by admin | Jul 31, 2001 | Sports
His 26th year as a head coach will be the last for North Scott’s Dennis Johnson. Johnson will end his coaching career after 26-years to concentrate on his duties as the school’s athletic director.Johnson who has led the Lancers to state titles in 1987 and...
by admin | Jul 31, 2001 | Politics & Government
Key republicans in Congress say it’s an invasion of privacy to have cameras take pictures of cars so authorities can issue more tickets for running red lights. Some Iowa cities are considering “red-light cameras” that snap a photo of your license...
by admin | Jul 31, 2001 | Crime & Courts
Southern Iowa authorities are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store in Oskaloosa.The robbery happened late last night. Witnesses say a man who’s between 25 and 30 showed a handgun and asked for cash. The man’s described as about five-foot-eight,...
by admin | Jul 31, 2001 | Weather
You might not believe it with today’s weather, but the first seven months of 2001 have been cooler and wetter than average. State climatologist Harry Hillaker says the averages can be deceiving.A very cold February and March have kept the yearly average...
by admin | Jul 31, 2001 | Politics & Government
About 92-thousand Iowans should be getting those much-debated tax relief checks in the mail this week.The Internal Revenue Service is in its second week of mailing out the checks, according to I-R-S spokesman Eric Smith. He says they’re averaging more than...