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Iowa football: QB hopes to bounce back from season spent on his back (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Picking up the offensive pieces Iowa left on Big Ten Conference fields last fall starts with keeping quarterback Jake Christensen upright.

Iowa football: State’s best back chooses Hawkeyes (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Brandon Wegher of Sioux City Heelan, the most heralded high school running back in the state, will further his career at Iowa. The senior announced Saturday he will accept coach Kirk Ferentz’s scholarship offer.

Iowa Cubs: Iowa stays put in title race after giving up 7 late runs (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Oklahoma City, Okla. - The Iowa Cubs were poised to move one game closer to the Pacific Coast League’s American North crown until Oklahoma scored seven runs in its final two at-bats.

Iowa State football: Rebuilding project starts at QB (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Remember the football axiom, "It starts up front?" Well, that may not be entirely true for Iowa State. According to former offensive lineman Dave Lapham, the Cyclones’ rebuilding project begins with the quarterback position.

Plan keeping Iowa first advances (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Denver, Colo. — A proposal to change the Democratic Party’s presidential nominating process would likely keep Iowa at the front of the calendar, one of the chief sponsors said as the measure advanced Saturday in Denver.

Iowa State football: Ready for prime-time players? (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa State will have a new look in 2008, as a brand-new cast must establish an identity of its own.

Iowa State football: Nose guard Frere anchors defensive line (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Nate Frere leaned back, clicked on the television and grabbed a sports drink. He was relaxing in the locker room, while several of his Iowa State teammates were outside, participating in the Cyclones’ annual football media day, earlier this month.

Iowa football: Filling the holes on the defensive line (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
It’s time for little brother to step up. That’s the gospel from defensive end Christian Ballard, one of the two new pieces of an Iowa defensive line that performed well throughout last season.

North Iowa Democrats mostly bullish about Obama-Biden (The Globe Gazette)     (Cached page)
MASON CITY — North Iowa Democrats gave a mixed reception to the announcement Saturday of Barack Obama’s selection of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.,  as his vice presidential running mate.

Free Clinics of Iowa receive $300K (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)     (Cached page)
The Free Clinics of Iowa will receive a grant of more than $300,000 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Republican Jim Leach of Iowa to speak at Democratic convention (Chicago Sun-Times)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, a leading Republican moderate, is taking his endorsement of Barack Obama a step further by giving an opening-night speech at the Democratic convention.

Iowa Democratic delegates eager for Denver convention (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
DAVENPORT --- When the Democratic National Convention opens Monday in Denver, Iowa's 57 delegates will help draw to a close one of the most extraordinary primary seasons on record.

VIDEO: Iowa Dems ready for historic convention (The Gazette)     (Cached page)
Enthusiasm and expectations are running a mile high as Iowa Democrats prepare to make history at their party's national convention this week.Iowa's 57 delegates and eight alternates will be on hand when the Democratic National Convention opens its four-day run Monday to officially install Illinois Sen. Barack Obama as the first African-American to become a major political party's presidential ...

Wis. mayor charged with 2nd-offense OWI in Iowa (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)     (Cached page)
Associated Press - August 24, 2008 1:04 PM ET PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) - The mayor of Prairie du Chien (SHANE') has been charged in Iowa with second-offense drunken driving after authorities...

Wis. mayor charged with 2nd-offense OWI in Iowa (WOI-TV Des Moines)     (Cached page)
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) - The mayor of Prairie du Chien (SHANE') has been charged in Iowa with second-offense drunken driving after authorities said he drove his car into a ditch.

Iowa secondary ready to fill primary roles (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
IOWA CITY --- There is no formal process by which college football teams find their leaders.

Olympic gymnast coming home to Iowa (KTVO TV 3 Kirksville)     (Cached page)
Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 3:52 p.m. DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson will be welcomed home to Iowa next week.




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