by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | Uncategorized
Gasoline prices have been declining in Iowa after a sharp increase earlier this month. Triple-A-Iowa spokeswoman Rose White says prices are down 30-cents a gallon in the last 30 days. She says that’s because a Kansas oil refinery announced its operations would...
by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | Outdoors
Researchers in Iowa are hoping their work will one day eliminate plastics from landfills. Iowa State University professors are working with the West Central Iowa Coop and Renewable Energy Group in Ralston on the project. Glen Meier, Research and Development Manager...
by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | Crime & Courts
A Washington, D.C. law firm that argues cases revolving around issues of religious freedom has gotten involved in an Iowa case. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has filed a brief arguing that religious organizations throughout Iowa would be bombarded with...
by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | News
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he will not join Democrats on the Judiciary Committee who are calling for a perjury investigation of U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Grassley, a Republican, says the latest accusations that Gonzales contradicted himself during...
by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | Crime & Courts
Waterloo police are investigating an armed robbery of at a convenience store in which the clerk was pistol whipped, and the robbers left behind the loot. About 1:30 this morning, Waterloo police were called to the Kwik Stop on Independence Avenue on the report that...
