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Slain football coach was pillar of tiny Iowa town (AP via Yahoo! News)     (Cached page)
When a fatal tornado ripped through the rural Iowa town Ed Thomas called home, the local football icon became the driving force behind rebuilding. As a trusted and active church member, he encouraged the tiny community to have faith.

Iowa coach who helped launch NFL careers is slain (AP via Yahoo! News)     (Cached page)
Several hundred mourners gathered Wednesday at a rural Iowa stadium named for a popular high school football coach who authorities said was gunned down by a former player who was to have been taken to a psychiatric ward days before.

Suspect in Iowa coach's death was in police custody days earlier (CNN)     (Cached page)
A man suspected of fatally shooting an Iowa football coach Wednesday was released from a hospital the day before, without the knowledge of police, who had asked to be notified, authorities said.

Hundreds gather to mourn slain Iowa football coach (AP via Yahoo! News)     (Cached page)
Hundreds of mourners prayed and embraced at a stadium in rural Iowa to remember a longtime high school football coach who authorities say was gunned down by one of his former players.

Iowa hospital treated alleged shooter before he murdered former coach (Sports Illustrated)     (Cached page)
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- When a fatal tornado ripped through the rural Iowa town Ed Thomas called home, the local football coach became the driving force behind rebuilding. As a trusted and active church member, he encouraged the tiny community to have faith.

Slain Iowa high school coach called 'best of best' (USA Today)     (Cached page)
A prominent central Iowa high school football coach died after being shot Wednesday in the school's weight room.

Family of Iowa suspect urges prayers after coach's killing (CNN)     (Cached page)
The family of a man suspected of fatally shooting an Iowa football coach urged the community Thursday to pray for the victim's family.

Iowa State researchers contribute climate model to study that finds some winds decreasing (EurekAlert!)     (Cached page)
( Iowa State University ) A team of three Iowa State University researchers contributed to a study that found average wind speeds across the country have decreased by an average of .5 percent to 1 percent per year since 1973.

Culver promotes expanded rail service in Iowa (AP via Yahoo! Finance)     (Cached page)
Gov. Chet Culver hopped a train Wednesday to promote his effort to expand passenger rail service in Iowa. "Our goal obviously is to get a high-speed rail from Chicago to Des Moines and that appears to be going very well," Culver said, in kicking off the whistlestop tour.

Iowa reaches settlement with retail firm in data breach case (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES --- Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller's office announced the state has reached a settlement with a retail company over the breach of credit and debit card information.




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