by admin | Mar 30, 2002 | Health & Medicine
About 500 students from across Iowa will gather in Des Moines on Wednesday for what they’re calling Kick Butts Day, that’s as in cigarette butts. Leanna Brady is organizing the seventh annual event through the Iowa office of the American Lung Association.A...
by admin | Mar 30, 2002 | Outdoors
Iowans who like watching activity at their backyard birdfeeders or hiking through the woods are being recruited to take notes on what types of creatures they see. It’s part of a program called NatureMapping Iowa, through the Iowa State University Wildlife...
by admin | Mar 30, 2002 | Uncategorized
Two Iowans are ready for college basketball’s biggest showcase this weekend. Sioux City native Kirk Hinrich and Iowa Falls native Nick Collison will lead Kansas into the Final Four in Atlanta. The Jayhawks will play Maryland in one of Saturday’s semifinals...
by admin | Mar 30, 2002 | Human Interest
It’s been an exceptional few days for Diana Reed. The Norwalk 18-year-old has been named next fall’s “Golden Girl” at the University of Iowa, while last weekend, she was crowned Iowa’s Junior Miss in Ottumwa. Reed will represent the state...
by admin | Mar 30, 2002 | Health & Medicine
Iowa nurses are joining in the call for Congressional action on a package that’d provide federal loans and scholarships for nursing students. Iowa Nursing Association president LaVone Sopher of Sioux City says it’s critical for recruiting new nurses.Sopher...
