by admin | Dec 30, 2004 | Weather
You can leave the winter jacket in the closet for today at least as 2004 is going out on a warm note. While Iowa struggled to get the temperature above single digits just one week ago — National Weather Service meteorologist Craig Cogil says a shift in the...
by admin | Dec 30, 2004 | Crime & Courts
Waterloo police have made a seventh arrest in an October shooting rampage that left one woman dead. 56-year-old Paul Ackerman of Waterloo was charged yesterday with accessory after the fact. Police believe Ackerman was involved in the disposal of a weapon that was...
by admin | Dec 30, 2004 | Outdoors
About 140 southwest Iowans attended at a meeting in Clarinda Wednesday night to hear officials from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources dispel rumors about an invasion of mountain lions. A big cat was hit by a car near Harlan back in 2001 and since then, two more...
by admin | Dec 30, 2004 | Politics & Government
An Iowa woman has been hired to help put on President Bush’s second inaugural. Marlys Popma is a long-time Republican Party activist who lives near Colfax. “They asked me if I would help out, and I’m not going to say ‘No’ if they need...
by admin | Dec 30, 2004 | Crime & Courts
A standoff in northeastern Mason City yesterday afternoon ended peacefully but not without a fire starting. Police were called to the home shortly after noon yesterday after a 9-1-1 caller said Jon Wilmarth was in a garage behind the home, distraught, possibly...
