Stories from Thursday, February 3, 2005

There's not many fans across the state of Iowa who could honestly tell you they were shocked when told about the news of Pierre Pierce being dismissed from the University of Iowa basketball team after learning he is the focus of yet another criminal investigation...

April Woltman of Cherokee is the Sanford Artist of the month for February. She works in a variety of media including acrylic, watercolor, charcoal and pencil. She has been interested in art for as long she can remember. (photo by Ken Ross)

A proposal to eliminate state income tax for people under 30 has been getting serious discussion. It strikes me as a sign of desperation. It is blatantly age discriminatory and could have unintended consequences. The idea is to keep young people in the state until an age when they have settled down in a career and are less likely to move away...