Crews pull two from Des Moines River; man drowns
The woman was rescued by a construction worker who was suspended over the water in a harness. The construction worker was able to get her mostly out of the water and take her to a rescue boat. …
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15-year-old Witnesses Coach/Teacher Shooting
Coach Thomas was shot Wednesday morning, during a weight lifting session.
Several students were in the room when it happened, and saw it all.
CBS 2’s Jamie Oberg spoke with one student who was there. …
15-year-old Witnesses Coach/Teacher Shooting
Researchers Describe The 90-year Evolution Of Swine Flu
The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa, report infectious disease experts at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in the New England Journal of Medicine. …
Parole officers brace for increase in sex offenders being released
“I’ve told many of them, ‘Get braced for the new type of offender you’re going to be supervising because the rapist or another individual that may have discharged their sentence in prison and walked away, you’re going to have them for the rest of their life,’” [...]
Psychiatric services faulted at many hospitals in Iowa
Several Iowa hospitals, including one at the center of a controversy involving the shooting death of a Parkersburg coach, have been accused in recent years of discharging psychiatric patients before they were stabilized. …
Friends baffled by downward spiral that gripped Becker
There were failed attempts at college, minor dust-ups with the law, and trouble with drugs and alcohol. At 24, he was a cook at a Cedar Falls pizza restaurant and no longer the friendly “cute guy” from his days at Aplington-Parkersburg High School. …
Register exclusive: Witnesses describe scene of coach’s slaying, shooter’s behavior
Parkersburg, Ia. - Moments after a legendary football coach was gunned down, the alleged shooter ran out of the makeshift weight room screaming about the devil, according to [Tiffany Frey] …
Dead hogs slip from semi in south Des Moines (Des Moines Register - includes photo)
Officer Calls Dead Hogs Incident ‘Ugly Scene’ (KCCI)
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Pig carcasses slop across I-235 on-ramp (Wichita Eagle)
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Kevin Winker: Good afternoon. My name is Kevin Winker. I’m Assistant Director with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. First of all, I’d like to thank you all for coming. And secondly, I’d like to say, we’re here today to provide some information in reference to the incident that occurred here in Parkersburg today.
Before we [...]
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) - A Woodbury County jail inmate has died after a suicide attempt.
Officials with the Woodbury County sheriff’s office say 37-year-old Troy Dunn was found in his cell last Thursday by a cellmate.
Dunn was treated at the jail and transferred to a Sioux City hospital. Dunn’s death was announced on Tuesday.
Officials did [...]
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