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  1. Visitors to Rome enjoy quaintness, diversityRead the original story w/Photo

    7 hrs ago | Rome News - Tribune

    ... DeBoer said. As night fell on Downtown Rome, Sandi Lupkes was out with friends after driving 18 hours from Rock Rapids, Iowa, to see her son Mitch, a sophomore linebacker from Sioux Falls, play in the big game Saturday at Barron Stadium. Lupkes, ...

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    Related Topix: Rome, GA, University of Sioux Falls, Dawsonville, GA

  2. Visitors to Rome enjoy quaintness, diversityRead the original story w/Photo

    15 hrs ago | Rome News - Tribune

    ... DeBoer said. As night fell on Downtown Rome, Sandi Lupkes was out with friends after driving 18 hours from Rock Rapids, Iowa, to see her son Mitch, a sophomore linebacker from Sioux Falls, play in the big game Saturday at Barron Stadium. Lupkes, ...

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    Related Topix: Rome, GA, University of Sioux Falls, Dawsonville, GA

  3. High schools: Storms wallop prep sports across the stateRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 8 | Des Moines Register

    ... years here that every single game got knocked out or rescheduled.' The storm took out events at Central Lyon of Rock Rapids in extreme northwest Iowa, Hamburg in far southwest Iowa, Burlington in southeast Iowa and schools in Allamakee county in ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  4. Mid-Sioux, local businesses team up for warm clothing help

    Monday Dec 7 | Le Mars Daily Sentinel

    ... American Bank, or Majeres Food Town Cherokee -- Fareway or Hy-Vee. Ida Grove -- Pizza Hut, Pronto or Food pride Rock Rapids -- Sunshine Foods Sioux Center -- Sioux Per Stop, Hy-Vee or Culvers. Mid-Sioux is a community action agency serving Cherokee, ...

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    Related Topix: Le Mars, IA, Remsen, IA, Ida Grove, IA, Sioux Center, IA

  5. Your 2 Cents' Worth: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009Read the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Des Moines Register

    ... this health care debacle down our throats. - Polk independent The right is becoming just plain mean. - Rock Rapids grandma I've heard the best way to ruin a country is to spend all of its money. Need I say more? Who do you people think is ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Steve King

  6. Reward offered for information in suffocation death of 3,800 pigs

    Friday Nov 20 | KTIV-TV Sioux City

    ... Iowa. 3,800 pigs died, causing a financial loss of nearly a quarter million dollars to owner Todd Hasche, of Rock Rapids. The main breakers in the building were turned off, a stand-by generator was turned off and the alarm system was disabled. The ...

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    Related Topix: Hull, IA, Charitable Organizations

  7. Sabotage at farm kills 4,000 pigs; loss is $200,000Read the original story

    Nov 17, 2009 | Http

    Todd Hasche knew he had a problem the second he stepped out of his pickup truck. "It was silent," the Rock Rapids hog farmer said. "There are usually fans running and other noises." The fans are part of an air-circulation system that swine nursery ...

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    Related Topix: Sioux County, IA

  8. 3,800 Hogs Die After Air Controls Are Tampered With

    Nov 17, 2009 | KSFY

    ... what they were doing. It's as intentional as can be." Todd Hasche lost nearly 4,000 hogs on his farm in rural Rock Rapids. Those pigs are valued at more than 200,000 dollars. It's not a financial hit Hasche will take on his own, the hogs were sold ...

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    Related Topix: Sioux County, IA

  9. Vandalism suspected in NW Iowa pig deathsRead the original story

    Nov 16, 2009 | KIMT

    ... operation called authorities on Friday to report the incident. The sheriff's office says Todd Hasche, of rural Rock Rapids, told authorities that sometime during the night the controls to the building's airflow system had been tampered with, causing ...

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    Related Topix: Hull, IA, Sioux County, IA

  10. Vandalism suspected in northwest Iowa pig deathsRead the original story w/Photo

    Nov 16, 2009 | The Gazette

    ... operation called authorities on Friday to report the incident. The sheriff's office says Todd Hasche, of rural Rock Rapids, told authorities that sometime during the night the controls to the building's airflow system had been tampered with, causing ...

