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Hog prices down, but pig count increases in Iowa (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Iowa’s hog population rose by 200,000 from a year ago — to 19.6 million on June 1 — figures released Friday show.

Defendants in Iowa pig abuse case sentenced (Chicago Tribune)     (Cached page)
Four people charged with abusing pigs at a farm near Bayard in western Iowa have pleaded guilty and been sentenced to probation.

Audit questions Northern Iowa program (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
A state audit has found more than $33,000 in apparently improper spending at a children’s program operated at the University of Northern Iowa and questions whether all transactions were made objectively.

Many factors drive calls for new Iowa City school boundaries (The Gazette)     (Cached page)
IOWA CITY and#151; At a meeting earlier this year, Iowa City school board member Gayle Klouda joked that the best time to redraw school boundaries districtwide is when board members arenand#146;t seeking re-election and the superintendent is retiring. Yet comprehensive boundary changes are what a growing chorus of people is calling for, from school board members to administrators to parents, and ...

Cross-country bicyclists find rest in Iowa City (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)     (Cached page)
Iowa City has proved to be a great spot to recharge for four men biking cross-country.

Iowa budget fight enters 'Fantasyland' (Sioux City Journal)     (Cached page)
The 2010 Iowa gubernatorial campaign has made an early summer stop at Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom with Gov. Chet Culver and a potential challenger trading charges about who is living in "Fantasyland."

North goes 2-1 in central Iowa (Sioux City Journal)     (Cached page)
SAYDEL, Iowa -- The North High baseball team played two games Friday in the Brent Prange Classic and finished a third game suspended from last Friday, going 2-1 in the three contests.

Sheriff's office: Iowa man tried to make trade for naked pictures (Lincoln Journal Star)     (Cached page)
An Iowa man was brought to Lincoln Thursday on allegations he tried to get his ex-girlfriend’s daughter to take naked pictures of herself in exchange for cigarettes.

Iowa man stalks record fish for 3 days; gets it with bow and arrow (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - An eastern Iowa man has snagged the largest bighead carp ever caught in Iowa, shooting the 79-pound fish with a bow and arrow.

Iowa man fatally shot at dice game (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Police in Cedar Rapids are investigating the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man during a dice game outside an apartment complex.

Record crowd expected for Iowa TrekFest (WOI-TV Des Moines)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - More than 8,000 fans of "Star Trek" are expected to converge on Riverside for its 25th annual TrekFest this weekend. The 2-day event began Friday in the southeast Iowa town, which has dubbed itself the birthplace of the "Star Trek" character Capt. James T. Kirk.

Terrain euthanized after Iowa Derby (Thoroughbred Times)     (Cached page)
Grade 3 winner Terrain was euthanized after he suffered a condylar fracture and a fractured sesamoid in his right front leg Friday night during the Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows Racetrack.

Iowa coach who helped launch NFL careers is slain (Park Hills Daily Journal)     (Cached page)
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) — 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.




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