by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | News
Great weather led to a number of standout performances at the 88th Drake Relays. Sixteen records were broken, including one of the oldest. Alan Webb set a new record in the mile run with a winning time of 3:51.71. That broke the record set by Steve Scott back in 1979....
by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
About nine in ten Iowa drivers and passengers wear their seat belts and the state’s launching a new effort today to reach the remaining holdouts. Dena Gray-Fisher, spokeswoman for the Iowa Department of Transportation, says the latest six-week campaign will be...
by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | Outdoors
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says deer hunters donated a record number of the animals to help feed the hungry. Ross Harrison oversees the program, and says almost 7,000 deer, a seven percent increase over last year, were donated with most going to the...
by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | Politics & Government
The 2007 Iowa Legislative session has ended with a variety of items completed, but some issues were left unresolved. The final day, which started Saturday at 9 a.m. and ended 15 and a half hours later, was at times marked with frivolity. Senate Democratic Leader Mike...
by admin | Apr 29, 2007 | Politics & Government
Republican Mike Huckabee was the only presidential candidate in Iowa this past weekend, meeting with influential Christian conservatives in his party on Friday night. Huckabee says the country is questioning the "competence" of their government on a variety...
