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Wilber, first woman from Iowa to win Olympic gold, dies at 78 (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Then-Iowa Gov. Robert Ray was awakened at 11 p.m. In the Des Moines darkness, the Iowa Highway Patrol waited as an escort. In Jefferson, hundreds began to swirl around the courthouse square. Iowa Scene: ISU volleyball player honored (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Iowa State volleyball player Victoria Henson was named the Big 12 Conference offensive player of the week. She averaged 5.75 kills per set while hitting .418 on attacks. College football: ABC will have ISU, Iowa at same time (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) When ABC decided to air football games involving Iowa and Iowa State on Nov. 1, local executives began scrambling to satisfy both fan bases. Obama cancels Iowa trip to visit ailing grandmother (Quad-City Times) (Cached page) DES MOINES, Iowa— Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has canceled a scheduled campaign trip to Iowa so that he can travel to Hawaii to visit his ailing grandmother. Though Obama favored in Iowa, Wis., McCain fights on (Battle Creek Enquirer) (Cached page) The once-key battleground states of Wisconsin and Iowa are slipping further into the Democratic column as polls show Sen. Barack Obama building a larger lead over Republican candidate Sen. John McCain. Iowa couple ordered apart after woman bites fiance (WHBF-TV Quad Cities) (Cached page) IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A judge has ordered an suburban Chicago woman to stay away from her fiance - two weeks before their wedding. Public sendoffs planned for 310 Iowa soldiers (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Public sendoff ceremonies will be held in five Iowa communities on Oct. 30 for 310 soldiers from Iowa Army National Guard units being deployed to Iraq. Iowa's first female gold medalist dies (Quad-City Times) (Cached page) DES MOINES, Iowa— The first woman from Iowa to win an Olympic gold medal has died. Live video at 7 p.m.: Ask Iowa Press - Campaign ’08 (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Iowa Public Television is hosting a live panel discussion and Q&A session with "Iowa Press" reporters Dean Borg, Mike Glover, Kay Henderson and The Register’s David Yepsen at 7 p.m. tonight. The reporters will provide insight and perspective on Campaign 2008 from the Iowa Caucuses through the last push toward Election Day, November 4. The discussion is free and open to the public. Call (800) ... 'Dave the builder' is Iowa's Joe the plumber (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier) (Cached page) DES MOINES --- Republican John McCain's campaign on Monday introduced Iowa's version of "Joe the plumber," a voter whose conversation with Democrat Barack Obama on tax policies has become a touchstone in the presidential race. PETA: Manager still at Iowa farm where pigs were abused (Post-Bulletin) (Cached page) MINNEAPOLIS -- The manager of an Iowa hog farm where an animal rights group shot video of workers abusing pigs is still on the job, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said Tuesday, and the group released a new video it said shows him kicking and shocking an injured sow Iowa unemployment falls in September (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) But the state has 400 fewer jobs, the first September in four years Iowa has lost jobs. Crews Find Dead Alligator Along I-29 in Iowa (KETV 7 Omaha) (Cached page) OMAHA, Neb. -- Construction workers found a dead alligator along Interstate 29 near Glenwood, Iowa, Tuesday. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said the alligator appears to have suffered a head injury. The alligator's mouth had been taped shut. PETA: Manager still at Iowa farm where pigs were abused (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul) (Cached page) Click here for the original PETA investigation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says the manager of an Iowa hog farm where it shot video of workers abusing pigs Culver Calls For Testing FEMA Trailers In Iowa (KCCI 8 Des Moines) (Cached page) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The governor's office is calling for tests of FEMA trailers in Cedar Rapids after a local TV station found high levels of formaldehyde. Culver calls for tests of FEMA trailers in Iowa (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines) (Cached page) Associated Press - October 21, 2008 3:24 PM ET IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The governor's office is calling for tests of FEMA trailers in Cedar Rapids after a local TV station found high levels of... Iowa's unemployment rate drops to 4.2 percent (The Gazette) (Cached page) Iowa's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in September, an improvement from August though still higher than last year.A year ago, seasonal unemployment in Iowa was at 3.8 percent. Last month, the rate stood at 4.5 percentIowa Workforce Development released seasonal unemployment figures on Tuesday. Total employment for September increased slightly to 1,614,200 compared ... News courtesy of 
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