by admin | May 30, 2008 | Politics & Government
Two of the three Republicans who are running for the G.O.P’s U.S. Senate nomination and a chance to face-off against Democrat Tom Harkin in November appeared on Iowa Public Television tonight. George Eichhorn and Christopher Reed spent most of the time...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Human Interest, Politics & Government, Weather
President Bush has declared three more counties disaster areas, a move the frees up more federal help in the cleanup after Sunday’s tornado that cut a swatch through northern Iowa and flatted a third of the town of Parkersburg. Individuals, government agencies...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Human Interest, Weather
Flooding hit several regions of the state Friday after steady and heavy overnight rains. Highway 30 was closed in the Ames area Friday afternoon as Squaw Creek and the Skunk River flooded. Iowa State University chief of police Jerry Stewart says Squaw Creek reached...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Crime & Courts, Military
Vandals struck at the new Iowa Veterans Cemetery near Van Meter this week, breaking one window in the administration building and damaging two others beyond repair. Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs director Pat Palmersheim says it happened sometime Thursday night...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | News
Residents of the small south-central Iowa town of Attica are cleaning up after a suspected tornado swept through the area early Friday. The unincorporated town of just over 100 residents does not have severe weather sirens. Bob and Sue Mallory were up at 5 a.m. when...
