by admin | Aug 31, 2000 | Crime & Courts
Two Council Bluffs teenagers are accused of drawing gang graffiti on several businesses in downtown Council Bluffs. Police sergeant Jerry Mann says the two men are charged with 26 counts of criminal mischief.Mann says 17-year-old Dustin Atkins and 16-year-old Joshua...
by admin | Aug 31, 2000 | Crime & Courts
An ex-county official in northeastern Iowa is facing charges of ripping off the county coffers.A former Dubuque County deputy recorder is charged with theft after being accused of embezzling from the Recorder’s office. An audit found 95-thousand dollars missing....
by admin | Aug 31, 2000 | Military, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he would prefer to see the Iowa Air National Guard in Sioux City retain its F-16 fighter planes. Federal officials have proposed replacing the fighters with larger tanker jets. Grassley says it would be better to have the tankers...
by admin | Aug 31, 2000 | Education, Weather
Over one hundred Iowa schools are releasing classes early today due to the heat. No one in state government nor in research positions knows how many Iowa schools are air-conditioned. Architectural firms say new schools are being equipped with air conditioning, but...
by admin | Aug 31, 2000 | Weather
Forecasts call for intense heat this afternoon and it’s forcing dozens of schools in central and southern Iowa to send students home early. One meteorologist says it’ll be hottest in Iowa’s lowest three tiers of counties, basically south of...
