by admin | May 31, 2006 | News
Three men working on a television tower in far western Iowa died today after falling off the tower. The accident in eastern Pottawattamie claimed the lives of a 57-year-old, a 27-year-old and a 19-year-old. The tower broadcasts Iowa Public Television’s signal...
by admin | May 31, 2006 | News
The Waterloo Bucks will try to move back into contention in the Northwoods League this season when they open at home Thursday night against Mankato. The Bucks suffered through a 2005 campaign in which they finished with a record of 22-and-46. Dan Corbin enters his...
by admin | May 31, 2006 | Outdoors
For the third year in a row, hunters in Iowa have shattered records for the number of deer killed. Dale Garner, chief of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ wildlife bureau, says the state’s efforts to trim the bounding deer population are working....
by Dar Danielson | May 31, 2006 | Health & Medicine, News
Economic development officials in Des Moines talked about the potential impact of an avian flu outbreak in a roundtable discussion this morning. Mahesh Kumar of Fort Dodge Animal Health says a low-level avian flu has been in the United States, but a foreign strain of...
by admin | May 31, 2006 | Health & Medicine
The University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will hold a summit this weekend on autism for parents of kids with the condition. Wayne Fisher, an expert at U-N-M-C, says autism affects about one in 166 children. He says the summit is one way to inform teachers and...
