by admin | Feb 28, 2001 | Health & Medicine
A northeast Iowa nursing home is facing a fine after a resident was injured. The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals is fining the Cresco Care Center three thousand dollars after a resident fell and broke her leg. State officials say only one center worker...
by admin | Feb 28, 2001 | Politics & Government
President George W. Bush landed in Omaha this afternoon on the first leg of a trip that includes a stop in Council Bluffs. Bush told a crowd of about 35-hundred people in Omaha that he’s glad to be back in the Midwest. Bush has taken to the road to tout his tax...
by admin | Feb 28, 2001 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Major flooding in the Illinois Quad City area is forcing people out of their homes. A near-six-mile long ice jam on the Rock River has forced evacuations of the Illinois Quad City-area town of Cleveland and parts of Osborn. Wanda Powell, of Cleveland, says it’s...
by admin | Feb 28, 2001 | Crime & Courts
Legislators may toughen penalties for protestors who seek to disrupt farm operations. A bill approved by the House Ag Committee sets longer prison sentences and higher fines for those who release livestock, including minks and honey bees, and for those who damage or...
by admin | Feb 28, 2001 | Crime & Courts
Jackson County authorities believe they’ve solved the case of a shooting death, but many questions remain. An eastern Iowa man is now charged in last week’s slaying of 19-year-old Douglas Horst of Sabula, who died of a gunshot to the head. 22-year-old...
