by admin | Apr 30, 2004 | Outdoors, Politics & Government
A group that’s lobbied for tougher air quality standards for large-scale livestock operations is criticizing democrat Governor Tom Vilsack’s actions on the subject. While Vilsack did veto a bill crafted by republican lawmakers that would have established...
by admin | Apr 30, 2004 | Health & Medicine
A University of Iowa professor is looking for problem gamblers willing to try a drug treatment. Donald Black says the drug bupropion may be the answer for some problem gamblers.He says there are no proven treatments for gambling and he says gambling’s become a...
by admin | Apr 30, 2004 | Politics & Government
The leader of democrats in the Iowa Senate says he’s “disappointed” democrat Governor Tom Vilsack has decided against calling lawmakers back in special session to spend more money on schools and fix other parts of the state budget. Senate Democrat...
by admin | Apr 30, 2004 | Outdoors
A TV documentary on environmentalists’ efforts to save Iowa’s near-extinct prairie will debut tonight (Friday) in Cedar Falls, with a little help from a big-screen actress who calls the Hawkeye State home. 33-year-old Annabeth Gish has appeared in 38 films...
by admin | Apr 30, 2004 | Crime & Courts
There’s a verdict in the trial of the western Iowa woman accused in the shotgun slaying of her husband. After about seven-and-a-half hours of deliberation, the jury found Dixie Shanahan guilty of second-degree murder. The Defiance woman was accused of killing...
