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Gridiron Challenge revamped for 2008: Sign up today!

Aug 29, 2008 6:04 pm

To sign up for the Gridiron Challenge, click here! Valleynewstoday.com's Gridiron Challenge is expanding for 2008. In the past the public was invited to play in a weekly Pick 'Em contest sponsored by ...

McCain chooses Alaska governor Sarah Palin as running mate

Aug 29, 2008 5:19 pm

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - John McCain has introduced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, as his vice presidential running mate in a startling selection on the eve of the ...

Iowa Supreme Court: Traffic cameras legal

Aug 29, 2008 5:19 pm

Staff photo/Josh White - Motorists wait at a red light under the eye of a traffic camera near the corner of South Seventh Street and Willow Avenue Friday morning. In Davenport, the Iowa Supreme Court ...

PHOTO GALLERY: Local High School band camps

Aug 29, 2008 5:19 pm

Staff photo/Josh White - For many high school musicians, summer is short-lived as marching band rehearsals for the fall football season begin in mid-July.

L.C.'s Blum 'doing what he loves' in U.S.A.F.

Aug 29, 2008 4:34 pm

As a young boy, Capt. Daniel Blum said he liked watching "Top Gun." "It sounds kind of hokey, but it's true," Blum said. "Wanting to be a pilot was different than what all the...

Meet and greet: Voters talk with local school board candidates

Aug 29, 2008 4:34 pm

Staff photo/Dennis Friend - Almost two dozen people showed up to hear the six candidates running for seats on the Council Bluffs and Lewis Central school boards. The election will be Sept. 9.

Delegates from Iowa, Nebraska inspired by Obama speech

Aug 29, 2008 4:34 pm

DENVER (MNS) - Talk about a Rocky Mountain high. Nebraska and Iowa Democrats said Thursday that they were inspired, fired up and ready to go after Barack Obama accepted his party's presidential nomina...

Bellevue woman yells at judge over sentence

Aug 29, 2008 3:04 pm

A Bellevue woman responded to being sentenced Thursday morning by yelling an obscenity at a Sarpy County judge. Debora Maruca-Kovac, 51 -- with whom gunman Robert Hawkins lived before the Dec. 5 Westr...

Husker's teammates recall night at bar

Aug 29, 2008 3:04 pm

LINCOLN -- Nebraska football players Zach Potter, T.J. O'Leary and Tyler Wortman had a lot on their minds Thursday, and it wasn't just because the Husker home opener was only two days away.

Up a creek and may be paddled

Aug 29, 2008 3:04 pm

LINCOLN -- A Long Pine, Neb., man, convicted of firing a rifle at inner-tube riders floating down a popular stream that crosses his property, may be facing more trouble.

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