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Sons mourn slain Iowa coach at football field (Sports Illustrated)     (Cached page)
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- The sons of a high school coach in Iowa who was gunned down last week say they mourned their father privately at the football fields where he held practice.

Economists say Iowa faces a rough road (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
Economists warn Iowa will most likely endure another two years of revenue and employment slumps based on past economic statistics, despite the state’s ability to buffer the harsher effects of the national recession.

Iowa Democrats honor Vilsack (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES --- U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack compared his new job to being governor of 50 states instead of one --- a job that encompasses a wide range of policy matters he tackled as Iowa's governor.

Australia second in Iowa team triathlon (BigPond News)     (Cached page)
Australia has finished second in the ITU Triathlon Team World Championships in Iowa.

Several Iowa hospitals accused of irregularities (WOI-TV Des Moines)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Several Iowa hospitals, including one at the center of a controversy involving the shooting death of Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, have been accused in recent years of discharging psychiatric patients before they were stabilized.

Australia second in Iowa team triathlon (Sky News Australia)     (Cached page)
Australia has finished second in the ITU Triathlon Team World Championships in Iowa as the sport showcased the event for inclusion in 2012 London Olympics.

Iowa Cubs: Slugger Hamilton might play in D.M. (The Des Moines Register)     (Cached page)
The Iowa Cubs could get an up-close look at American League All-Star Josh Hamilton on Wednesday.

Iowa DOT limits employee social networking at work (WGEM Quincy)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Department of Transportation has blocked the use of several online social networking sites from employee work computers because of security concerns.

Thousands attend funeral for Iowa football coach (Sports Illustrated)     (Cached page)
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- Thousands of mourners gathered Monday to remember a slain high school football coach as a man of faith who believed in leading by example.

Luke Winn: Despite draft buzz, Brackins puts NBA on hold to return to Iowa State (Sports Illustrated)     (Cached page)
While the first round of the NBA draft unfolded last Thursday night, Iowa State's Craig Brackins was on a flight from Chicago to Belgrade, Serbia, for the World University Games. He'd spent the previous nine days in Colorado Springs, Colo., first auditioning, then practicing with the 12-man U.S. team, and as he sat in Chicago's O'Hare airport a few minutes before boarding, with noises of gate ...

Thousands Attend Funeral for Iowa Football Coach (ABC News)     (Cached page)
Thousands attend funeral for Iowa football shot during team workout, recall his faith

Thousands attend funeral for Iowa coach (MSNBC)     (Cached page)
Thousands of mourners have filled a church and nearby community center for the funeral of a beloved Iowa high school football coach who was shot and killed last week.

Ed Thomas funeral draws thousands of mourners in Iowa (ESPN)     (Cached page)
Thousands of mourners have filled a church and nearby community center for the funeral of Ed Thomas, the beloved Iowa high school football coach who was shot and killed last week.

Iowa town mourning shooting of coach Thomas (Sports Illustrated)     (Cached page)
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP) -- The sons of a high school coach in Iowa who was gunned down last week say they mourned their father privately at the football fields where he held practice.

Thousands attend funeral for slain Iowa prep football coach (Detroit Free Press)     (Cached page)
PARKERSBURG, Iowa — Thousands of mourners gathered today to remember a slain high school football coach as a man of faith who believed in leading by example.

Thousands attend funeral for Iowa football shot during team workout, recall his faith (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)     (Cached page)
Mourners enter the funeral of slain Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas on Monday in Parkersburg, Iowa. Obviously......

Iowa man loses temper with wife during argument, grabs steering wheel and sends car into wall (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)     (Cached page)
DES MOINES, Iowa - Police said they arrested a Des Moines man after he reportedly lost his temper with his wife while they were traveling on Interstate Highway 235, wrenched the wheel from her and sent the car careening off the road.




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