by admin | Apr 30, 2005 | Politics & Government
The Iowa House quit work late yesterday (Friday) afternoon and won’t return to Des Moines until the state Senate makes some decisions. The Senate is evenly-divided between Republicans and Democrats and has been unable to agree on a state spending plan. The...
by admin | Apr 30, 2005 | Weather
April went from a month where you could sleep with your windows open to one where you had to turn on the heater. State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says the official weather readings confirm the extremes. He says the first three weeks of the month were extremely warm...
by admin | Apr 30, 2005 | Politics & Government
The sixth annual “White Privilege Conference” is going on at Central College in Pella. Organizer Eddie Moore, Jr. is Director of Intercultural Life at the College, and he says the name raises a lot of eyebrows and might even be misconstrued as a gathering...
by admin | Apr 29, 2005 | Crime & Courts
Police in Ottumwa have charged one person in an attack last week that sent two people to the hospital with serious injuries. 44-year-old Lynn Nathaniel of Ottumwa is being held in the Wappello County jail on 52-thousand dollars bond, on charges of attempted murder and...
by admin | Apr 29, 2005 | Crime & Courts
A former state trooper has been formally charged with second-degree sexual abuse. 39-year-old Karl Kluender (rhymes thunder) was formally charged this week in Crawford County district court. The Huxley man was fired from his job with the State Patrol earlier this...
