by admin | May 30, 2000 | Crime & Courts
Officials in Benton County now say there were four victims in a murder-suicide in Bell Plaine Sunday.The Benton County medical examiner says 21-year-old Roberta Abernathy was at seven and a half months pregnant when she was shot by former boyfriend Richard Jackson of...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Weather
Many outdoor plans for the holiday weekend were washed out by rain, but the moisture was a blessing for drought-frightened farmers. Iowa climatologist Harry Hillaker says at least for the short-term, the drought is over. He says the concerns of farmers have been...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Sports
Iowa Barnstormer receiver Mike Horacek has been named the Arena Football League’s co-offensive player of the week. Horacek had six touchdown receptions in last week’s victory over Tampa Bay and in the last three games had 16 touchdowns. The Iowa State...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Outdoors
The first comprehensive study on the health of the Iowa “Great Lakes” is underway in northwest Iowa. Arnold Vander Valk runs the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory along West Okoboji Lake. Vander Valk says the first part of the study involves volunteers taking...
by admin | May 30, 2000 | Politics & Government
A new magazine designed to promote the benefits of living in the Hawkeye State will be put in the hands of every Iowa high schooler this fall. It’s entitled “Iowa Next: Your Guide to Life After High School in Iowa” and it will go out to every public...
