by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
A Democrat in the Iowa House of Representatives today announced she’s joining the Republican Party. Democrats controlled the debate agenda for the past four months, and Representative Dawn Pettengill of Mount Auburn says she didn’t get elected to pursue...
by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | Education
University of Iowa officials broke ground Monday morning for a new building at the Oakdale Research Campus. Spokesman George McCrory says it’ll have two functions, as a research lab and business incubator. It’ll support "spin-out" companies from...
by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | Crime & Courts
Two people were shot to death Sunday in western Iowa’s Guthrie County. The calm of small town life was shattered last night in an apartment complex in Bayard. Neighbors in the community of about 500 reported hearing gunshots late Sunday evening. When police...
by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | News
Two Hardin County men were killed in a weekend canoe accident on the Iowa River. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says three men in their 20s were walking the canoe near the dam at Alden when the vessel was pulled into the turbulent waters on Sunday night...
by admin | Apr 30, 2007 | News
Police in northwest Iowa say it’s still not clear what a man was trying to accomplish when he was killed early Sunday. A Nebraska man died after falling from a utility pole in downtown LeMars about four A.M. Sunday. Witness say the man climbed from a rooftop...
