by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Crime & Courts, Religion
The head of a group for people once abused by clergy finds a parallel in the way society once handled the issue of adoption. Joyce Connors heads the “Office for Protection of Children” in Dubuque Catholic ArchDiocese. “When I look back 25, 35 and...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Politics & Government
One of the candidates who had been making moves to run for governor has decided not to run. Doug Gross, a lawyer from Des Moines, is the republican who ran against Governor Tom Vilsack in 2002. Gross had formed a new campaign fundraising organization called a five-27,...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Health & Medicine
As state legislators return to work today, democrats will resume their push for a bill that would force insurance companies to cover treatment for mental illnesses and substance abuse. A House committee recently approved a bill that would force insurers to cover...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Outdoors, Politics & Government
There’s a new guard at the statehouse in Des Moines — a falcon. A peregrine falcon has established a nest on the northeast corner of the building. Lowell Washburn is a master falconer. “They’ll fly as far south as Argentina sometimes…but...
by admin | Feb 28, 2005 | Military
We’ve seen several receptions held recently for returning soldiers who served on active duty. It’s a different story from the days of the Vietnam war, when draftees told of having weeks of training before active duty but sometimes only hours’ notice...
