by admin | Oct 31, 2002 | Human Interest
The post office in the tiny eastern Iowa town of Langworthy will cancel its last stamp tomorrow after 144 years of service. The Langworthy post office was established in the Jones County town in January of 1858. It was relocated to the home of Bob and Janice Goodyear...
by admin | Oct 31, 2002 | Crime & Courts
The U-S Postal Service is putting out a plea to Iowa businesses for the return of purloined mail bins. The white corrugated plastic tubs have built-in handles and Postal Service “Hawkeye District” spokesman Richard Watkins says they vanish from routes in...
by admin | Oct 31, 2002 | News
Iowa State University’s joined two other institutions in launching a website with the goal of enhancing value-added agriculture. I-S-U’s Agricultural Marketing Resource Center wants the website to be a one-stop-shopping library of information to connect...
by admin | Oct 31, 2002 | News
The race for State Ag Secretary, as you might suspect, features two longtime farmers. Democrat Patty Judge of Albia is seeking a second term as state Ag Secretary. She and her husband ran a cow/calf operation until she was elected Ag Secretary in 1998. Judge used to...
by admin | Oct 31, 2002 | Politics & Government
The Speaker of the U-S House campaigned in eastern Iowa Wednesday. House Speaker Dennis Hastert visited Cedar Rapids to campaign for fellow republican Congressman Jim Leach. Hastert is trying to help Leach and help keep his own job as speaker by maintaining the...
