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The State of Iowa is a state in the midwestern region of the United States of America. It is the 29th state of the United States, having joined the Union on December 28, 1846. The state is named for the Native American Ioway people. It is known as the "Hawkeye State" or the "Tall Corn State".

 

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Local News from KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids via Yahoo! News

The Other Names On the Ballot

Nov 22, 2008 1:32 am

CEDAR RAPIDS - Each time a voter chooses to write-in a candidate, the Linn County Auditors office has to mark it down and count it. Friday, the auditors office released all of those names. Some of the...

 

Cedar Rapids Animal Control Has New Temporary Home

Nov 21, 2008 11:00 pm

CEDAR RAPIDS- The dogs and cats chased out of the old Cedar Rapids Animal Control facility by flooding this spring now have a new place to call home. Or at least it's a permanent "temporary"...

 

U-I Asked to Cut Millions from Budget

Nov 21, 2008 10:17 pm

IOWA CITY - It's all hands on deck for every state agency to look high and low to find any extra cash. The most recent call to action is for the state's universities to trim a total of seven and a hal...

 

Iowa Telecom to Buy Sherburne Tele Systems

Nov 21, 2008 6:30 pm

NEWTON (AP) - Newton-based Iowa Telcommunications Services Inc. says it has agreed to buy Sherburne Tele Systems Inc. for more than $80 million. The deal is subject to regulatory approvals and is expe...

 

Court Rules on Iowa Medical Malpractice Case

Nov 21, 2008 5:30 pm

DES MOINES (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court is sending the case of a woman who sued her doctors for failing to diagnose breast cancer back to a lower court for more proceedings.

 

Firefighters Discover Body at Spencer Apartment

Nov 21, 2008 5:30 pm

SPENCER (AP) - Fire officials say they discovered the body of Spencer man after an electric space heater caused a sofa at his apartment to start on fire.

 

UPDATE: DM Police Find Lost Child's Parents

Nov 21, 2008 5:30 pm

DES MOINES (AP) - Police have found the parents of a 3-year-old girl found in Des Moines outside without a coat and only one shoe. The girl was found walking Friday about 7:30 a.m., a time when the te...

 

Long & Late Fall Harvest

Nov 21, 2008 5:00 pm

Farmers in Eastern Iowa are racing against winter weather to get their crops out of the field. A wet spring delayed planting, and now a wet fall is delaying the harvest.

 

A New Way To Help With Snowy Sidewalks

Nov 21, 2008 1:15 am

CEDAR RAPIDS - Are you ready to get out those shovels? Last year the city had to clean about 150 sidewalks. They say that is twice as many as usual. With each walk, they charged the homeowner at least...

 

Supreme Court Rejects Forest City Woman's Appeal

Nov 21, 2008 12:45 am

CEDAR RAPIDS(AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Forest City woman who wanted a review of her convictions and sentences in the drug-related murders of five people, including two...

 
 

Local News from Southwest Iowa News via Yahoo! News

Nebraska's safe haven law now for infants only

Nov 22, 2008 6:12 pm

LINCOLN, Neb. - A bill restricting Nebraska's safe haven law to infants no older than 30 days has been signed by Gov. Dave Heineman. The bill received final approval from the Legislature this morning ...

 

Court denies defamation suit against Matt Wilber

Nov 22, 2008 6:11 am

A federal appeals court has issued a ruling in a case involving current Pottawattamie County Attorney Matt Wilber, who was sued for defamation by two men convicted of killing a Council Bluffs security...

 

SW Iowa Events

Nov 22, 2008 5:26 am

approximately every other month, as scheduled. Fridays during Lent. Meetings every 3rd Thursday except Dec.

 

Denison City Pound bursting at the seams

Nov 21, 2008 10:12 pm

If you find yourself in need of a heartwarming interaction - visit the Denison City Pound and chat with proprietor Jeri Dreyer.

 

Goodfellows campaign begins

Nov 21, 2008 10:11 pm

The annual Goodfellows campaign, a cooperative effort of West Central Community Action and the Denison Bulletin and Review, is beginning. The program helps fulfill the Christmas wishes of children fro...

 

Cats, kittens confiscated in mill raid

Nov 21, 2008 7:41 pm

This mother cat was reunited with her two kittens after they were rescued from a cat mill by Pottawattamie County Animal Control on Halloween. A "Halloween night from hell" has turned into a...

 

Goodfellows: Woman seeks help for fellow employee

Nov 21, 2008 5:12 pm

Raising a family can be difficult, and for a woman forced by circumstance to do it on her own, the chore can be occasionally overwhelming. "There is a young mother of three little girls that work...

 

Numbers swell at shelters, meal centers

Nov 21, 2008 5:12 pm

Organizations that help the homeless and near-homeless are seeing a surge in numbers this fall, officials say. MOHM's Place, now in a new facility at the New Visions complex, is feeding more mouths, s...

 

Links to JEL's anti-tobacco program

Nov 21, 2008 4:41 pm

Drop dead, Lake View. That's not exactly the message of a new anti-tobacco billboard near the bucolic northwest Iowa town, but it's close enough, some community leaders said Wednesday.

 

When I grow up, I want to be a Teacher...

Nov 21, 2008 4:13 pm

"A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others." - Why did you want to work in education?

 
 

News from the Sioux City Journal

Orange City attorney's license revoked

Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended an Orange City, Iowa, attorney's license for two years.

 

City to help Anderson Printing get state job tax credits

Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

SIOUX CITY -- Economic Development Director Marty Dougherty said Friday he will ask the City Council to approve a targeted jobs application Monday to assist Anderson Brothers Printing Co. to expand in...

 

Spencer teen injured dodging deer

Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

SPENCER, Iowa -- A Spencer teen was injured Thursday when he swerved his vehicle to miss a deer.

 

Man faces 10 years for child abuse

Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

SIOUX CITY -- A Sioux City man faces up to 10 years in prison for allegedly breaking a bone in his infant daughter's leg.

 

Cost of Thanksgiving on the rise

Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

Ben Franklin called turkeys ?true American originals.?

 

Mayor returns to practicing law

Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

SIOUX CITY -- Mayor Mike Hobart said Friday he has returned to the practice of law, a professional he temporarily set aside almost two years ago.

 

EPA critical of S.D. refinery oversight

Nov 22, 2008 6:56 am

PIERRE, S.D. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has "serious" concerns about the draft air-quality permit the state of South Dakota has prepared for a proposed oil refinery in Union...

 
 

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