by admin | Apr 30, 2002 | Crime & Courts, Fires/Accidents/Disasters
An Iowa City bar is now facing charges for a burning booze stunt. Nine college students were injured April 18th when bartenders poured alcohol on the bar and lit it on fire at the bar called “Et. Cetera”. A charge of reckless use of fire has been filed...
by admin | Apr 30, 2002 | Politics & Government
Senator Tom Harkin says he’s “very, very happy” with the final version of the Farm Bill that’s been formally endorsed today by the panel of House and Senate members who were assembled to draft a compromise. Harkin says the bill reflects a...
by admin | Apr 30, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
An airplane mishap at Des Moines International Airport was less than met the eye this morning. Airport spokesman Michael Audino says it happened about 7-30 in the morning. A Boeing 727 cargo plane inbound from Milwaukee landed safely but didn’t make a turn on...
by admin | Apr 30, 2002 | Uncategorized
Iowans are urged to speak out this week about how important Amtrak trains are in their lives. Henry Wulff, president of the Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers, says America’s passenger rail service is in a “state of crisis” and may soon vanish...
by admin | Apr 30, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Two workers in southwest Iowa were injured in a fall Monday. The two fell from scaffolding at the construction site of a new K-8 school building in Shenandoah on Monday afternoon. One worker was life-flighted to an Omaha hospital, the other is at a Shenandoah...
