by admin | Jan 31, 2006 | Crime & Courts
A Minnesota woman has pleaded guilty to contributing to the death of her mother in Sac County, Iowa, last fall. Twenty-eight-year-old Tara Bryant of Byron, Minnesota, appeared in Sac County District Court yesterday (Monday), at which time she pleaded guilty to a...
by admin | Jan 31, 2006 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
Samuel Alito was confirmed to the the U-S Supreme Court today on a 58-42 vote. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, a Republican, is among those backing Alito. Grassley predicted last week Senate Democrats would drag their feet on the Alito vote so it would come in the same...
by admin | Jan 31, 2006 | Uncategorized
The Iowa basketball team is looking to accomplish a first this season. With a 13-0 record at home the Hawkeyes are looking to become the first Iowa team to go through a season unbeaten in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawks are 5-2 in the Big Ten and 16-5 overall heading...
by admin | Jan 31, 2006 | Politics & Government
While many Iowans will channel surf for anything -but- tonight’s (Tuesday) State of the Union address, at least one University of Northern Iowa political scientist will be tuned in with rapt attention. Professor Donna Hoffman co-authored a book about the...
by admin | Jan 31, 2006 | Education, Technology
While football fans are anxiously awaiting the Super Bowl, researchers at Iowa State University are talking about their new supercomputer. The one-and-a-quarter million dollar computer is ranked as the 73rd most powerful among the world’s 500 fastest supercomputers....
