by admin | Feb 28, 2007 | Crime & Courts
A woman who was working at a northwest Iowa nursing home has lost the latest appeal of her murder conviction for killing one of the home’s residents. Back in August of 2003, Christie Van Oort pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for causing the death of...
by admin | Feb 28, 2007 | Crime & Courts
Counterfeit currency has shown up again in the southwest Iowa community of Creston. Creston Police Chief Jamie Christensen says "scammers" aren’t just doing their dirty work over the phone these days — they’re trying to use "fake...
by admin | Feb 28, 2007 | News
State officials say just two deaths have been linked to the storm that blazed through the state this weekend. A Wisconsin man working on a utility crew fell 80 feet to his death in Cedar Rapids and someone in Wapello County died when the oxygen supply in their home...
by admin | Feb 28, 2007 | Education
Voters in the Mount Ayr school district in southwest Iowa have rejected a bid to build additions onto the district’s elementary and high school buildings. Voters narrowly defeated an eight-million dollar bond issue Tuesday. It fell about 100 votes short of the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2007 | Weather
Lieutenant Governor Patti Judge said this afternoon the number of people without power in Iowa continues to drop. Judge says the most current numbers show 51,350 people are still without power. Some 265,000 had been without power Sunday. The crews continue...
