by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Politics & Government
Today (Wednesday) the democrat who’s facing Congressman Tom Latham in November wraps up a seven-day campaign swing through the 28 counties of Iowa’s 4th Congressional district. Paul Johnson of Decorah, the former head of the Iowa Department of...
by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Business
Eastern Iowa is landing more jobs for the business of — taking off. Alcoa’s Davenport Works plant is a major supplier of aluminum for a new passenger jet, the Airbus A-three-80. Alcoa’s Kevin Lowry says literally from the tail to the nose, Alcoa will...
by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Education
After a seven-year journey half-way across our solar system, a spacecraft partly built at the University of Iowa will finally reach its destination tonight. The one-point-four billion-dollar Cassini will spend four years orbiting Saturn, studying many facets of the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Crime & Courts
A Wisconsin-based company has been ordered to pay refunds to Iowans who purchased meat from their door-to-door sellers. Bob Brammer, a spokesman for Iowa’s Attorney General, says All American Foods used high-pressure tactics to sell the meat. He says the sellers...
by admin | Jun 30, 2004 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
A state audit has found thousands of dollars worth of “questionable spending” in the Cass County Sheriff’s office. State Auditor Dave Vaudt focused on a cash account in the Cass County sheriff’s department which was supposed to be used for...
