by admin | Nov 28, 2003 | Education
University of Iowa research finds teachers are 32-times more likely to have problems with their voices than people in virtually any other profession. Ingo Titze, a speech science professor at the U-of-I, has helped develop a website to aid teachers, singers,...
by admin | Nov 28, 2003 | Human Interest
A million kids have gotten free airplane rides, and yours could be next. Tim Bush runs the “Young Eagles” program at the Cedar Rapids branch of the Experimental Aircraft Association, and Bush says E-A-A began the program a over decade ago. Nationwide and...
by admin | Nov 28, 2003 | Outdoors
While some will curse the cold for the way it increases heating bills, others are anxiously waiting for it to freeze over Iowa’s lakes and rivers. Mick Klemesrud of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources says those who like to fish through the ice can’t...
by admin | Nov 28, 2003 | Military
While it’s a holiday for most of us — this Thanksgiving weekend is a time of duty for many soldiers in the Iowa National Guard. Iowa has 3,000 men and women on active duty — with 18-hundred of them overseas. Iowa Guard Deputy Adjutant General Mark...
by admin | Nov 28, 2003 | Military, Recreation / Entertainment
A shopping mall in Ames is gathering holiday donations of entertainment for soldiers from Iowa who are spending the holiday season in the Persian Gulf region. Marketing Manager Nikki Peterson says anybody who’s ever bought a C-D can be part of it....
