director at Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina where the school competes in the Big South Conference. Blank says the primary focus at Drake...
by admin | Jun 29, 2000 | Uncategorized
Gasoline prices are on the decline, just in time for the July 4th Holiday which is considered the kick-off of the summer driving season. Iowa Department of Natural Resources fuel market analyst Ward Lenz says it’s “Economics 101” — a bunch of...
by admin | Jun 29, 2000 | Crime & Courts
Supporters and opponents of abortion had a war of words on the steps of the Iowa Statehouse yesterday afternoon. Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa’s Jill June told reporters the Supreme Court’s five-to-four decision which knocked down bans on partial...
by admin | Jun 29, 2000 | Politics & Government
Iowa’s only democrat Congressman joined a walk-out yesterday on the bill which establishes a new prescription drug benefit for the nation’s elderly. Under the bill, Medicare officials would merely oversee private insurance company prescription drug plans...