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First Tour of the Flooded Cedar Rapids Public Library
Jul 19, 2008 3:18 am
CEDAR RAPIDS - For the first time Friday afternoon, KCRG-TV 9 News was allowed to see the progress at the downtown Cedar Rapids public library. It is finally safe to be inside the building without mas...
State Settles with Nearly all TouchPlay Litigants
Jul 18, 2008 11:34 pm
DES MOINES (AP) - An $8.9 million tentative settlement has been reached with nearly all the companies that sued the state over TouchPlay machines now banned in Iowa.
Teen Stuck in Cave in Maquoketa
Jul 18, 2008 11:33 pm
MAQUOKETA (AP) - Authorities are trying to rescue a teenager who got stuck in a small cavern at Maquoketa Caves State Park. Mayor Tom Messerli says the 16-year-old boy was visiting the park with a cam...
New First Judicial District Judge is Appointed
Jul 18, 2008 11:18 pm
WATERLOO (AP) - A new chief judge has been appointed for Iowa's First Judicial District. District Court Judge Jon C. Fister, of Waterloo, succeeds Judge Alan L. Pearson who retires at the end of this ...
Flood Recovery Open Houses Could Draw a Crowd
Jul 18, 2008 11:03 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS- The first real outline of a flood recovery plan in Cedar Rapids could come on July 29th. That's the date city officials have selected for a series of open house meetings. City officials ...
James Bentley Sexual Abuse Trial Should Start July 28th
Jul 18, 2008 10:49 pm
ANAMOSA- Trial should still start July 28th for convicted child pornographer James Bentley. Bentley is already serving a 100-year federal term for taking sexually explicit photos of Jetseta Gage and a...
Cedar Rapids Sewage Plant Making Progress
Jul 18, 2008 10:48 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS- Waste water treatment facilities still aren't back to normal in Cedar Rapids. But city workers did make real progress this week. At the city's Friday news briefing, utility workers updat...
Flood Victim Information Stolen from FEMA (UPDATE)
Jul 18, 2008 8:03 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - FEMA has confirmed to TV9 that personal information belonging to flood victims was stolen on July 7th. When FEMA denied his original application for help, Vince Blank thought he'd heard...
Council Approves $3 Million for Small Business
Jul 18, 2008 5:19 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS - On Friday, the Cedar Rapids City council made a commitment to restoring the economy and small businesses affected by the flood. This morning, the Cedar Rapids City council unanimously a...
Starbucks to Close Seven Stores in Iowa
Jul 18, 2008 5:18 pm
SEATTLE (AP) - Seven of the 600 company-owned stores Starbucks plans to close by early next year are in Iowa. This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled.
Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch
Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]
Local News from Southwest Iowa News via Yahoo! News
Saturday's Our View: Money mountain
Jul 19, 2008 4:37 am
Every year, year in and year out, American taxpayers are asked to foot the bill for about 7 billion pennies, each of which currently cost us 1.2 cents. Those same taxpayers are helping foot the bill f...
Shenanigans: A surprise in the park
Jul 19, 2008 4:37 am
Earlier this week I was wandering around Bayliss Park for "Tell It to Emily" and something rather unexpected happened. I'm used to people hurrying away, ranting about something entirely unre...
Runner collapses at end of race, bystanders save his life
Jul 19, 2008 4:37 am
OMAHA - K.C. Lathrop sits in an Omaha hospital room surrounded by family. Talking. Laughing. Joking. He's taking phone calls. He doesn't like all the attention he's getting. Says he'd rather not talk ...
Don and Carl made careers out of their love for wildlife
Jul 19, 2008 4:36 am
Don in 1973 with his Wildlife Officer of the Year award. Editor's Note: Look for additional profiles of Shenandoah area families in our annual "Family Journal" supplement included in today's...
Jul 19, 2008 4:21 am
approximately every other month, as scheduled. Fridays during Lent. Meetings every 3rd Thursday except Dec.
Denison school board goes with state 403(b) retirement plan
Jul 18, 2008 9:51 pm
The Internal Revenue Service has caused the Denison Community School District to decide between offering its own 403(b) retirement plan for eligible employees, not offering a plan at all, or going wit...
Jul 18, 2008 9:22 pm
When Interim Crawford County Sheriff Mike Bremser searched for a new deputy to fill the manpower vacancy created Sheriff Tom Hogan's retirement, he came back with two officers.
150 have now applied for disaster assistance in county
Jul 18, 2008 9:22 pm
As of July 14, the number of Crawford County residents who have applied for individual disaster assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency totaled 150, and the dollars approved amounte...
Strip club or theater? Shotgun Geniez at issue in trial
Jul 18, 2008 8:36 pm
SIDNEY - An underage girl danced naked for a crowd in Hamburg last July. Nobody disputed that Thursday at the trial of former Hamburg Mayor Clarence Judy. The question of the day was, instead: Is Shot...
Traveling exhibit part of this year's Wabash Arts Camp
Jul 18, 2008 6:52 pm
Campers of the Wabash Arts Camp get a special treat this year as the traveling exhibit, Picturing America, is making a stop in Shenandoah the week of July 20.
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