by admin | Oct 30, 2001 | Human Interest
An eastern Iowa woman is back from a trip to deliver money to a New York fire station that lost all but two of its fire fighters in the World Trade Center collapse.Eldridge firefighters and their wives raised over nine-thousand dollars one weekend in September, and...
by admin | Oct 30, 2001 | Crime & Courts
A building in Dubuque was evacuated early this morning because of an anthrax scare.The Dubuque Postal Annex was evacuated for over three hours after a “strange, powdery substance” was found on a box. Between six and 12 employees were hustled out of the...
by admin | Oct 30, 2001 | Politics & Government
Federal officials are again warning Americans new terrorist attacks may be imminent, and Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says this is -not- a case of the government crying wolf.Based on what he calls “credible” information, U-S Attorney General John Ashcroft...
by admin | Oct 30, 2001 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A Monday night forum at Drake University focused on the role of universities in times of national crisis. University of Iowa president Mary Sue Coleman says students have shown a great need to talk about what’s going on.Coleman doesn’t expect huge,...
by admin | Oct 30, 2001 | Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack is considering new state spending that would give an economic boost to the state’s construction industry. Vilsack may call for diverting more state gambling taxes to the “Vision Iowa” program which hands out millions in state...
