by admin | Nov 30, 2005 | News
The Morningside football team is two victories away from a national championship. The third rated Mustangs can take another step on Saturday when they visit second ranked St. Francis of Indiana in the NAIA semifinals. Morningside moved to 12-0 on the season with a...
by admin | Nov 30, 2005 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
A Republican Senator is accusing Democrats in the Senate who oppose the death penalty of causing the deaths of children who’re the victims of a kidnapping or sexual abuse. Republican Senator Larry McKibben of Marshalltown made his comments this (Wednesday)...
by admin | Nov 30, 2005 | Human Interest
Blood samples are being collected today (Wednesday) in Des Moines from people who may have lost loved ones in the war in Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mary Ellen Barber, who works in the international services division in the Central Iowa Chapter of the American Red...
by admin | Nov 30, 2005 | Education
The annual meeting of the Iowa Farm Bureau continues through tomorrow in Des Moines. Today (Wednesday), State Education Department Director Judy Jeffrey spoke about rural schools and education. Eastern Iowa dairy farmer Craig Lang, who’s president of the Farm...
by admin | Nov 30, 2005 | Politics & Government
Waverly Light and Power, the first public power system in the midwest to own and operate a wind turbine, wants to make renewable energy the source for 20 percent of its overall needs by 2020. General Manager Glenn Cannon says the trustees who voted unanimously at...