by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | Uncategorized
Des Moines Menace coach Casey Mann calls it the biggest match in the history of the franchise as they get set to host the Charleston Battery tonight, a professional team out of the USL’s First Division. It is the second round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup which...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | Crime & Courts
Attorneys General from Iowa and 47 other states are banding together to try to force an Atlanta company to notify consumers about a security breach that may have put their credit card numbers in the hands of thieves. Bob Brammer, a spokesman for Iowa’s Attorney...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | Human Interest
Crop scientists from Africa are coming to central Iowa to learn ways to improve their main food source — sorghum — and to perhaps help a half-billion people to eat better. Stephanie Jacobson, spokeswoman for Johnston-based Pioneer Hi-Bred International,...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | News
The search will resume shortly after sunrise for a missing north-central Iowa boy.Eight-year-old Jon Jenison of Fort Dodge has been missing since Sunday. For a third day, firefighters and community volunteers searched along Soldier Creek looking for the boy. He was...
by admin | Jun 29, 2005 | Recreation / Entertainment
There’s “The Music Man” and “The Bridges of Madison County,” but of all Iowa-based movies, “Field of Dreams” is tops for many of us, and today (Wednesday) marks the 100th anniversary of an incredibly insignificant event in...