by admin | Oct 30, 2002 | Crime & Courts
A woman who used to be the clerk of a northwest Iowa city has failed to get the Iowa Appeals Court overturn her theft conviction. Phyllis Wax was the city clerk in Sergeant Bluff, and was convicted of first-degree theft, two counts of income tax evasion and...
by admin | Oct 30, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Two southwest Iowa businesses were gutted by fire last night. Several fire departments spent the night in Clarinda trying, unsuccessfully, to save Johnson Tire and Muffler and Carpenter’s Body Shop, both housed in the same building. Clarinda fire chief Roger...
by admin | Oct 30, 2002 | Crime & Courts
Women in Ames are warned to be on-guard if they hit the bars near downtown. Ames police are issuing an advisory to female patrons of taverns not to leave their drinks unattended nor to accept drinks from strangers. Investigators suspect G-H-B, the so-called date rape...
by admin | Oct 30, 2002 | Outdoors
A new study promises big benefits if the state invests in renewable energy. The report released Tuesday from the Chicago-based environmental law and policy center says Iowa could reap 12-thousand new jobs and a billion dollars in new econonomic activity if it boosts...
by admin | Oct 30, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A northwest Iowa grain elevator collapsed early yesterday afternoon in Ritter.Farmers Cooperative Society in Sioux Center owns the elevator. It’s located about five miles north of Sheldon on Highway 60. The elevator’s manager says about 70-thousand bushels...
