by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Military
A 29-year-old Iowa native was killed and four other Iowa National Guard soldiers from a unit based in Burlington were injured Sunday morning in Iraq. Second Lieutenant Richard “Brian” Gienau was killed when the Humvee he was riding in was struck by a bomb....
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack met privately this past weekend with key backers and staff to talk about promoting himself as a national figure, groundwork for a possible run for the presidency in 2008. Vilsack and the rest of the nation’s governors are in Washington,...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Business, Crime & Courts
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the first day consumers in Iowa and other midwestern states can get a free copy of the credit report that a handful of big financial-reporting firms keep on us. Attorney General Tom Miller says there are three major credit-reporting companies in...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
Steve Alford’s former coach came to his defense on the Big-12 teleconference. Texas Tech coach Bob Knight said Alford has done a good job at Iowa under the circumstances. Knight says losing Pierre Pierce was a real setback, particularly in the middle of the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Uncategorized
UNI women’s basketball player Alex Cook moved into the record books on Saturday. Cook became just the 4th women’s player in Missouri Valley Conference history to score over a thousand-points and grab one-thousand rebounds in her career. Cook pulled down...
