by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Crime & Courts
An Eldora man died last night (Wednesday) shortly after being taken into police custody. Twenty-three-year-old Brian Gregory Junior was chased by officers through an Eldora trailer park about 5:30 P.M. and minutes after he was arrested on a probation violation, he...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Crime & Courts
A southwestern Iowa couple is charged with harboring illegal immigrants who worked at two restaurants they own. Shui Ming Lin and Xiu Wen “Wendy” Zhang are charged with employing three Chinese and one Mexican illegal immigrant at the China Garden...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | News
Officials have released the name of an Albert Lea, Minnesota, man who was killed in a workplace accident this week in Northwood. Fifty-three-year-old Dennis Vanderwoude was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester Tuesday after an accident Monday night at...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Crime & Courts
Two men have been arrested and charged with first-degree theft in connection with that concert ticket scam in Dubuque. Authorities say 20-year-old Jeffrey Adam Revis of Florida and 30-year-old Charles L. Warthan of Tennessee were two of the people behind the scam,...
by admin | Jun 29, 2006 | Politics & Government
President Bush’s nominee for U.S. Treasury Secretary was confirmed Wednesday by the full Senate, a few hours after clearing the Finance Committee, which is chaired by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley. Grassley says Henry Paulson worked his way up over 30 years in the...