by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | Crime & Courts
The Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction and death penalty sentence of a former north-central Iowa woman for her part in the drug-related slayings of five people near Mason City in 1993. Forty-two-year-old Angela Johnson and boyfriend...
by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | News
The girls state softball tournament changes tradition today by opening on a Tuesday. The new format this year will allow the championship games to be played on Saturday afternoon. The action begins in class 1A. Des Moines Christian is top ranked and takes a 36-2...
by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | Human Interest, Military
Iowa’s effort to restore the state’s Civil War battle flags has reached another milestone. The State Historical Society Monday unveiled one of it’s works…a blue silk flag with gold fringe that was carried into battle by the 10th Iowa Infantry....
by admin | Jul 31, 2007 | News
Health officials in Dubuque are trying to quell an outbreak of waterborne illness. Public health specialist, Mary Rose Corrigan, says there have been 20 cases this month of Cryptosporidiosis, otherwise know as Crypto. She says almost all the cases are children 14...
by admin | Jul 30, 2007 | News
Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo says the U.S. isn’t waging a "war on terror." We’re involved in a clash of civilizations, according to Tancredo. "Terrorism is a tactic. It is not the thing with which we are at...
