by admin | Apr 29, 2002 | Politics & Government
The Iowa Farm Bureau and Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture were noticeably absent from the ceremony as Governor Tom Vilsack signed the livestock bill into law this morning. The Farm Bureau criticized the legislation, saying it might force some smaller farmers out...
by admin | Apr 29, 2002 | Religion
Training sessions are going on around Iowa for Methodist ministers. Kristen Knudsen Harris is spokeswoman for the Iowa Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. She explains the grouping is geographical, like a sports “conference,” and it’s...
by admin | Apr 29, 2002 | Crime & Courts
A southwest Iowa student is accused of planning to poison his prom’s punch with a chemical that’d sicken or even kill. Fifteen-year-old Robert Dumler of Villisca is charged with terrorism. Villisca police chief Butch Rulla says some high schoolers and...
by admin | Apr 29, 2002 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
There’ll be -no- cuts in Medicare funding or coverage according to Iowa Congressman Jim Nussle. Several groups, including nursing homes, have issued warnings that the rumored cuts will cost about 50-dollars per patient, per day, starting in October, but Nussle...
by admin | Apr 29, 2002 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Marshalltown’s fire chief has quit unexpectedly. Lyman Monroe has resigned after serving less than two years on the job. Monroe said in his resignation letter that his is pursuing “other endeavors”, but has not said what he’ll do in the...
