by admin | Apr 29, 2005 | Business
Iowa legislators still haven’t decided how to bankroll the Iowa Values economic development fund. The Iowa House on Wednesday approved a bill re-establishing the fund which hands out huge state grants to new and expanding businesses, and last (Thursday) night...
by admin | Apr 29, 2005 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
The Nebraska legislature, like Iowa’s, still has a ways to go before adjourning, but this week moved forward a bill that aims to take the same direction Iowa did this session. It would make retailers lock up legal, over-the-counter medications that can be used...
by admin | Apr 29, 2005 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A case of teenage rowdiness in Cherokee County that led to an unexpected injury has now claimed a life. Officials say a northwest Iowa high-school student injured while wrestling with another student at a post-prom part last weekend — has now died. 17-year-old...
by admin | Apr 29, 2005 | Crime & Courts
The state patrol says they discovered a large quantity of drugs in a routine traffic stop in eastern Iowa. Shortly after noon Wednesday, a trooper pulled over a pickup on I-80 at the Victor interchange for a seatbelt violation. The trooper became suspicious during the...
by admin | Apr 29, 2005 | Crime & Courts
New developments have surfaced in the case of a Shelby County Sheriff’s Deputy scheduled to go on trial in connection with a fatal shooting following a chase last December. The attorney representing deputy Chad Butler announced Thursday that a handgun was found...