by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Crime & Courts, Education
A northwest Iowa woman is under arrest and faces charges that she lived a lavish lifestyle — partly at taxpayers’ expense. The State Auditor’s report found 419-thousand dollars in questionable spending in the “Before and After School”...
by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
While an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune died this week in the crash of a small aircraft, there are thousands of those “ultra-lights” flying today over Iowa, and a professional in the field says they’re largely safe. Bob Ellefson sells them at Aircraft...
by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Uncategorized
More P.G.A. veterans are committing to play in next weeks John Deere Classic near the Quad Cities. David Toms, Nick Price and David Duval have a total of five major championships between them.Golfers have until Friday afternoon to enter the tournament and director...
by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Crime & Courts
Oelwein police have released the name of a murder victim. Autopsy results have confirmed that the remains found Tuesday night in a storage yard of the old Rath packing plant in Waterloo are that of 28-year-old Marie Farrell of Oelwein. 40-year-old Tonie Barrett of...
by admin | Jun 30, 2005 | Weather
Heat and humidity fueled strong thunderstorms that ripped through western Iowa last night. Strong winds blew the roof off a home a few miles southwest of Persia last night. No one was home at the time, and there were no injuries. A wide area from Persia, through...
