by admin | Jun 28, 2003 | Education
Iowa State University officials met this week with dairy farmers to talk about the planned closing of the dairy teaching farm in Ames. Agriculture Dean Catherine Wotecki says the farm’s a casualty of budget cuts and inefficiencies. She says the farm’s...
by admin | Jun 28, 2003 | Recreation / Entertainment
The beach is open once again at Backbone State Park in Delaware County. The beach itself was re-opened to the public last week, after being closed since April, though a swimming advisory remained in place. Now that advisory’s been lifted after DNR tests found...
by admin | Jun 28, 2003 | Recreation / Entertainment
Iowa gardeners who spot a warning flash of yellow-and-black should think twice before they go for the spray to make bees bug off. TV garden-show host Rebecca Kohls says bees are buzzing helpers that will make your garden grow. She says plants need fertilization,...
by admin | Jun 28, 2003 | Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack has begun using the phrase “at the end of the day” a lot this past spring, and legislators have caught the bug. On June 19, Vilsack said “at the end of the day” four times during a speech and news conference afterwards....
by admin | Jun 28, 2003 | Recreation / Entertainment
An Iowan’s home from a long trip, and he’d recommend it to anyone. Among events for the 100th anniversary of Wilbur and Orville Wright’s experiment is a pilgrimage called “Fifty Flags to Kitty Hawk,” and Iowa’s flag was taken to...
