by admin | Oct 29, 2005 | News
A dream vacation this month in Cancun turned into a nightmare for one Bettendorf couple. Tammy and Barry Spidell spent four lovely days in sun-filled Mexico …and then two horrible days there sitting out Hurricane Wilma. Tammy Spidell says they spent 48 hours in...
by admin | Oct 28, 2005 | News
In eight man football action tonight, third rated Essex visits number 10 Hamburg and the winner claims the district six championship.Essex coach Mike Almquist says it’s something the seniors have talked about since last spring. He says every game has been a...
by admin | Oct 28, 2005 | Recreation / Entertainment
The University of Northern Iowa has a temporary display showing the trappings and history of “Day of the Dead.” Lydia Robert at U-N-I’s Center for Multicultural Education says it’s a holiday that goes back three-thousand years, to the time of...
by admin | Oct 28, 2005 | Recreation / Entertainment
The movie about a historic Iowa murder case comes out on video today (Friday). It includes the kind of bonus features today’s movie fans have come to expect with a DVD release, in addition to the film “Villisca: Living With a Mystery.” Filmmaker...
by admin | Oct 28, 2005 | News
What was supposed to be a training flight turned into a lesson in how to crash land Thursday at the Denison airport. Crawford County Sheriff Tom Hogan describes what happened. He says this was a training or testing session of an ultra-light airplane. He says as the...