by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A fatal shooting is under investigation in Waterloo. Just before 4 o’clock this morning, a shooting victim was found at a Waterloo apartment. The person died of a gunshot wound to the chest but no name was released. 22-year-old Farley Roe Junior of Waterloo was...
by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Crime & Courts
The Perry woman whose seven-month-old daughter died of heat exposure last June after being left in a minivan all day has resigned from her job. Kari Engholm was acquitted a few weeks ago of child endangerment and manslaughter for forgetting to drop her daughter off at...
by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Health & Medicine
University of Iowa researchers report more successes in the quest for a way to correct genetic defects of cystic fibrosis, or C-F. Dr. John Engelhardt directs the U-of-I’s Center for Gene Therapy, where a new therapy technique is being studied to reverse the...
by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A father and son from Anamosa have admitted selling spoiled meet to Amish residents in southern Iowa. 77-year-old Donald Stickle and his son, 42-year-old Donald Junior, pleaded guilty to charges of selling and transporting the meat, which was unfit for people to eat....
by admin | Dec 31, 2001 | Uncategorized
Some travelers still haven’t gotten the word about how seriously airport security screeners are taking the new rules. Des Moines International airport spokesman Michael Audino explains he’s never seen a list, but common sense will tell you what things are...