by admin | Oct 31, 2001 | News
Eighty teams take the field tonight for the opening round of the high school football playoffs. the first game of a doubleheader in the UNI-Dome features class A top-ranked and defending state champion Hubbard-Radcliffe against sixth ranked East Buchanan....
by admin | Oct 31, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A northwest Iowa man is jailed in Minnesota after allegedly trying to run down border guards at the U-S border with Canada. Fifty-two-year-old Vieng Bouaphakeo is charged with attempted manslaughter, assault and fleeing from a police officer. Koochiching County...
by admin | Oct 31, 2001 | Politics & Government
If you’re trying to scrape up some extra money for the holidays, you might want to check with the Internal Revenue Service. I-R-S spokeswoman Donna Migazzi says about three thousand Iowans are due advanced tax credit payments, or are still owed refunds from past...
by admin | Oct 31, 2001 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A Davenport woman learned her pet python was more interested in her than the rat she was trying to feed it.The year old snake clamped down on her hand, wrapped itself around her arm and refused to let go. Eventually, fire fighters and paramedics were able set her...
by admin | Oct 31, 2001 | Health & Medicine
There’s an outbreak of whooping cough in Johnson County. Officials have identified 30 cases in the Iowa City area. Elizabeth Miller is a disease prevention specialist with the Johnson County Health Department.Miller says whooping cough in most school-age...