by admin | Jul 31, 2000 | Crime & Courts
A large-scale pork producer is suing four Iowa counties seeking to cut the cost of land the company wants to buy. Iowa Select Farms has filed suits against Union, Clarke, Ringgold and Taylor County. Union County Assessor Gene Haner says the lawsuit affects three...
by admin | Jul 31, 2000 | Sports
The John Deere Classic wrapped up in the Quad Cities today after a little drama.Kirk Triplett fought his way into a playoff with Michael Clark in the rain-delayed tournament. Both men finished regulation at 19 under par. Clark birdied the fourth playoff hole to get...
by admin | Jul 31, 2000 | Sports
Two-time Olympian Natasha Kaiser Brown has been named the head women’s track and field coach at Drake University. For Brown it is a homecoming of sorts. She graduated from Des Moines Roosevelt high school before running collegiately at Missouri. Brown says the...
by admin | Jul 31, 2000 | Health & Medicine
You will be able to continue donating money toward breast cancer research at your nearest post office. Sale of the Breast Cancer Research stamps was supposed to have ended last Friday but the program has been extended two years by an act of Congress. Richard Watkins,...
by admin | Jul 31, 2000 | Politics & Government
Some of the Iowans at the Republican National Convention have had a real “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” experience. Remember the 1987 movie in which actors Steve Martin and John Candy traveled cross-country, trying to make it home for Thanksgiving? Well,...
