by admin | May 31, 2001 | Politics & Government, Religion
The less than 20 remaining Jewish Iowans who were forced to work in Nazi slave labor camps may soon be paid a small stipend for their work. Germany’s parliament has ended its stalemate and released the four-and-a-half billion dollars that is to be paid to labor...
by admin | May 31, 2001 | Business
Even when workers are at a premium, some will find themselves without a job. University of Northern Iowa Economic department head Fred Abraham says the business environment never guarantees you a job.Abraham says there are some things you can do to prepare just in...
by admin | May 31, 2001 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Politics & Government
Davenport is the tentative choice for a mayor’s summit this summer on flooding. The Minneapolis-based McKnight Foundation is helping organize the symposium. Dan Ray, the foundation’s director of conservation programs, says it would bring up to 50 city...
by admin | May 31, 2001 | Sports
Bob Ferguson always thought he would return to the United States Hockey League. After six years in the professional ranks Ferguson has returned to coach the Des Moines Buccaneers, an organization he led from 1990-to-1995. He takes over a franchise that won six...
by admin | May 31, 2001 | Sports
With the sports season over, a new era is set to begin at William Penn University. The school is leaving the N-C-A-A division-three Iowa Conference and moving to the N-A-I-A. Jim Cox is Penn’s football coach and says the change represents a new challenge.The...
