by admin | Mar 31, 2000 | Uncategorized
Anyone with Internet access will now be able to view detailed and specialized maps of Iowa. Department of Transportation maps originally designed “for internal use only” are now available to the public over the World Wide Web.Peggi Knight is a D-O-T...
by admin | Mar 31, 2000 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Investigators in Sioux City are trying to determine what caused a house to explode. Fire Department spokesman Brian Thiele says neighbors reported the blast this morning just before three.Thiele says there was debris spread all over from the explosion as the front of...
by admin | Mar 30, 2000 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Weather
Continued dry weather has placed about one-tenth of the state under a burn ban. Madison County has been added to the list of eight other counties where open burning is now prohibited. State Fire Marshal Roy Marshall:says damaging and dangerous grass fires are...
by admin | Mar 30, 2000 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Authorities in eastern Iowa believe a man’s death may be linked to chemicals used to make methamphetamine. 37-year old Mike Stealy was found dead on the back steps of his home in Dewar Wednesday. Officials say it appears Stealy may have been dead for some time....
by admin | Mar 30, 2000 | Politics & Government
Some Iowans complain they still haven’t gotten a census form, but officials say half of all Hawkeye State residents have already returned their forms. If too few respond, the state could lose one of its five seats in the U-S House, but Iowa Congressman Tom...