by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Politics & Government
A key Democratic leader at the statehouse suggests a number of Democrats will rebuff their governor and vote to override Governor Tom Vilsack’s veto of a property rights bill. Senate Co-President Jack Kibbie, a Democrat from Emmetsburg, predicts Vilsack’s...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Business
Hundreds of homes and businesses saw millions of dollars damage in the Iowa City-area tornadoes in April, but few owners are taking advantage of the Disaster Assistance Outreach Center that opened this week in Iowa City. Mark Randle, spokesman for the U.S. Small...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Business
Thirty-six people will lose their jobs when the Elkem plant closes in Keokuk. Plant Manager Mark Nilsen says the Norwegian corporation that owns it will move production to factories in China and Norway. The plant’s output is used by the metal forging industry,...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Crime & Courts
A Charles City man police say is one of the last people to see Evelyn Miller alive has been arrested on charges that he lied to federal officials investigating her murder. Twenty-seven-year-old Dan Slick, of Charles City, was arrested this morning and charged with...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Military
The commander who’s leading six-hundred-40 Iowa National Guard soldiers on a mission in Iraq says they’re a “solid team” and the soldiers are “doing very well.” Lieutenant Colonel Ben Corell of Strawberry Point is commander of the...
