by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Education
A small Iowa school district near the Minnesota border is considering drastic measures to keep kids off their cell phones. Administrators in Saint Ansgar say too many kids are breaking the rules by texting and talking on their cell phones during school hours. The...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
Two Iowans are heavily involved in the latest developments in the health care reform debate. Congressman Bruce Braley, a Democrat from Waterloo, sits on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the panel began considering amendments to its original proposal this...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Crime & Courts
A Waterloo man wanted in connection with a recent shooting incident has been captured in Wisconsin. Twenty-three-year-old Tavares Montgomery was located in Madison, Wisconsin, on Tuesday afternoon and arrested without incident. Montgomery is accused of shooting...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | News
A 30-year old man died in Cedar Rapids after the Jet Ski he was riding got too close to a roller dam last night. Information from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department says Christopher Clark of Cedar Rapids was wearing a life jacket however the undercurrents at the dam...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Human Interest
A study ranks Iowa number-five in the nation for volunteering, a move up one slot from a year ago. Bob Grimm, research director for the Corporation for National and Community Service, says about 37% of all Iowans volunteered their time at least once last year —...
