by admin | Apr 30, 2001 | Health & Medicine
A national program to give away one million car booster seats is being launched today along with the results of a survey on how few Iowa parents put their kids in them. Booster seats will be distributed to low-income families. The event is being held in partnership...
by admin | Apr 30, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A woman from Peru is accused of marrying and then bilking an elderly Quad Cities man out of thousands of dollars. Federal agents say they’re investigating 39-year-old Carmen Kimball for allegedly taking more than 100-thousand dollars from 75-year old Wilbur...
by admin | Apr 30, 2001 | Sports
The Wartburg College football team will begin preparations this week for an eight-day trip to Germany next month that will include a game against a club team. Wartburg coach Rick Willis says last year they put the trip off because they were also playing the division...
by admin | Apr 28, 2001 | Human Interest
This is the 13th annual “Workers Memorial Day” in Iowa. State Labor Commissioner Byron Orton says the day celebrates creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Orton says OSHA has made workplaces safer. Orton says occupational...
by admin | Apr 28, 2001 | Human Interest, Military
The southeastern-most Iowa town of Keokuk -does- have a floodwall and all Civil War re-enactment events scheduled for this weekend are still on. Kirk Brandenberger, spokesman for the Keokuk-area Convention and Tourism Bureau, says the 14th annual “Battle of Pea...
