by admin | Jul 30, 2001 | Sports
The state softball tournament opens tonight at Harlan Rodgers Park in Fort Dodge. Tonight the entire first round will be played in class 1A and the openers are at five as Rockwell City Lytton plays fourth ranked Missouri valley and Pocahontas area take on 6th ranked...
by admin | Jul 30, 2001 | Human Interest, Military
A new book by an Iowa veteran chronicles his experience as a World War Two bomber pilot and prisoner of war. Howard Greiner’s book “Letters to Mom” features the letters the then-young man from Wellman wrote to his invalid mother. They chronicled his...
by admin | Jul 30, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A county attorney wound up on the wrong side of the law Sunday.Okoboji police arrested 51-year-old Thomas Gustafson of Denison early Sunday on public intoxication charges. Cops say Gustafson ran from a vehicle after a traffic stop. The female driver was released....
by admin | Jul 30, 2001 | Human Interest
The Clive woman who lost both legs after a car crash in April is getting a new smile today.18-year-old Lindsay Thomas is scheduled for an appointment in Iowa City to have a bridge fitted that’ll replace all of the teeth she lost in the April wreck along I-35....
by admin | Jul 30, 2001 | Education
With the Fed’s repeated lowering of the prime rate and interest dwindling on everything from home loans to consumer debt, student loans have taken their first cut in interest rate. That’s sparked interest in consolidating those loans, but Iowa College...