by admin | Aug 30, 2002 | Crime & Courts, Sports
Some 70,000 football fans will head for Iowa City on Saturday and they’ll have to abide by stricter security measures. University of Iowa officials are instituting what they call “Safe Saturday” rules for the Hawkeye season opener against Akron in...
by admin | Aug 30, 2002 | Politics & Government
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Gross says if elected, he’ll be committed to expanding Highway 20 through northern Iowa, and will press the feds for more money to speed up construction. Gross charges the Highway 20 project is in jeopardy because Democrat...
by admin | Aug 30, 2002 | Uncategorized
State tourism officials are predicting the number of people traveling Iowan roadways this weekend will be up. The Iowa Highway Patrol knows for sure there’ll be an increase in the number of troopers on the road. Iowa highway patrol spokesman Sergeant Robert...
by admin | Aug 30, 2002 | Politics & Government, Religion
Iowa’s Interfaith Alliance will send out information in the coming weeks to churches in the state about the do’s and dont’s of informing parishioners on political contests in their communities. The Alliance’s Alicia Claypool says both politics...
by admin | Aug 30, 2002 | Human Interest, Military
A reunion in Mason City this weekend is gathering nearly 100 former U-S Marines who were at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941. Reunion organizer Jim O’Brien of Mason City says the attendance numbers drop a little more at each annual meeting of two...
