by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Outdoors
If you got a new computer for Christmas, state officials are urging you to recycle the old one rather than toss it in the garbage. Merry Rankin, an environmental specialist at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says there are all sorts of options, such as...
by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Recreation / Entertainment
While the Fort Dodge Senior High marching band performed in the weekend Fiesta Bowl parade in Phoenix, Arizona, -another- Iowa band gets the spotlight today. The Spencer Tiger Marching Band is playing in Dallas, Texas, for the Cotton Bowl. 95 students and 15 adults...
by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Crime & Courts
The man who ran an eastern Iowa program to rehabilitate young offenders is in legal trouble himself. An attorney for the former director of the Summit Program, a three-month residential Davenport boot camp, will appear before a judge on January 16th. Attorney Murray...
by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Business
Iowa’s economy will likely continue to slog along in this recession during the new year, but Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says an upswing is expected within a few months.Dr. Goss doesn’t expect any significant upturn in the state’s...
by admin | Dec 29, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A 16-year veteran of the Clinton County Sheriff’s department has been fired. Sheriff Rick Lincoln announced Friday in a two-sentence statement that Sergeant Joseph Sparks was terminated after a comprehensive internal affairs investigation which was started...
