by admin | Mar 31, 2006 | Politics & Government, Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Lottery Board met in a closed session for an hour this morning (Friday) during their regular meeting to talk about possible lawsuits surrounding the shutdown of the TouchPlay machines. Lottery C-E-O Ed Stanek would not elaborate on the board’s...
by admin | Mar 31, 2006 | Uncategorized
The Iowa-based supermarket chain Hy-Vee plans to put up seven-hundred-thousand dollars in prizes to draw the world’s top professionals to a World Cup Triathlon in Des Moines on June 17, 2007. Hunter Kemper finished second in last week’s World Cup Triathlon...
by admin | Mar 31, 2006 | Crime & Courts
A western Iowa man is charged in a child sexual abuse case. Police say 38-year-old Larry Gittins Junior of Harlan was arrested this week for alleged sexual abuse of a six-year-old girl in Atlantic five years ago. According to reports, the girl — who is now...
by admin | Mar 31, 2006 | Weather
The National Weather Service confirmed a couple tornado touchdowns in southwest Iowa during last night’s storm, just a few miles west of Creston. Union County Emergency Management coordinator Roger Nurnberg says so far he hasn’t found any damage in the...
by admin | Mar 31, 2006 | Crime & Courts
A northeast Iowa man who was reported missing earlier this week has been located. Larry Ronnei was found by Waterloo police Thursday night. The 56-year-old West Union man was on a shopping trip with his wife and friend Monday morning, when he stopped at a downtown...