by admin | Oct 31, 2003 | Politics & Government
A real estate agent from the Quad Cities who’s twice before run for Congress plans to challenge Republican Congressman Jim Nussle next November. Sixty-one-year-old Bill Gluba of Davenport is a democrat who served in the Iowa Legislature in the early ’70s....
by admin | Oct 31, 2003 | Recreation / Entertainment
Like hungry vampire bats, many desirable Halloween costumes have already flown off the racks, but all is not lost for Iowans still in need of disguises for tonight’s ghoulish parties. Manager Paula Thornton-Greear says her department store in Davenport is still...
by admin | Oct 31, 2003 | Education, Technology
An international symposium underway at Iowa State University in Ames is recognizing the alum that got it all started. John Vincent Atanasoff built the first computer in 1939 to make it easier to solve algebra equations. I-S-U and Atanasoff failed to patent the...
by admin | Oct 31, 2003 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
Regulators will create a task force to see if buying prescriptions in bulk could save the state a lot of money. Imagine if Iowa’s nursing homes fed all their clients MRE’s instead of cafeteria meals. There wouldn’t be any economy in single-serving...
by admin | Oct 31, 2003 | Health & Medicine
Some towns around Iowa held their “Beggars’ Night” last night, but many send the kids around tonight, on All-Hallows Eve. State public-safety commissioner Kevin Techau has a message for drivers — slow down, be alert. And Techau’s well...
