by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | Crime & Courts
Beer-swilling frat boys won’t be crashing this hotel hospitality room. The 130th annual National Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Convention is underway in Des Moines. The temperance union was formed in the 1870s as women tried to close taverns and keep...
by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | Crime & Courts
Officials from Texas traveled to Iowa today to announce a 27 count indictment against three men who are believed to be behind the deaths of 11 illegal immigrants found in a rail car in Denison last October. Michael Shelby, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District...
by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | Business, Politics & Government
The state of Iowa is giving one of the nation’s largest financial institutions a $10 million forgivable loan, the first award made from the state’s new Iowa Values Fund. Governor Tom Vilsack lobbied legislators for the Iowa Values Fund, and one of the...
by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | News
A dominating pitching performance highlighted the opening game of the class 4A quarterfinal at the state baseball tournament in Marshalltown. Ryan Tousley tossed a one-hitter and struck out 14 as second-ranked West Des Moines Valley blanked Pleasant Valley 5-0. The...
by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | News
Dan McCarney says he has gotten used to the underdog role at Iowa State. The Big-12 Conference held its annual football media day in Kansas City on Wednesday and despite three straight bowl games the Cyclones are not considered a legitimate threat for the North...
