by admin | Oct 31, 2005 | Business
Saks incorporated is selling off its 47 Younkers stores — including 18 in Iowa — in a package with 95 other stores to a York, Pennsylvania company called Bon-Ton. Saks is selling what’s called the Northern Department Store group for one-point-one...
by admin | Oct 31, 2005 | Outdoors
The first weekend of Iowa’s most popular hunting season was marred by several accidents. Seven pheasant hunters were accidentally shot during the weekend. All had injuries that were considered relatively minor.The D-N-R’s Kevin Baskins says it was a...
by admin | Oct 31, 2005 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack says a new bank of surveillance cameras are being installed at the state-owned governor’s mansion. The move comes amidst a review Vilsack ordered, and oversaw, after his son’s car was stolen from the grounds and wrecked October 15th....
by admin | Oct 31, 2005 | Crime & Courts, Politics & Government
Governor Tom Vilsack says legislators shouldn’t have been surprised to learn paroled sex offenders wearing electronic bracelets aren’t being monitored in “real time.” The topic came up last week during a legislative committee’s review of...
by admin | Oct 31, 2005 | Politics & Government
Three Republicans who may be presidential candidates of the future were in Iowa this weekend, but the three offered different views of the performance of the current Republican administration. Sunday night in Ames, Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel gave a wide-ranging...
