by Dar Danielson | Jul 31, 2009 | Human Interest, Military, News
A delegation of World War Two veterans from central Iowa will take part in the latest in a series of so-called Honor Flights to Washington D.C. early next month. Jeff Ballenger, of Omaha, is coordinating the one-day chartered trip for 350 central Iowa veterans....
by admin | Jul 31, 2009 | Human Interest
A New York-based group that tries to protect the copyrights of thousands of artists is demanding nearly four-thousand dollars from a Michigan town for a statute that’s very similiar to a bronze statue in a small western Iowa community. In 1913, the "Little...
by Matt Kelley | Jul 31, 2009 | Human Interest, Religion
A few hundred couples from around the country are expected in the northeast Iowa town of Nashua this weekend for a wedding reunion at a historic church. The Little Brown Church in the Vale, which opened in 1864, has hosted nearly 73,000 weddings. Pastor Jim Mann says...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Crime & Courts
A 21-year-old Mason City man has been sentenced to prison for a "hate crime" that targeted a black family. Justin Hanson of Mason City pled guilty in late April to one count of "interfering with the housing rights of an African American family."...
by admin | Jul 30, 2009 | Recreation / Entertainment
The Iowa Lottery says profits for the fiscal year that ended June 30th were the highest since the start of the organization in 1985. Lottery C.E.O. Terry Rich says they getting off to a slow start with the flooding that hit at the beginning of the fiscal year —...
