by admin | Apr 30, 2003 | News
Loras has a half-game lead in the standings as the Iowa Conference baseball race heads into the final week. The Duhawks are 10-4 but just two games in the loss column separate sixth from first. Loras coach Carl Tebon says this is the time of year where you want to be...
by admin | Apr 30, 2003 | News
Cedar Rapids Washington High School has tabbed a former player to become the school’s new boys basketball coach. Rick Williams, who played on the Warrior’s championship team in 1969 and later for Iowa, will take over. Williams also has coached at Cedar...
by admin | Apr 30, 2003 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
There was a show of force at the statehouse today as mayors, firefighters and police chiefs spoke out against a 70-million dollar cut in state aid to cities and counties. The cut was approved by the House and Senate last week, and the group is calling on Governor Tom...
by admin | Apr 30, 2003 | Health & Medicine
University of Iowa researchers are working to turn one of the world’s most deadly viral diseases into a vehicle to help cure people who suffer from the lung disease cystic fibrosis. In a study being published next month, U-of-I pediatrics fellow Dr. Patrick Sinn...
by admin | Apr 30, 2003 | Recreation / Entertainment
A conference beginning tomorrow in Des Moines will involve a lot of clowning around, but the performers will be sharing very serious messages. The first-ever Mid-America Characterization Conference centers on the ways fire and police officers get across safety...
