by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Business
Delta Airlines has announced plans to pull out of the Dubuque Regional Airport at the end of August. Airport manager Robert Grierson says Delta became Dubuque’s second hub just one year ago. The airport’s primary carrier is American Eagle, which offers...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Education
An eastern Iowa think tank is pushing legislators to allow more Iowa parents with children 18 and younger to qualify for a tax break. The federal Earned Income Tax Credit is for parents who work, but have low wages. Twenty states, including Iowa, allow parents to...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
The list of big names who will take part in next week’s John Deere Classic near the Quad Cities continues to get longer. Steve Stricker is currently ranked seventh in the world and already has a win on the PGA Tour this year and Tom Lehman won the British Open...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Street drugs shaped to look like popular cartoon characters have been showing up in places like Kansas City, but law officers say they don’t appear to be prevalent in Iowa. The brightly colored pills are often designed to look like Homer or Bart Simpson, Teenage...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | News
A body was recovered from the Missouri River last night but could not be positively identified as being that of a missing South Sioux City, Nebraska, man. Thirty-one-year-old Bruce Wright has been missing on the river following a boating accident near Salix Saturday...