by admin | Jan 30, 2003 | Health & Medicine
A woman from Mason City who has breast cancer is at the statehouse today, lobbying for a bill that would require insurance companies to pay for mammograms when a doctor recommends one, or there’s a family history of breast cancer. Forty-year-old Holly Mennen...
by admin | Jan 30, 2003 | Crime & Courts
A Poweshiek County jury has found a Grinnell man found guilty of manslaughter in the shaking death of his three-month old daughter last January. 20-year-old Shane Dupee had been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his daughter Aliyah in the Grinnell...
by admin | Jan 30, 2003 | Military, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin says it’s almost certain the U.S. will go to war with Iraq in the next few weeks. Harkin, a democrat, says he’s found no evidence to back the republican administration’s reasons for going to war. Harkin says he’s re-read...
by admin | Jan 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
Legislators may do away with the three-dollar limit on food and drink that lobbyists can buy them. The limit was established in the mid-90s after an ethics scandal. It means legislators are not to accept food or drink that costs more than $2.99 — so you can buy...
by admin | Jan 30, 2003 | Uncategorized
In women’s basketball action tonight the Iowa Hawkeyes are at home to take on Indiana. The Hawks are 2-4 in the league race and after struggling on the road coach Lisa Bluder says they are glad to be back at home as January has been a tough month for the. Bluder...