by admin | Mar 29, 2002 | Health & Medicine
In a surprise move, the Iowa Senate has voted to force insurance companies to include coverage for mental illnesses in health insurance policies. G-O-P Senator Maggie Tinsman of Bettendorf was among a handful of republicans who joined all the Senate’s democrats...
by admin | Mar 29, 2002 | Business, Crime & Courts
Iowa’s Attorney General is warning you to be wary of telemarketers offering free gifts. A-G Tom Miller says the free offers could be part of a growing practice used by credit card companies that end up costing customers.Some of the large credit card companies...
by admin | Mar 29, 2002 | Human Interest
Impulse buying this holiday weekend could end up being cruel punishment for tiny, feathered or furry creatures, and it could even be their death sentence. Tom Colvin is executive director of state’s largest animal shelter, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa.Colvin...
by admin | Mar 29, 2002 | Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack today challenged legislators to resurrect a bill that’d toughen Iowa’s drunken driving law.Vilsack wants the legal blood alcohol standard lowered to point-oh-eight. The Iowa Senate approved the move earlier this year, but House leaders...
by admin | Mar 29, 2002 | Crime & Courts
A Russian man is jailed in northwest Iowa’s Clay County for identity theft and other charges.The driver’s license bureau in Spencer reported a forgery in progress to police on Wednesday. Andrei Gondine reportedly was wearing the same clothes he had on when...
