by admin | Jul 30, 2008 | Crime & Courts
The Polk County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a cowboy bandit. The department reports that deputies were called to a home southeast of the Des Moines in the suburb of Pleasant Hill. The two elderly residents of the home say a man knocked on their door...
by admin | Jul 30, 2008 | News
Authorities have identified a body recovered this week from the Mississippi River in northeast Iowa. Clayton County Sheriff Robert Hamann says the body of 47-year-old Joseph J. Heaton was discovered by a boater around 3 p.m. on Monday. The boater brought the body to...
by admin | Jul 30, 2008 | Recreation / Entertainment
A group of developers is starting the long process of trying secure a state license for a casino in the far northwest corner of Iowa. Lyon County Economic Development director Glenn Anderson says that area near the tiny town of Larchwood is an excellent location...
by admin | Jul 30, 2008 | Outdoors
A group of Iowa environmentalists are urging MidAmerican Energy to revise its efficiency goals for the state. MidAmerican recently submitted a five-year energy efficiency plan to the Iowa Utilities Board for approval. Nathaniel Baer of the Iowa Environmental Council...
by Matt Kelley | Jul 30, 2008 | Recreation / Entertainment
After reading “The Wizard of Oz” as a second-grader, best-selling author J.A. Jance says she knew she wanted to be a writer, but it took her a while to answer the calling. Jance is doing a book-signing in Omaha/Council Bluffs tonight to promote her latest...
