by Todd Kimm | Jun 30, 2009 | INS Player of the Week
The senior batted .619 and in six games homered four times, drove in 18 runs and crossed the plate 12 times. Gustafson was two-for-three with a double and a grand slam homer in a victory over Bettendorf and was four-of-five at the plate with a double, two homers,...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | News
Eighty-one percent of Iowa’s corn crop is rated good or excellent by the U.S.D.A. Last week’s hot and humid weather really helped the corn and soybean crops in Iowa. Much of the corn is far beyond knee high, too. The average height of a stalk of corn in...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Crime & Courts
A manhunt is underway in the Quad Cities after police say two men were shot as they sat in a car in a Davenport neighborhood last night. One of the men, a 31-year-old from Davenport, died during surgery overnight. The other man, a 38-year-old from Milan, Illinois, is...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Business, Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
A new state law will see more and more home-based childcare centers receive annual inspections from the Iowa Department of Human Services over the next five years. D.H.S. spokesman Roger Munns says currently checks are hit and miss for some 5,500 home-based facilities...
by admin | Jun 30, 2009 | Military, Politics & Government
Explosions over Baghdad last night were fireworks, celebrating what’s being called "National Sovereignty Day’ as Iraq forces are taking over the security of several major Iraqi cities and U.S. forces begin to pull out. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says...
