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Iowa backers herald rivals’ security skills (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa supporters of John McCain and Barack Obama are touting each presidential candidate’s ability to provide leadership on national security issues, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A small town in Iowa in photos, then and now (Seattle Times)     (Cached page)
In the four decades he's lived in the farm town of Oxford, Iowa (population 705), Peter Feldstein, 66, has remained something of an outsider...

Iowa ties, even as far north as Wasilla, Alaska (The Globe Gazette)     (Cached page)
WASILLA, Alaska -- It never fails. You can travel from here to Timbuktu or Kingdom Come, even out to Heckandgone, and you will meet someone with Iowa ties.

Iowa company buys Louisville warehouse services provider (BizJournals)     (Cached page)
An Iowa third-party logistics provider’s purchase of a Louisville warehouser eventually could mean more jobs for the River City.

Kansas' poise — and Iowa State's lack of it — go on display (The Kansas City Star)     (Cached page)
AMES, Iowa | The football locker rooms at Iowa State are in the same building, but they might as well have been worlds apart at halftime of Saturday's game between the Cyclones and Kansas.

Longhorns sports roundup: Women's soccer defeats Iowa State (Austin American-Statesman)     (Cached page)
Freshman Lucy Keith scored the game-winning goal in the 63rd minute Sunday at Myers Stadium as the UT women's soccer team beat Iowa State 2-1 for its first Big 12 Conference win of the season.

Iowa lands first recruit for class of 2010 (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)     (Cached page)
The Iowa women’s basketball team got its first commitment for the class of 2010 this week, bringing Cedar Rapids Kennedy junior Jade Rogers on board.

Iowa gets new field at last (The Gazette)     (Cached page)
The University of Iowa softball team has a field to call its own for the first time since this summer's flood wiped out Pearl Field in Coralville.The Hawkeye Classic was played at Pearl Field this weekend, giving Iowa softball players a chance to get competitive on their revamped field, which has been in playing condition for less than two weeks. Because the flood's damage to the field was so ...

Iowa Republicans: Elect GOP, limit property taxes (AP via Yahoo! Finance)     (Cached page)
Republicans promised Monday that if voters give them control of the Iowa House, they will clamp down on increases in school property taxes and cut other spending.

DNR investigates fish kill in southeast Iowa (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
NEW LONDON, Iowa - State environmental officials are investigating a fish kill near New London in southeast Iowa.

Iowa State seeks to end road losing streak (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)     (Cached page)
Associated Press - October 6, 2008 2:34 PM ET AMES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa State is getting ready to take another shot at ending its long losing streak on the road.

Iowa State seeks to end road losing streak (KWWL Iowa)     (Cached page)
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa State is getting ready to take another shot at ending its long losing streak on the road. The Cyclones have lost 13 straight road games heading into their Big 12 matchup at Baylor on Saturday night. That skid includes nine straight road losses in conference play.

Iowa GOP running on 'change' agenda in next month's election (The Gazette)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES and#8212; Minority House Republicans are running on a change agenda in next month's election, a top GOP leader said today.House GOP Leader Christopher Rants said Republicans are pledging to freeze the property tax share of school funding and put Iowa's right-to-work law in the state constitution if they are returned to the majority in the 2008 election.Currently, there are 53 ...

U of Iowa to award 4 honorary doctorate degrees (KTTC Rochester)     (Cached page)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- University of Iowa officials say four honorary doctorate degrees will be awarded this academic year, and among the recipients is television journalist Tom Brokaw who began his college

Phone scam in Iowa leads to a flurry of calls (KTTC Rochester)     (Cached page)
The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff's Office is reporting that a North Iowa Credit Union fraud has moved to a new level.

Iowa man sentenced for squad-car crash (Post-Bulletin)     (Cached page)
An Iowa man must pay nearly $2,000 in court fees and restitution for crashing into a Mower County deputy's squad car in August near LeRoy. Sean Michael Freerksen, 24,

Iowa Town to Give $1 Million in State Flood Aid Directly to Homeowners (Insurance Journal)     (Cached page)
Waterloo, Iowa got its flood money. Now, the city has to figure out what to do with it. The city council voted on October 2 to approve more than $1 million in aid from state agencies. Mayor Ti




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