by admin | Jul 30, 2004 | News
Iowa farmers grew marijuana as a cash fiber crop during World War Two and midwestern historians say there used to be local mills that processed the hemp into rope. Now the weed’s growing wild, in farm fields and along roadways. Sheriff Dennis Conard says...
by admin | Jul 30, 2004 | Military
Questions arose this week about politics and the military when an Iowa soldier was set to appear at a democratic political event in uniform. The soldier pulled out of the event after learning he could be violating the law. Lieutenant Colonel Michael Kuehn of the Iowa...
by admin | Jul 30, 2004 | News
The Iowans in Boston for the Democratic National Convention are making their way home now after John Kerry formally accepted the party’s presidential nomination last night. John and Jackie Norris got engaged at the Democratic National Convention in L-A four...
by admin | Jul 30, 2004 | News
An eastern Iowa couple got singled out for special treatment last night at the Democratic National Convention. Tom and Becky Furlong of Letts, which is in Muscatine County, hosted a John Kerry picnic on their farm last summer. Kerry invited the couple to sit with his...
by admin | Jul 30, 2004 | News
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack issued a challenge to the Iowa Democrats who’ve been in Boston at their party’s national convention. Vilsack told ‘em they’re going to have to work harder than they’ve ever worked before to get party nominee John Kerry over the top....
