by admin | May 30, 2003 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
The search for a Cedar Rapids teen missing on the Cedar River has now shifted to a body recovery mission. 19-year-old Steven McGashling was last heard from Tuesday night as he floated down the river on a raft. Rescue workers are now searching for McGashling’s...
by admin | May 30, 2003 | Crime & Courts
Anyone driving a commercial vehicle in Iowa mid-week next week may be subject to an inspection. The state D-O-T, Highway Patrol and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are launching a crackdown — on vehicles and drivers — with inspections all...
by admin | May 30, 2003 | Business
Iowa’s Workforce Development office reports the jobless figure at four-point-one percent, up just a tenth of a percent from both last month and the figure one year ago. Labor analyst Ann Wagner in the state’s Workforce Development office says the numbers...
by admin | May 30, 2003 | Business
A utilities analyst says Midwesterners should expect to pay higher electric bills this summer, but Bryan Spratt says it won’t be because of a heat wave.Regardless of the weather, Spratt says he’d anticipate much higher power prices for the remainder of the...
by admin | May 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
Democrats in the Iowa House have elected a long-time lawmaker from Dubuque as their new leader. Representative Pat Murphy will replace retiring House Democrat Leader Dick Myers. Murphy’s predecessor was quick to turn a phrase or tell a joke to make his point,...