by admin | Feb 27, 2001 | Sports
Drake fell short in their bid for their best Missouri Valley Conference finish since 1993.Jerome Robinson scored 21 points to lead the Bradley Braves past the Bulldogs 74-50. Luke McDonald paced Drake with 19 points. Drake finished the regular season at 12-15 and 8-10...
by admin | Feb 27, 2001 | Politics & Government
A bill designed to boost ethanol sales has cleared a committee in the Iowa House. Representative Ralph Klemme of LeMars says the bill gives an incentive to gas stations that sell lots of ethanol-blended fuel.If more than 60 percent of the gas sold at a station is...
by admin | Feb 27, 2001 | Politics & Government
Iowa Democrats are criticizing the tax cut President Bush will outline tonight in a speech. Iowa Democrat Party chair Sheila McGuire Riggs saysthe tax cut plan is “Reaganesque.” She says the mistakes of the 1980s left the country with a mountain of debt....
by admin | Feb 27, 2001 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Passengers on one of Iowa’s Mississippi River gambling boats were evacuated yesterday after a barge the boat was moored to sank. Ken Bonnet, a spokesman for the Clinton-based Mississippi Belle II, says 176 passengers were escorted off the boat over a rigged up...
by admin | Feb 27, 2001 | Business
More than a half-million cable T-V customers in Iowa will likely be writing out their monthly checks to a new company soon. A-T-and-T Broadband plans to sell its systems in Iowa and three other states to New York-based Mediacom Communications as part of a...
