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Golf Monday: Tidbits in and around Iowa (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) A HISTORICAL LOOK: Iowa Golf Hall of Fame member John Jacobs of Cedar Rapids was a dominant player in his time. Jacobs won the Iowa Amateur six times between 1939 and 1950. Only Art Bartlett of Ottumwa, with seven titles between 1914 and 1929, had more success. Iowa Cubs: Iowa clinches berth in playoffs, wins division (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Oklahoma City, Okla. — The Iowa Cubs are headed back to the playoffs. Iowa State football: Jack Trice upgrades get thumbs up (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Ames, Ia. - The first thing Marcia Stahly noticed Sunday was Iowa State’s renovated logo. Police find body in Iowa City park where professor went missing (Quad-City Times) (Cached page) IOWA CITY — Authorities say a hiker has found a body in an Iowa City park where a missing University of Iowa political science professor was last seen. Miss Iowa USA to speak at NIVC Labor Day event (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page) MASON CITY — The North Iowa Vocational Center will hold its fifth annual Labor Day Celebration Thursday, and this year’s featured guest is Miss Iowa USA 2008 Abbey Curran. Iowa Dems expect state to keep 'first' status (The Gazette) (Cached page) DENVER and#8212; Iowa Democrats are confident their state will retain its first-in-the-nation role in the presidential selection process even if there's a shake-up in parts of the nominating process.Gov. Chet Culver said Sunday he believes Iowa's success in launching Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's 2008 presidential bid likely will help solidify Iowa's "unique" leadoff status, but state leaders ... Iowa gains another in-state recruit (The Globe Gazette) (Cached page) IOWA CITY — The recruiting battle is over. Now, Brandon Wegher’s final high school football war is on in earnest. More Iowa mothers with young children are receiving federal food aid (The Gazette) (Cached page) More Iowa mothers with young children are receiving federal food aid than ever before, according to the state Department of Public Health.There were 72,515 Iowans enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) last month, a 3.4 percent increase over the past year. Enrollments are up in the state's four cities that sustained flood damage (see chart), ... Iowa governor denounces meatpacking plant in paper (AP via Yahoo! News) (Cached page) Iowa Gov. Chet Culver denounced a kosher meatpacking plant accused of child labor violations, echoing Upton Sinclair's disdain of cruelty toward immigrants. Iowa gov knocks company accused of labor offenses (AP via Yahoo! Finance) (Cached page) Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has some harsh words for an embattled kosher meatpacking plant that's accused of child labor violations and was the site of a huge immigration raid. Iowa governor denounces meatpacking plant in paper (San Francisco Chronicle) (Cached page) Iowa Gov. Chet Culver denounced a kosher meatpacking plant accused of child labor violations, echoing Upton Sinclair's disdain of cruelty toward immigrants. The governor wrote a guest column in the Des Moines Sunday Register that criticized Agriprocessors... Iowa governor denounces meatpacking plant in paper (Las Vegas Sun) (Cached page) Mon, Aug 25, 2008 (1:39 p.m.) Iowa Gov. Chet Culver denounced a kosher meatpacking plant accused of child labor violations, echoing Upton Sinclair's disdain of cruelty toward immigrants. More Iowa Mothers With Kids Getting Food Aid (WHBF-TV Quad Cities) (Cached page) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The Iowa Department of Public Health says more Iowa mothers with young children are getting federal food aid. State health officials say more than 72,500 Iowans enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and children last month. More Iowa mothers getting help (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines) (Cached page) Associated Press - August 25, 2008 11:04 AM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Department of Public Health says more Iowa mothers with young children are getting federal food aid. Body found in burned building in W. Iowa (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines) (Cached page) Associated Press - August 25, 2008 12:24 PM ET ROSS, Iowa (AP) - Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found inside a burned-out building near Ross, in western... Rebuild Iowa Commission finding common themes (The Gazette) (Cached page) DES MOINES and#8212; Common themes are beginning to emerge in the draft reports from nine task forces advising state government on issues stemming from wind and rain disasters this spring."That's good," Rebuild Iowa Advisory Commission Chairman Maj. Gen. Ron Dardis said as the panel began a two-day meeting to review those reports. Similar themes coming from multiple task forces will lend ... Obama to rely on Iowa lessons (The Des Moines Register) (Cached page) Barack Obama says Iowa - the first demonstration of his campaign’s ability to net thousands of first-time activists - is the template for his fall campaign. News courtesy of 
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