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Plow crews pulled from roads across large sections of Iowa
More roads are becoming blocked by blowing snow as state road crews are forced back to their garages.
Basu: Terrorism is terrorism, at home or abroad
TereseAnn Lynch survived war three times including Iraq last year. But the sergeant in the Iowa Air National Guard could not survive the bullets allegedly fired by her estranged husband last week.
Weekend with the kids: Bridges of Madison County, IA; The Brass Lantern B&B
The famous Roseman Bridge - cloudy day. Photo: D. Nies I am starting a new, sporadic series of features about interesting places to take your children when a long weekend trip is possible.
Carlson: Double vision hits All-State Music event
A grand total of 1,078 high school students will perform later this month at the 63rd annual All-State Music Festival in Ames.
Small towns face similar issues
Harcourt mayor: Donna Brundage, Matt Davis, Devere Freeman; City Council candidates: Marc Greenfield, Meredith Hurtado.
High school X-C events postponed due to soggy weather
Rain and soggy cross country course conditions have postponed several of today's scheduled boys' district and girls' regional meets.
District meet assignments announced for area teams
Cross country teams from around the state learned where they will compete for state berths at the end of the month.
Carlson: 'Cold Turkey' paid to film here in '69
Eagle Rock is a crock. It says so, right there on the defaced sign at the outskirts of what four decades ago was the most recognizable community in Iowa.
Authorities say an escaped inmate from a minimum security facility has been apprehended.
Blind senior, 'most popular kid in school,' wears king's crown
High schools don't announce the vote totals when students decide who they want for homecoming king and queen.
Gay couples bring a bit of a boost to Iowa
By getting married, a St. Louis couple brought a tiny measure of economic development last week to this hilly, corn-covered place.
1642: What's Next? Finally, A Happy E-mail Story
The rock is located in Iowa. By Ralph Trenary Berthoud Recorder Several times in the past year I've been compelled to debunk and deflate several outlandish and deliberately misleading viral e-mails. Last month I started to work on another one that hit my in-box only to find that while it was inaccurate, the truth, the rest of the story, was ...
PUTTING PRESSURE ON GRASSLEY.... To hear Sen. Chuck Grassley tell it, he has no choice but to move away from health care reform because, he says, that's what Iowans have been telling him to do .
TV ad urges Grassley to back public health option
A Washington, D.C.-based group that supports a government-run insurance option as part of federal health care legislation is expected to begin running a television advertisement today urging Iowa Sen.
RAGBRAI: Elvis is in the building
The longest day of 2009 RAGBRAI is in the books, and I'm not about to complain! Not only did Tuesday's 77 miles put a pain in my legs but more so my back end, it rained about a third of the time I was on the road and was actually kind of cold .
'Volunteer corn' points the way to stand of freshly picked ears
Corning, Ia. - Paul Wilwerding was the most visible man on Main Street Monday. He was the guy dressed as an ear of corn, holding an ear of corn, pointing to the tent full of - hold for a surprise - corn.
Kilen: Tennis-shoe brigade pedals hard to keep up
Rachel Gray of New Virginia grew up on an Iowa gravel road. She used to take her bike and ride by herself, dreaming of the future.
St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO
The Freedom Rock, an enormous granite boulder out in the middle of Iowa painted with realistic military murals on three sides, seems so unbelievable that it is listed on snopes.com. But unlike most of the urban legends and myths clarified on the site, the existence of this rock is true.
Recess auction shows bidders also cautious
Selling the remnants of a failed business is never a pleasant circumstance. Interested buyers are looking to capitalize on the misfortune of another.
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