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News From 10-Sep-2008

Iowa State basketball: Recruit from Milwaukee commits to Cyclones (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page)
Chim Kadima, a 6-foot-3 junior guard from Lutheran High School in Milwaukee, Wis., committed to Iowa State’s basketball program Tuesday.

Iowa football: Stanzi gets job, but the girl must wait (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page)
Iowa City, Ia. — He owns the starting job and garners headlines that go with it, but Ricky Stanzi still doesn’t have the girl.

Iowa women still struggling with wage gap (Quad-City Times) (Cached page)
UPDATED: DES MOINES — The average working woman in Iowa earned about 78 cents for every dollar earned by a man in 2007, according to a report released today by the Iowa Policy Project.

Study: Iowa women work more, earn less (Quad-City Times) (Cached page)
DES MOINES — A new study shows that women in Iowa are more likely to be in the workforce than their counterparts around the country and that they are paid substantially less than women elsewhere.

Weaver offers plan to revive Vision Iowa (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page)
MASON CITY — City Councilman Max Weaver, who has opposed the Vision Iowa proposal for more than a year, is offering a plan that could keep the issue alive.

Hockey: Iowa Chops complete their staff (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page)
The Iowa Chops announced in a press release today the final additions to its 2008-09 staff.

Iowa native advances in Paralympics tennis (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page)
Iowa State alum and Lake City native Beth Arnoult won her round of 16 tennis match Wednesday, Iowa time, at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing, China.

Fall enrollment up at Iowa’s public universities (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page)
All three of Iowa’s public universities saw a boost in enrollment this fall, with Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa seeing the largest bumps.

Iowa House seeks pages (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier) (Cached page)
WATERLOO --- Area high school students are being sought as pages in the Iowa House of Representatives for the 2009 legislative session.

Gore will visit Iowa (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier) (Cached page)
DES MOINES --- Former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore will headline the Iowa Democratic Party's Jefferson Jackson Dinner next month in Des Moines.

Enrollment rises at Iowa's 3 universities (KWWL Iowa) (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Enrollment at Iowa's three public universities is up this fall. The universities released their enrollment numbers for the 2008 fall semester on Wednesday.

Fire burns 60 tons of cardboard at recycling site in Iowa City (Quad-City Times) (Cached page)
IOWA CITY — Officials say a fire at an Iowa City recycling site has burned about 60 tons of cardboard.

Iowa City expands smoking ban (WOI-TV Des Moines) (Cached page)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The City Council in Iowa City has passed a ban on smoking in some outdoor public areas. The ordinance was approved unanimously on Tuesday night.

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