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Iowa football: Wisconsin comes limping into Kinnick (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa City, Ia. — A.J. Edds isn’t buying it.

What about Iowa’s own Joe the Plumber? (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa’s Joe the Plumber can’t decide whom to vote for either.

Iowa man gets death in teen's murder (Daily Herald)     (Cached page)
Attorneys for an Iowa man sentenced to death for the murder of a 13-year-old girl say they plan to appeal the sentence.

Three Keys to Victory: NU vs. Iowa State (Daily Nebraskan)     (Cached page)
Each week, the Daily Nebraskan lists what each team needs to do to ensure a win. This week, we hear from Johnny Perez, DN sports editor, and Michael Zogg, staff writer at the iowa State Daily.

What about Iowa's own Joe the Plumber? (The Altoona Herald-Mitchellville Index)     (Cached page)
Iowa's Joe the Plumber can't decide whom to vote for either. Then again, the election is still two weeks away, and he isn't surrounded by dozens of reporters who want to know what he thinks of the candidates for president.

Iowa woman protests safe haven law (Lincoln Journal Star)     (Cached page)
A Council Bluffs, Iowa, woman protested Nebraska’s safe haven law Thursday evening, standing in front of Omaha’s Creighton University Medical Center. It’s the second time Judi Wheeldon, a single mother of three boys, has done so. The first time, Saturday, she went with a sign and her mom.

Committed spending complicates Iowa budget picture (AP via Yahoo! Finance)     (Cached page)
Iowa's budget crunch is complicated by the reality that there's no way to avoid most of the new spending that's already on the books without risking legal or financial turmoil, lawmakers said.

Documentary team focuses on Iowa soldier (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
CHARLES CITY --- Last summer, Tanner Johnson of Greene, a member of the Iowa National Guard, waded through floodwater up to his chin to rescue stranded vehicles in southeast Iowa.

Iowa offers economic help for steel facilities in Muscatine County (Quad-City Times)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES – The Iowa Department of Economic Development on Thursday offered tax benefits to a Swedish steel maker to build a new research and development center in Muscatine County.

Badgers Travel To Iowa, Look For First Big Ten Win (WISC-TV Madison)     (Cached page)
The Wisconsin Badgers are in desperate need of a victory, and they invade Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City this weekend for a Big Ten clash with the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Dick Durbin stumps for Obama across Iowa (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES --- Sen. Dick Durbin, the national chairman for Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign, is set to hit Iowa today to stump for Obama.

Oates: Iowa tough place to solve offensive woes (Wisconsin State Journal)     (Cached page)
IOWA CITY, Iowa — Of all the things that are ailing the University of Wisconsin football team during its current three-game losing streak, and it is a lengthy list, the most surprising is the sputtering, wheezing, staggering offense. After scoring 31 points per game during Paul Chryst's highly acclaimed first three seasons as offensive coordinator, the Badgers are averaging 15.8 while going 3-3 ...

UW-Iowa football: Five things to watch (Wisconsin State Journal)     (Cached page)
1. DUSTIN TIME The Badgers went to Iowa two years ago trying to keep the wraps on who their starting QB would be. John Stocco had suffered a separated shoulder the previous week, and junior Tyler Donovan got his first start. Donovan passed for 228 yards and two TDs to lead UW to a 24-21 win, a performance that put him in position to become the starter the next year. Now, junior Dustin Sherer ...

UW football: Tom Mulhern breaks down the Iowa game (Wisconsin State Journal)     (Cached page)
A preview and a prediction for Saturday's UW-Iowa game:  WHEN THE BADGERS HAVE THE BALL Junior Dustin Sherer is expected to get the start at quarterback to try to spark an offense averaging only 15.5 points and 331.8 yards in the last four games. UW has dropped to ninth in the Big Ten in passing, averaging 182 yards per game. The clincher was turnovers. Senior Allan Evridge committed eight in ...

32 New Iowa Officers Sworn Into Duty (KCCI 8 Des Moines)     (Cached page)
From a pile of more than 700 applications, 32 men and women became sworn law enforcement officers of the Department of Public Safety and the State of Iowa on Friday.




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