by admin | Aug 30, 2001 | Business
A Webster City hatchery owner says attempts to keep baby chicks flying on airplanes has failed. Murray McMurray, co-owner of McMurray Hatchery in Webster City, says Northwest Airlines will stop carrying the chicks September 1st.Negotiations between Northwest and the...
by admin | Aug 30, 2001 | Politics & Government
State officials say “Tax Freedom Weekend” ran much more smoothly this year. Iowa sales taxes were not charged on basic clothing and shoe purchases made during “Tax Freedom Weekend” at the beginning of this month, August 3rd and 4th. Renee...
by admin | Aug 30, 2001 | Health & Medicine
Meatpacker I-B-P is recalling 500-thousand pounds of ground beef in Iowa and nearly three-dozen other states. The beef was produced August 7th at I-B-P’s plant in Dakota City, Nebraska, and may be contaminated with e-coli bacteria.I-B-P spokesman Gary Mickelson...
by admin | Aug 30, 2001 | Crime & Courts
Law officers in Iowa and Nebraska have been alerted to a possible interstate kidnapping case.A state road worker in Nebraska found a hand-written note scrawled on a piece of paper at the Dismal River campground some 50 miles north of North Platte. The note appears to...
by admin | Aug 30, 2001 | Education
A bug expert is teaching four Iowa school districts how to stay cleaner and avoid pest infestations. I-S-U Extension entomologist Mark Shour is running workshops for school personnel, including principals, nurses, custodians and cooks. Instead of spraying pesticides,...
