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Kansas St. to play Iowa St. at Arrowhead in '09 and '10 (Sports Illustrated)     (Cached page)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Big 12 rivals Kansas State and Iowa State will play at Arrowhead Stadium, the home of the Kansas City Chiefs, in 2009 and 2010.

Toddler's death brings Iowa 2008 fire fatalities to 30 (Sioux City Journal)     (Cached page)
The death of a 3-year-old child Wednesday in DeSoto, Iowa, has state fire officials begging Iowans to check their homes' smoke detectors to be sure they're working. Or, if they have none, to go out and buy them. Today.

McCarty 2nd at Iowa Open championship (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)     (Cached page)
Sean McCarty of Solon was in second place after the first day of competition at the 2008 First American Bank Iowa Open Golf Championship at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club.

Microsoft to add Iowa data center (Seattle Times)     (Cached page)
Microsoft plans to build a data center in West Des Moines, Iowa, to host large, global Web services, the company and the governor of Iowa...

Microsoft to build $500M data center in Iowa (INO News)     (Cached page)
(AP:DES MOINES, Iowa) Gov. Chet Culver on Thursday announced plans for software giant Microsoft Corp. to build a $500 million data center in West Des Moines.

Obama schedules Monday trip to Davenport, Iowa (Herald & Review)     (Cached page)
DAVENPORT, Iowa -Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama will make a stop Monday in Davenport, Iowa, as part of a tour of battleground states leading up to his nomination next week at the Democratic National Convention.

RedHawks 8 Iowa 5: Wednesday's game (The Oklahoman)     (Cached page)
RedHawks 8 Iowa 5•Storyline: Oklahoma opened its five-game series with Iowa with a win, thanks in part to solid relief pitching and 13 hits, including three from Nate Gold, who hit his first home run at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark since July 5. •On the mound: Tommy Hunter made his first start since re-joining the RedHawks. He went five innings and allowed nine hits and four earned runs. Jose Diaz ...

Iowa meatpacking plant cited for safety violations (AP via Yahoo! News)     (Cached page)
The Iowa meatpacking plant that was the site of a large immigration raid this spring was accused Friday of 31 new and repeat safety violations, state labor officials said.

Nagle: Obama plan would harm Iowa's role in caucuses (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES --- Former state Democratic chairman Dave Nagle, a leading advocate for keeping Iowa's presidential caucuses first in the nation, is worried a proposal by Barack Obama and party leaders will lead to Iowa losing its prominent role.

Iowa meatpacking plant cited for safety violations (Pioneer Press)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa meatpacking plant that was the site of a large immigration raid this spring was accused today of 31 new and repeat safety violations, state labor officials said.

Iowa State University experts can discuss new FDA produce irradiation rule (EurekAlert!)     (Cached page)
( Iowa State University ) Iowa State University faculty members Dennis Olson and Sam Beattie are available for interviews on the new FDA regulation that will allow fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce to be irradiated to kill illness-causing bacteria.

Iowa labor department accuses Agriprocessors of 31 safety violations, proposes $101,000 fine (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa labor officials are citing meatpacking plant Agriprocessors with 31 new and repeat safety violations. The Iowa Division of Labor Services on Friday proposed fining the Postville plant $101,000 for 29 serious violations and six repeat offenses.

Iowa State football: Cyclones will get $1.8 million to play in K.C. (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Kansas City, Mo. - The Iowa State athletic department will receive a guaranteed total of $1.8 million for playing a football game at Arrowhead Stadium each of the next two seasons.

Iowa man accused of fraudulent investment program (INO News)     (Cached page)
(AP:CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa) A Cedar Rapids attorney accused of scheming to promote a fraudulent high-yield investment program in California has been indicted on federal fraud and conspiracy charges.

Iowa’s AG sues to overturn decision allowing Carter Lake casino (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller asked a federal court today to overturn a regulatory decision that would allow the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska to construct a $250 million casino in Carter Lake, a small community in western Iowa which borders Omaha, Neb.

Democrats say Iowa will stay first in line in nomination process (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa Democrats said Thursday that a proposed national party commission to retool the presidential nominating process does not threaten the state’s coveted position as first in the nation.




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