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Iowa Cubs shut out opponent for second straight game
One day after a brilliant pitching performance by Chris Rusin, Iowa got another great performance by its starting pitcher on Tuesday. Nick Struck went 6.2 scoreless innings leading ...
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Ex-mobster tells of Bulger gangs killings
"You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ...
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Mowing business will get your goat
Steele and his business partner, Chad Steenhoek, said goats will provide a natural weed-clearing service for any kind of overgrown property. This week they're at McFarland Lake just north of ...
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DNR warns of swimmers itch
The DNR advises avoiding swimming in areas with aquatic plants, which can contain snails that host the parasite. People also should dry off quickly after getting out of a ...
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Board Iowa social worker was drunk on the job
The board met in May to discuss six counts, including habitual intoxication and inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety. The board determined Nedoba's alcohol abuse may adversely impact his practice of social ...
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Davenport sees June flood bill topping $20000
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) -- Davenport officials say recent flooding cost the city more than $20,000, which is far less expensive than flooding costs earlier in the ...
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Iowa National Guard unit returns from Afghanistan
Hundreds of people were on hand today to greet 50 soldiers with the Iowa Army National Guard as they returned from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. The soldiers are with the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion based in Waterloo. Colonel Randy Warm says, during their nearly year-long deployment, the 2-211th flew more than 3,200 combat hours and conducted more than 650 medical evacuation and ...
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Father talks about shooting that killed his daughter
"I have the power of God on my side. I know my daughter has forgiven me. I know my God has forgiven me. I just have to start working on forgiving myself," said ...
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Should schools be allowed to start before Sept. 1
David Wilkerson has worked in the Waukee School District for 19 years, the last 10 as superintendent. The school year will start on August 14 this ...
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Poll Congress approval rating just 16 percent
According to a new national poll, just 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with 83 percent of those questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey saying they disapprove. The poll was released ...
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Fast-food chain to test Power Protein menu
The test comes after the company announced in April that it would work to provide more balanced options. Fast-food chains across the industry are rolling out healthier options to keep up with changing tastes, even as they also roll out fatty treats to drum up ...
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Des Moines makes best cities list for young broke single
"There are amazing artistic things happening in this town," said Mickey Davis, a Des Moines resident. "I pay half of what I paid to live in Minneapolis and that's incredible. Even if you're not making a whole lot of money, if you're somebody starting out in whatever job, you're in the service industry, whatever, you can make a living and you have kind of ...
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Iowa road trip FAIRfest 2013 is June 20 to June 23
Central Iowa music fans, the summer festival season is upon us. Last weekend it was the Heroes and Saints Music Festival in St. Charles. This week it is time for a road trip to Fairfield for FAIRfest 2013. The festival features four days of music on multiple stages (both indoor and out) starting on Thursday, June 20 and ending on Sunday, June 23. The festival will also feature vendors and will ...
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Interim leader named for the Department of Education
Governor Terry Branstad has named an Iowa native to lead the Iowa Department of Education during a search for a permanent leader. The governor appointed 42-year-old Duane ';D-T'; Magee to be the interim director of the department beginning Monday. Magee is the executive director of the board which licenses teachers in Iowa, and will hold the position will also leading the Education ...
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Le Mars lefty on the mound helps them to 19-0 start
A lengthy winning streak won’t end anytime soon if opponents can’t find a way to score against the LeMars softball team. The Bulldogs are 19-0 on the season and they have already posted 14 shutouts. LeMars coach Doug Heidebrink says they’ve played some tough teams like Sioux City Heelan and he felt if they could come out of that early schedule at .500, he’d be happy. ...
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Northeast Iowa bowling alley owner faces several charges
The owner of a bowling alley in Cresco has been brought back to Iowa after being arrested in Blaine, Minnesota. Authorities say 39-year-old Melvin Bouwma has been charged with four counts of indecent contact with a child, three counts of supplying alcohol to minors, one count of selling or dispensing alcoholic beverages after hours, and one count of permitting criminal activity on the premises. ...
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Website touts electric vehicles
The U.S. Energy Department has launched a website designed to nudge Iowans toward buying electric vehicles. Pat Davis, the Energy Department’s director of vehicle technologies, says the goal of the new site is to provide people with the information they need to make informed choices about their vehicles. ';It’s a new tool available for consumers and the e-gallon represents the ...
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Rusty Wallace talks about Sunday’s Iowa Corn Indy 250
Rusty Wallace Iowa Speedway designer Rusty Wallace will be in Newton on Sunday for the Iowa Corn Indy 250. It will be the seventh time the IndyCars have run at the Iowa Speedway. ';Every year that race comes to town I’m always wanting to know how they are going to look this year, how everything’s going to be different. It always surprises me,'; Wallace says. ';Every ...
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Biologist says Iowas pheasant numbers likely down
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A Department of Natural Resources biologist says Iowa's pheasant population likely will decline this year because of the cool and wet ...
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Hundred greet returning Iowa soldiers
The Tuesday morning ceremony was for soldiers from Detachment 1, Company C of the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion. The unit deployed last July. After training in Texas the soldiers served in ...
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Chrysler relents agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps
Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a ...
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Iowa Gov. appoints interim education director
Branstad announced Tuesday that Duane "D.T." Magee will run the department while the state looks for a permanent replacement for outgoing Director Jason ...
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Waverly utility manger takes job in Colorado
http://bit.ly/14gNoFm ) Tuesday that Waverly Light and Power general manager Diane Johnson announced she had been hired as general manger of the Yampa Valley Electric Association. The electric cooperative is based in Steamboat Springs and serves part of northwest Colorado and Carbon County, ...
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Police warn of medical alert scam
According to Knoxville police, residents have been receiving phone calls offering a free emergency medical alert. It is a pre-recorded phone call and if people decide to accept the offer, they get a second call asking for their personal ...
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Some camping sites still available for July 4th
Lake Keomah, Dolliver Memorial, Prairie Rose, Red Haw, Pilot Knob and Honey Creek state parks still have sites with electricity available. Most other state parks have electric sites available on the weekend before the Fourth, officials ...
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Iowa the capital of bio-fuel
Iowa has long been regarded as a farming state and indeed agriculture plays a large part in the state’s local economy, which is largely the reason for Iowa’s continued leadership in the clean energy sector.
Iowa is leading the nation when it comes to the production of renewable energy, investment in the clean energy sector and research and development to find better, more efficient ways of producing fuel that does not rely on finite resources. Read more
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