by admin | Sep 27, 2001 | Sports
The 21st-ranked UNI volleyball team will put their undefeated record on the line this weekend as they play a pair of Missouri Valley Conference teams on the road at Wichita State and Southwest Missouri State. Southwest is 4-0 in the conference, while UNI is off to a...
by admin | Sep 27, 2001 | Sports
It is not just college rivalries that feature a traveling trophy, but several at the high school ranks as well. One of those series will be renewed tomorrow night in Tama as class 3A second ranked Grinnell visits South Tama in the battle for the helmets. Grinnell...
by admin | Sep 27, 2001 | Sports
Cornell is the early surprise of the Iowa Conference race and will be at home Saturday to play Simpson. The Rams are 3-0 and have already equaled their win total of last season. Coach Steve Miller says added experience is one factor and the confidence level continues...
by admin | Sep 27, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A teenage father in northern Iowa is accused of beating his infant son. 19-year-old Casey Meyers, of Burt, is charged with child endangerment after his eight-week-old son was hit in the head. Kossuth County authorities say the boy suffered serious head injuries and is...
by admin | Sep 27, 2001 | Business
An Iowa business that took a big blow from the slumping farm economy is finally making a recovery. In the previous three years, Terra Industries, a Sioux City based maker of fertilizer, had suffered 130-million in losses.Spokesman Mark Rosenbury says it takes a lot of...