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Jury selection in Mark Becker murder trial starts Wednesday
Posted on Feb 09, 2010 by Trish Mehaffey . Mark Becker waits for his hearing to begin Friday Jan.
Iowa Towns Ready for Murder Trial
The trial of the man accused of killing former Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas will test the resources of two small Iowa towns.
Prosecution, defense spar over Becker testimony
Prosecution and defense lawyers in the case of accused killer Mark Becker sparred Friday over possible limits on testimony related to defendant's mental stability leading up to the murder of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas.
Subsidiary of Hawkeye Energy Holdings Takes Action to Improve Balance Sheet
Hawkeye Renewables reaches agreement to convert debt into equity via a financial restructuring plan -- All of Hawkeye Renewables' operations are open and conducting business as usual -- Corn purchases are continuing under normal terms -- Sales of ethanol and distillers grains are continuing under normal terms -- Hawkeye Growth and Hawkeye Gold ...
Hawkeye puts two of four ethanol plants into bankruptcy
Hawkeye Energy on Monday put its ethanol plants at Iowa Falls and Fairbank into bankruptcy in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., essentially turning over the operations to a group of banks led by Credit Suisse.
New School To Feature First Tornado Saferooms
A new Iowa school will become the first school building in the state to be built with tornado saferooms for students.
Four area wrestlers ranked in preseason poll
Four Jasper County wrestlers are ranked in the preseason wrestling poll released by The Predicament on Wednesday.
State volleyball: Waverly-Shell Rock, Heelan advance to 3-A final
Cedar Rapids, Ia. - Rachel Peth took her father's words to heart. Peth, a Waverly-Shell Rock middle hitter, was told to "go for your dreams." She did that on Friday.
Flood money coming to Waverly-Shell Rock Schools
Senator Charles Grassley announced today that the Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District is has been awarded more than a million dollars from FEMA to help recover from the storms of 2008.
Dix seeks return to Legislature, this time to Senate
Posted on Oct 27, 2009 by charlotteeby . DES MOINES - " Former state representative Bill Dix, a Republican farmer from Shell Rock, announced Tuesday he will try to make a return to the Iowa Legislature But this time the former Iowa House member will seek a seat in the Iowa Senate.
Wrestling: New Jersey champion commits to Hawkeyes
Anthony Baldosaro knew about Iowa's wrestling tradition and how the Hawkeyes compete on the mat.
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Former Decorah High School Principal Jere Vyverberg named Iowa School Administrators Superintendent of the Year Posted: Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Waverly-Shell Rock School Superintendent Jere Vyverberg--a former Decorah High School principal--has been named Iowa School Administrators Superintendent of the Year.
Eastern Iowa recognized with Health Iowa Awards
Eastern Iowa is being recognized for being healthy. The University of Iowa won the Healthy Iowa College of University award this year.
Unique band gives listeners a dose of "Sunshine"
Sunshine Jackson and the Temple of the Righteous Beach Party members Evan Campbell , BVU sophomore Mark Haugen , and Sam Dorrance bring a lot of personality to their fresh style of music.
Vyverberg named Superintendent of the Year
An eastern Iowa superintendent is being recognized not only for what he's done for his school, but also what he's done for his community.
Old-time photo of the day Sept. 18
From 1982: This photo was taken in New Hartford during the filming of a national TV ad for Tide laundry detergent.
Tritons ready to make national run
Freshmen Justin Bond, Des Moines North; Thomas Cotter, St. Mary's College, Ireland; Josh Fick, Muscatine; Gage Fiscus, BCLUW; Adam Heatherington, Prairie Valley; Laroy Johnson, Ridgeway, TN; Anthony Lieghio, Drimnagh Castle CBS, Ireland; Willard Lewis, Percy Julian, IL; Levi Long, Centerville; Zach Mosbach, Cherokee Washington; Moses Moses, ...

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