by admin | Jan 31, 2005 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Fire struck the Colonial Manor nursing home in the western Iowa town of Anita on Saturday night. All residents had to be evacuated but Anita fire spokesman Duane Murphy says the fire was contained to one resident’s room. Murphy says it appears the fire started...
by admin | Jan 31, 2005 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
A northwest Iowa man died in a car crash Sunday. A Hawarden area man was killed in a one-vehicle crash on Highway 10 near Hawarden. Sioux County authorities say 37-year-old Elvis Gene Boyer was a passenger in a car driven by 31-year-old Shane Gray of Hawarden that...
by admin | Jan 31, 2005 | Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack will release his state budget plan this afternoon. It’s expected to outline more than five billion dollars in state spending, and Vilsack has indicated it will include a cigarette tax increase, though he has not revealed how much of an...
by admin | Jan 31, 2005 | Military
A welcome home celebration is planned for this afternoon (Monday) at Camp Dodge.Two units of the Iowa National Guard are returning to the Hawkeye State after about 13 months of federal active duty in the Persian Gulf. The 767th Engineer Team,(shown in photo above),...
by admin | Jan 31, 2005 | Politics & Government
As state legislators debate new restrictions on cold and allergy medications that are being used to make methamphetamine, an official from a western Iowa drug treatment center hopes the efforts succeed in cutting meth production — and addiction. Chad Jensen is...