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Vanishing Barns Signal a Changing Iowa (New York Times)     (Cached page)
The disappearance of Iowa?s iconic barn, a building whose purpose shifted, then faded away, tells the story of how farming itself has changed markedly in the state.

Outdoors: Pheasants hard hit across eastern Iowa (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Mother Nature still holds the trump card, and she played it in Iowa this year.

FIU's T.Y. Hilton is contained by Iowa (Miami Herald)     (Cached page)
Last week, T.Y. Hilton scored his first collegiate touchdown on a punt return. This week, he had another milestone that won't be remembered as fondly -- his first tackle. Iowa's A.J. Edds intercepted a pass in the first quarter, and after a 38-yard return, Hilton dragged Edds down from behind. Hilton had 7 yards on two punt returns. He added two catches for 39 yards and one rush for 3 yards. His ...

VeraSun starts up Iowa ethanol plant (The Bismarck Tribune)     (Cached page)
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) - In the 1989 movie "Field of Dreams," Kevin Costner played a Dyersville, Iowa, farmer who turned his cornfield into a baseball field.

USD falls to Northern Iowa (Sioux City Journal)     (Cached page)
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The University of South Dakota gave it old college try , albeit in a new setting, before falling 24-13 to the University of Northern Iowa here Saturday in the UNI-Dome.

Kent State falls to Iowa State (Akron Beacon Journal)     (Cached page)
AMES, IOWA: Kent State allowed two of its fumbles and a blocked punt turn into 21 points in a 48-28 loss to Iowa State on Saturday night.

Pastor happy to return to Iowa (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)     (Cached page)
Though Sam Massey has lived in numerous U.S. states, he calls Iowa home.

Turnovers help Iowa State beat Kent State 48-28 (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)     (Cached page)
Associated Press - September 6, 2008 10:34 PM ET AMES, Iowa (AP) - Austen Arnaud and Phillip Bates each threw touchdown passes and Iowa State turned a blocked punt and two fumble recoveries...

USD's loss to N. Iowa yields bright spots (The Argus Leader)     (Cached page)
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - In some big spots, the University of South Dakota football team played like a legit Football Championship Subdivision operation on Saturday afternoon against one of the country's top teams. It was in the smaller areas where things got away from the Coyotes. A 24-13 loss for USD against Northern Iowa, the No. 5 team in the Coyotes' new NCAA football division, demonstrated ...

Iowa-Iowa State "Chalk Talk" (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Looking ahead to the Iowa vs. Iowa State "Big Game" this weekend in Iowa City.

School board elections set across NE Iowa (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
WATERLOO --- This won't be a big year for school board races, but voters could have an impact on school budgets across Northeast Iowa.

NFL Sunday Goes Smokefree In Iowa (WQAD Moline)     (Cached page)
BETTENDORF, Iowa -- For the first time in NFL history Iowa bars are smokefree. It's opening Sunday in the NFL and at Sports Fans Pizza in Bettendorf, football enthusiasts are living out a dream with 52 HD TV's to choose from, but there's one thing noticably different, no ash trays on the tables.

In Iowa, old-fashioned barns vanishing like the small farms (San Diego Union-Tribune)     (Cached page)
IOWA FALLS, Iowa – One by one, the old-fashioned barns that speckle this landscape are vanishing. Some are demolished to make way for new cornfields. Others, weak with years, simply crumple.

No. 5 Northern Iowa Holds Off USD 24-13 (Yankton Press & Dakotan)     (Cached page)
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The University of South Dakota football team battled tough against the nation's fifth-ranked team, the University of Northern Iowa, but fell short in a 24-13 loss to the Panthers Saturday in front of 12,904 fans at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, Iowa.




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