by admin | Feb 27, 2007 | News
Thousands of Iowans remain without electricity today, but those working to restore the juice say they’re making some headway. Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives spokesperson Ann Foster says they have about 21,000 customers are still without power. Foster...
by admin | Feb 27, 2007 | News
UNI has extended the contract of men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson that will extend his stay in Cedar Falls through the 2012 season. Jacobson signed a five-year contract when he was hired last March. Athletic Director Rick Hartzell says the new deal extends...
by admin | Feb 27, 2007 | News
That old adage about how rain, sleet and snow won’t stop letter carriers from making their appointed rounds should be amended to include widespread power failure. The post office isn’t immune from electrical outages, and dozens of postal facilities across...
by admin | Feb 27, 2007 | Crime & Courts
A Council Bluffs man will go to trial for murder. Twenty-four-year-old Kaine Dye is charged with killing his neighbor, 64-year-old William Moser. Moser’s body was found inside a trash can last month. Dye pleaded not guilty today. Dye’s attorney filed the...
by admin | Feb 27, 2007 | Politics & Government
Police were called to remove people who were protesting the war in Iraq by holding a sit-in Monday at U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley’s office in downtown Des Moines. Grassley was flying from Iowa back to Washington, D.C. at the time, after holding 17 town meetings...
