by admin | May 31, 2002 | Uncategorized
Pella’s the top seed as the 1A Boys’ State Soccer tournament gets underway this afternoon in Muscatine. Coach “Coco” Guitierez says the top seed was a surprise despite his team’s 14-0-1 record. He says they’ve already accomplished...
by admin | May 31, 2002 | Recreation / Entertainment
Talk about happy campers. The Iowa D-N-R is offering incentives to get people to try overnighting in state parks this spring and summer. Frequent campers need to save their registration slips. The D-N-R’s Ross Harrison says campers who stay in at least ten Iowa...
by admin | May 31, 2002 | Military
The Iowa Air National Guard’s 132nd Fighter wing in Des Moines has been selected as one of the units to continue homeland defense missions. Colonel Robert King is the spokesman for the guard.He says the North American Aerospace Defense Command has assigned...
by admin | May 31, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has totaled up the fish killed from that manure spill May 24th near Estherville. D-N-R spokesman Ross Harrison says nearly 33-thousand-500 fish were killed in Brown Creek and the West Fork of the Des Moines River.He says many...
by admin | May 31, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
After a barge hit and collapsed an Oklahoma bridge a few days ago killing at least 14 people, an incident in eastern Iowa this week seems pretty tame, but it still caused concern. Mississippi River traffic in the Davenport area is back to normal again after some...
