by admin | Apr 29, 1999 | News
One way to eliminate trade in the illegal drug methamphetamine would be toeliminate one of its prime ingredients. Iowa Senator Tom Harkin is hoping todo just that.Harkin is calling on USDA to initiate a research project to chemically alteranhydrous ammonia to render...
by admin | Apr 29, 1999 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Human Interest
A group of young adults from Colorado is in southwestern Iowa, helpingresidents rebuild their homes after tornadoes tore through the regionearlier this month. Ellen Gordon, Iowa’s Emergency Management Divisionchief, says the teams will focus on Adair and Union...
by admin | Apr 29, 1999 | Crime & Courts, Education
Police say a West Des Moines teacher was shot by his trench coat-wearing sonlast night. 36-year-old Mark Neal is hospitalized in critical condition afterbeing shot in the stomach with a sawed-off shotgun. Des Moines SergeantBruce Elrod says 17-year-old David Neal was...
by admin | Apr 29, 1999 | Sports
The Iowa State softball team used a pair of outstanding pitchingperformances to sweep Drake yesterday. The Cyclones won three-to-nothing ingame one and six-to-one in game two. Iowa State coach Ruth Crowu says herteam is playing well at the right time.In the second...
by admin | Apr 29, 1999 | Sports
The Iowa State baseball team went on a rollercoaster ride in earning a winover Big Ten power Minnesota yesterday. The Cyclones blew a two-run lead inthe top of the ninth, then tied the game in the bottom of the inning. I-S-Uwon it in extra innings, seven to six. Iowa...
