by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Politics & Government
Third district Congressman Leonard Boswell is kicking off his re-election campaign today with what he calls the “Protecting Iowa Families Tour.” Boswell, a 72-year-old democrat who is seeking his fifth term, surrounded himself with kids on the front porch...
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Politics & Government
Former Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced he will not try to regain the office. Chuck Allison, the Republican party’s nominee for Secretary of State in 2006, dropped out last week citing “personal reasons.” Pate, who served four years as...
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Crime & Courts
A man suspected of robbing four banks in three states is jailed in central Iowa. Authorities say 33-year-old Geoffrey White was taken into custody over the weekend at his apartment in West Des Moines by an F-B-I Swat team, Iowa County deputies and West Des Moines...
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Health & Medicine, Outdoors
West Nile has been identified in 20 Iowa counties so far this summer according to the state public-health department, which has confirmed just two human cases. Stephen Dinsmore, an avian ecologist at Iowa State University, says since the virus is linked to the death...
by admin | Jul 31, 2006 | Crime & Courts
Five teens from Storm Lake are under arrest after an investigation launched Friday night when a mother discovered two loaded handguns in her son’s bedroom in their Storm Lake apartment. Cops believe three teens robbed a home in Storm Lake, stealing five guns and...