by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Crime & Courts
Prosecutors in Fort Dodge have arrested three people in a case of apparent animal abuse stemming from a video of opossums being doused with lighter fluid and set on fire. The case came to light after a video of the act was sent to the internet website...
by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Politics & Government
Amtrak backers are trying to engineer a deal in Congress to at least maintain funding for the railroad’s operations. The U.S. House is scheduled to discuss the transportation appropriations bill this week, and Congressman Leonard Boswell, a Democrat from Des...
by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
We now know the areas that’re being left out when the law changes Friday allowing the speed limit to bump up to 70 miles-an-hour. Department of Transportation spokesperson Dena Gray-Fisher says the speed limit will not go up to 70 in areas in and around most of...
by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Weather
Mid-American Energy reports it set a new record for power demand earlier this week. The power company’s Allen Urlis says temps soaring into the nineties and high humidity had air conditioners roaring, and kicked in the company’s “Summer Saver”...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | News
Rusty Wallace says he won’t take part in the first race at the Iowa Speedway when it opens next summer. The legendary NASCAR driver is retiring from the Nextel Cup Series at the end of the season and designed the track which broke ground last week in Newton....