by admin | Feb 27, 2002 | Health & Medicine
Some Iowa medical experts said today that mammograms should continue to be used as one of the tools in helping women detect breast cancer. The comments come in the wake of a Dutch study that created controversy over the importance of mammograms. Dr. Marty Wiesenfeld...
by admin | Feb 27, 2002 | Crime & Courts, Military
A group in Griswold has lost another battle in the war over a Civil War-era cannon.In 1911, the federal government gave a cannon to the Grand Army of the Republic post in Cass County. Nine years later, the soldiers turned the cannon over to the Griswold American...
by admin | Feb 27, 2002 | Crime & Courts
Two Des Moines-area malls have lost their bid stop construction of a mall in West Des Moines. A few West Des Moines taxpayers and the owners of Merle Hay and Valley West Malls sued the city of West Des Moines over the deal. A few years ago, the City promised to...
by admin | Feb 27, 2002 | Health & Medicine
Many Iowa cities have at least a dusting of snow on the ground, but one charity is looking toward spring with particular zeal. Today’s the final day Iowans can order flowers as part of the American Cancer Society’s “Daffodil Days” promotion,...
by admin | Feb 27, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A family of four lost their home in north-central Iowa last night. The fire at the home of the Tom Farhat family in Webster City was called in about six-thirty last night after someone put gasoline into a wood-burning stove. Damage was heavy. No injuries were...
