by admin | May 30, 2008 | Crime & Courts
A Wisconsin teenager nearly died this week after overdosing on a relatively new drug known as 2-C-B, and Iowa officials fear it may arrive here soon. Dale Woolery, associate director of the Iowa Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy, says this drug, like so...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Business
State officials have reduced fines levied in March for workplace safety violations at the Postville meatpacking plant that was the target of an immigration raid earlier this month. Agriprocessors was fined $182,000 this spring for 39 violations. The Iowa Division of...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Politics & Government
Former Vice President Al Gore has endorsed an Iowa congressman who faces a challenge from another Democrat in next week’s primary election. Gore has endorsed Congressman Leonard Boswell in his race against challenger Ed Fallon. The Gore backing is being...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Human Interest, Politics & Government
Hundreds of Iowa gas pumps are unable to display a per gallon price above $3.99. With gasoline crossing the $4 a gallon threshold, that’s a problem that the state ag department must deal with as Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey’s agency monitors gas...
by admin | May 30, 2008 | Weather
For the second time in less than a week, a tornado caused widespread destruction as it struck a small Iowa town early this morning, this time in south-central Iowa. One person was critically injured, as many as ten others hurt, when a tornado hit the town of Attica, a...
