Rail car supply could be short for harvest

With the harvest just weeks away, rail officials are trying to line uphopper cars to move grain. The division superintendant of the I-&-M Railinkin Mason City, Steve Norton, says he is preparing for an extra-large grainrush. Norton says manner farmers still have...

Iowa coach sees Nebraska as a challenge

Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz says opening the season against a ratedopponent is a tough challenge but his team is ready. The Ferentz era beginsSaturday when the Hawkeyes host fifth-ranked Nebraska.Ferentz says the team considers the matter surronding former...

Surveys show businesses not hiring

A new survey shows fewer Iowa businesses are planning to hire new workers. “Manpower’s” survey of businesses in a dozen Iowa cities found 29 percentplan to hire new workers in the last quarter of the year, while 10 percentplan job cuts. That’s...

Autopsy shows no foul play in man’s disappearance

The Ringgold County Sheriff says an autopsy found NO foul play in the deathof a Clearfield man. 46-year-old Lyle Leonard had been missing for morethan a month when his body was found Monday east of Mount Ayr alongside Highway Two. Ringgold County Sheriff Bob Bennett...