by admin | Jun 30, 2003 | News
A 45-year-old Ames man was killed in a two-vehicle collision near the Hamilton County town of Randall on Sunday morning. Two Jewell residents were hurt in the wreck. State troopers identify the man killed as Gary Smith, saying it appears his van tried to turn onto a...
by admin | Jun 30, 2003 | Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack today announced the president of the Iowa Farm Bureau and three bankers will be among the 11 board members who’ll dole out the new pile of state economic development grants and loans. Iowa Farm Bureau president Craig Lang will serve on the...
by admin | Jun 30, 2003 | Outdoors
A renewable energy program is getting a financial boost from the Minnesota-based McKnight Foundation. Eight-million McKnight Foundation dollars will go to a renewable energy program in seven midwest states over the next three years. These dollars build on a...
by admin | Jun 30, 2003 | Human Interest
She didn’t win the crown over the weekend but the Iowa contestant in a national beauty pageant isn’t coming home empty-handed. The America’s Junior Miss National Finals were held in Mobile, Alabama, on Saturday night. An 18-year-old from California...
by admin | Jun 30, 2003 | Technology, Weather
Many of the people who literally map out our lives are meeting today in Ames. It’s the biennial meeting of the Iowa Geographic Information Council. Andy Kula, a meteorologist and the vice president of the council, says geographic information is important to...