by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Human Interest
A Waterloo nurse should be coming home soon after her recent sentencing inIndonesia. Joy Lee Sadler was sentenced to four months in prison forviolating her tourist visa by contacting members of the Free Aceh Movement.Both Sadler and British academic Lesley Jane...
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Business
The southwest Iowa town of Red Oak is a big step closer to landing a newfactory. The Iowa Department of Economic Development has approved aforgiveable loan of $445,000 to help Red Oak lure Johnson Controls intolocating there. Lori Port, executive director of the Red...
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Politics & Government
Some Iowa voters still cast their ballots on paper this past election, butSecretary of State Chet Culver says Iowa’s election system, overall, ispretty modern. Culver says Iowa has “pretty good” voting equipment whencompared to the rest of the...
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Human Interest
The Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled a biological father cannot be forced topay for his kid’s college education. Kristy Maynard was born in 1982, thebiological daughter of Richard St. John and Kellie Downing, who nevermarried. There were three separate petitions...
by admin | Dec 30, 2002 | Human Interest
A new U-S Census Bureau report shows Iowa had the nation’s smallest amountof population growth during the last century. The report says Iowa was thenation’s 10th most populous state in the year 1900, but fell to 30th by theyear 2000, posting the least...
