by admin | Jul 29, 2005 | Recreation / Entertainment
Despite a looming strike by Northwest Airlines’ mechanics, Iowans should have no concerns about making reservations, according to travel expert Terry Trippler, although he admits there will likely be some hiccups.Trippler says “I think by and large that...
by admin | Jul 29, 2005 | Recreation / Entertainment
The Dixieland tunes are flowing over the Mississippi River this weekend in Davenport. The annual Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival kicked off last (Thursday) night and continues through Sunday. The festival is named for Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke, who was...
by admin | Jul 29, 2005 | News
A rural Decorah man who jumped into the Upper Iowa River to help rescue a woman had to be rescued himself. 19-year-old Brent Hovden was with a group of people at the Upper Iowa Dame four miles northeast of Decorah Wednesday night when an unidentified woman fell in....
by admin | Jul 29, 2005 | Crime & Courts
A Fort Dodge woman and her two sons are dead in an apparent double-murder suicide. James Saunders of the Iowa Department of Public Safety says officers responded to a 9-1-1 call from a neighbor’s home at about 5:30 Thursday night. “Upon arrival, they found...
by admin | Jul 29, 2005 | Religion
A small group went to St. Josephs’ Parish south of Dubuque this morning to stage a “sidewalk news conference” over the latest case involving accusations of priest abuse. A man who now lives in Texas has sued the diocese charging a priest molested him...
