by admin | Jan 31, 2003 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of a disastrous event that struck a small north-central Iowa town, making headlines around the world. It was Friday night, February 2nd of 1973, when an explosion leveled part of downtown Eagle Grove, killing 14 people. Eagle...
by admin | Jan 31, 2003 | Crime & Courts, Education
The incoming University of Iowa president won’t comment on a campus committee’s report on the school’s handling of a sexual assault case involving basketball player Pierre Pierce. Pierce was charged with sexual abuse for an incident involving a woman...
by admin | Jan 31, 2003 | Crime & Courts
A southwest Iowa man was shot and wounded late last night by Clarinda police making a drug arrest. The Page County attorney’s office says agents of the state Division of Criminal Investigation and Clarinda police officers were trying to arrest the suspect when...
by admin | Jan 31, 2003 | Recreation / Entertainment
Late in 2004, central Iowans will no longer have to stand in long box office lines to get tickets for the latest films. A theatre complex being planned west of Des Moines will utilize an on-line ticketing service so patrons can pay for and print their tickets on their...
by admin | Jan 31, 2003 | Recreation / Entertainment
Iowans who are laboring over their state income tax forms in the next few weeks are being encouraged to remember the Corndog Tax Checkoff. Estee Walter, sponsorship director for the Blue Ribbon Foundation, says this is the tenth year for the checkoff, which benefits...
