by admin | Feb 28, 2004 | Recreation / Entertainment
Playgrounds in malls usually don’t make the news, but a Des Moines shopping center is opening a facility today it says is “Iowa’s first interactive shopping mall play area and library.” Merle Hay Mall’s new play area measures...
by admin | Feb 28, 2004 | Education, Politics & Government
Democrat Governor Tom Vislack’s rejecting the Republican plan for state spending on public schools for the 2005/2006 academic year as too meager, and Republican legislators do not intend to revisit the issue. Democrat Senator Mike Connolly of Dubuque says...
by admin | Feb 28, 2004 | Military
A national project to collect the stories of war veterans has several groups working in Iowa. Deb Olson, executive secretary of the Des Moines County Historical Society, says there’s lots of advice and help at the National Veterans History Project, which...
by admin | Feb 28, 2004 | Recreation / Entertainment
Iowans who are looking for something unusual to do this weekend might consider a free class on how to make maple syrup. All you need is a maple or box elder tree in the yard, a few basic tools and a little time. Christine Kirpes , a naturalist at the Indian Creek...
by admin | Feb 28, 2004 | Military
Iowa has a greater percentage of its National Guard and Air Guard serving on active duty than any other state. Seventy-eight percent of eligible Guard members are on full-time assignment today, in over 30 countries. Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Ron Dardis says...