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    Related Topix: Hull, IA, Sioux County, IA

  11. Vandals suspected in pig deathsRead the original story

    Nov 16, 2009 | Omaha World-Herald

    ... operation called authorities on Friday to report the incident. The sheriff's office says Todd Hasche, of rural Rock Rapids, told authorities that sometime during the night the controls to the building's airflow system had been tampered with, causing ...

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    Related Topix: Sioux County, IA

  12. Police: Vandals Cause Death Of 3,800 Pigs 41minRead the original story

    Nov 16, 2009 | KCCI

    ... operation called authorities on Friday to report the incident. The sheriff's office said Todd Hasche, of rural Rock Rapids, told authorities that sometime during the night the controls to the building's airflow system had been tampered with, causing ...

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    Related Topix: Hull, IA, Sioux County, IA

  13. Authorities suspect vandalism in suffocation of 3,800 pigs in northwest IowaRead the original story

    Nov 16, 2009 | WQAD

    ... operation called authorities on Friday to report the incident. The sheriff's office says Todd Hasche, of rural Rock Rapids, told authorities that sometime during the night the controls to the building's airflow system had been tampered with, causing ...

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    Related Topix: Sioux County, IA

  14. CFB: Coyotes Top Cal Poly In ...Read the original story

    Nov 15, 2009 | KELO-TV Sioux Falls

    ... of the game, including one with 20 seconds left, to climb to within two. Junior linebacker Corey Kuehl (Rock Rapids, Iowa) preserved the win when he batted down the pass attempt on the two-point conversion. The Mustangs were able to recover the ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, University of South Dakota Coyotes NCAA Football, NCAA Sports, University of South Dakota NCAA, NCAA Football

  15. Klem News Update-SaturdayRead the original story

    Nov 14, 2009 | KLEM-AM Le Mars

    AUTHORITIES ISSUED WRITTEN INFORMATION THAT TODD HASCHE OF RURAL ROCK RAPIDS FRIDAY REPORTED CONTROLS TO A HOG CONFINEMENT AIRFLOW SYSTEM HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH.

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    Related Topix: Hull, IA, Sioux County, IA, Le Mars, IA

  16. Sioux County Livestock Loss Probe

    Nov 13, 2009 | KLEM-AM Le Mars

    AUTHORITIES ISSUED WRITTEN INFORMATION THAT TODD HASCHE OF RURAL ROCK RAPIDS FRIDAY REPORTED CONTROLS TO A HOG CONFINEMENT AIRFLOW SYSTEM HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH.

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    Related Topix: Sioux County, IA, Hull, IA

  17. Vocalist raves about Cherokee Symphony, Thorson, audience

    Nov 9, 2009 | Chronicle Times

    ... on the electric violin and Mike Hoover (right) on electric/acoustic guitar. Photo by Dan Whitney. Now living in Rock Rapids, Maren travels back to Nashville frequently to perform and write songs with musicians there. "Performing with the Cherokee ...

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    Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Cherokee, IA, Drake University, Belmont University

  18. Daughters of WWI veteran share storyRead the original story

    Nov 4, 2009 | The Rock County Star Herald

    By Lori Ehde Luverne's Joyce Wessels and her two sisters have fond childhood memories of annual Veterans Day parades in Rock Rapids, Iowa.

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    Related Topix: Luverne, MN

  19. Halloween 1951: Fast times in Rock Rapids, IowaRead the original story

    Oct 30, 2009 | Bay Guardian

    ... get permits and the police tried and failed to shut us down in the Halloweens of my youth back in my hometown of Rock Rapids, a small farming community in northwest Iowa. But we did have some fast times and created some almost famous urban legends ...

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  20. Cherokee Symphony 'Pops Concert' SundayRead the original story

    Oct 28, 2009 | Chronicle Times

    ... Cherokee Community Center, will feature renowned vocal soloist Gabrielle Maren. Gabrielle Maren Maren moved to Rock Rapids after living 12 years in Nashville, Tenn., where she performed country/bluegrass music. Gabrielle's new album, "Between a Tear ...

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    Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Nashville, TN

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