by admin | Mar 31, 2009 | Business, Politics & Government
Bob Vander Plaats, a likely 2010 Republican candidate for governor, held a statehouse news conference this morning to denounce the tax plan Democrats in the legislature are advancing. "Probably the biggest problem I have with this is the whole concept of...
by admin | Mar 31, 2009 | Crime & Courts
Humboldt County authorities are investigating the Sunday death of an 18-year-old Dakota City man. Lucas Pflibsen died from a gunshot wound. Humboldt County Sheriff Dean Kruger said another man was stabbed in the leg in the incident. He was taken to Trinity Regional...
by admin | Mar 31, 2009 | Business
A San Francisco based company is planning to build an $80-million biomass plant in west-central Iowa. SynGest C.E.O. Jack Oswald says the plant near Menlo will be the first in the U.S. to convert biomass, primarily corncobs, into anhydrous ammonia for fertilizer and...
by Matt Kelley | Mar 31, 2009 | Human Interest
The simple act of filling a car’s gas tank is nearly impossible for some people with physical disabilities — especially those in wheelchairs. Twenty-six-year-old Angie Plager was crowned the new Ms. Wheelchair Iowa over the weekend and plans to make the...
by admin | Mar 31, 2009 | Education
An new Iowa State University study finds students at an unnamed midwestern university did not stop reading despite the use of new technologies such as the internet. Professor Kouider Mokhtari, says they studied some 500 students who routinely used the internet, along...
