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Keeler: Iowa’s football games in Metrodome have been strange affairs (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
"It was just different enough to kind of throw you off a little while," Paul Burmeister, the former Iowa quarterback, says of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which the Hawkeyes will visit for the last time, God willing, next Saturday night. "It was a little bit weird right away."

Embrace Iowa aid recipients difficult to track (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
People may crave to know who exactly benefited from their cash donations to the Embrace Iowa fund, but it’s not easy to trace the money to specific hard-luck Iowans wiped out by this year’s weather disasters.

Iowa football: Iowa working on ticket sales pitch (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa’s bowl responsibility extends beyond putting a good team on the field. It includes being responsible for selling thousands of dollars’ worth of tickets during a financially tough winter.

Iowa men’s basketball: A look at today’s game. (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
WHO: Texas-San Antonio (0-1) at Iowa (1-0)

Hawkeye men’s basketball: A familial scene plays out at Iowa (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Lickliter, the son of a basketball coach, has two third-generation candidates under his wing at Iowa.

Iowa Scene: Iowa field hockey game postponed to today (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa’s second-round NCAA Tournament game with Michigan State was postponed until today at 10 a.m. due to snow.

Iowa man arrested in alleged machete incident (Quad-City Times)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines police say a man who allegedly chased a woman while armed with a machete has been arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

Dems re-elect leaders in Iowa Senate (Sioux City Journal)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES -- Democrats in the Iowa Senate re-elected their top leaders to their posts Sunday during a meeting in Des Moines.

Indian claims Iowa tribal discrimination (UPI)     (Cached page)
TAMA, Iowa, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Tribal laws banning women of the Meskwaki American Indian nation in Iowa from sharing their homes with non-tribal spouses is unconstitutional, attorneys say.

Iowa woman awaiting ruling on earlier forging case accused of forging her parents checks again (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)     (Cached page)
BURLINGTON, Iowa - A Burlington woman awaiting a court of appeals ruling on an earlier conviction for forging her mother's checks has been arrested for allegedly doing it again.

Two days, one goal send Iowa to NCAA field hockey semifinals (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa needed two days — but only one goal — to beat Michigan State in field hockey and advance to the national semifinals.

Iowa football: Murray moves to No. 1 kicker on depth chart (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Daniel Murray will replace Trent Mossbrucker as Iowa’s top place-kicker during Saturday’s game at Minnesota, according to the depth chart released today.

Rebuild Iowa Commission outlines goals for recovery (The Gazette)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES and#8212; A special state task force today unveiled a series of "ambitious, achievable" goals to guide Iowa's long-term recovery and avoid similar devastation from future natural disasters.Members of the Rebuild Iowa Advisory Commission delivered their 120-day report to Gov. Chet Culver today that included 12 broad recommendations for implementing a long-term action plan for recovery ...

Iowa's senators want assurances in auto bailout bill (The Gazette)     (Cached page)
WASHINGTON and#8212; The proposed automobile bailout starts and may die in the Senate, where Iowa Democrat Tom Harkin and Republican Chuck Grassley were limiting their possible support.Each was concerned today that any financial aid plan for automakers include restrictions on executive bonuses and protections against the taxpayers being taken for the wrong ride.The aid package, Harkin said, must ...

Iowa panel recommends disaster recovery steps (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)     (Cached page)
Associated Press - November 17, 2008 3:24 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A state disaster recovery panel is calling for help in rebuilding homes and businesses, creation of a new disaster fund...

Iowa State season full of missed opportunities (KWWL Iowa)     (Cached page)
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa State football coach Gene Chizik is going to look back on 2008 as a season of what might have been. While the Cyclones are 2-9, Chizik says they were just a play or two away from possibly turning some of the losses into wins.




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