From the monthly archives:

October 2005

Iowa State coach Dan McCarney says cutting down on turnovers has helped the Cyclones get back to their winning ways. After suffering through a mistake-filled three game losing streak ISU is now 5-3 after a 42-14 rout of Texas A@M.

McCarney says nothing is more devastating then getting into position to score and then taking points off the board as you turn the ball over. McCarney says the mistakes are magnified when they come near the goal line. He says it doesn’t matter who you are, or who you’re playing, when you turn the ball over inside the five yard line, “your chances are slim and none.”

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder says the Iowa State team his Wildcats will play this weekend is better than the team that earned a share of the Big-12 North Division title in 2004. He says they’re more experienced across the board on offense and defense.

Snyder says the Cyclones could be 8-0 heading into this game and they looked like it at A@M. He says with three loses with close scores that means his team will have its hands full. Snyder says his team hasn’t been great on the road this season and will have to be more disciplined to play well on the road.
The Wildcats are 4-4 overall and 1-4 in the Big Twelve.

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Mars appears in time for Halloween

by admin 10/31/05 4:57 PM

Iowa stargazers get a celestial treat this Halloween, with no tricks. Mars is drawing within about 43-million miles of the Earth, one of its closest passes in 60-thousand years. Christian Anderson, the space science educator at the Science Center of Iowa, says the Red Planet will be a sparkling spot in the night sky — [...]

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Black Angel statue scares in Iowa City

by admin 10/31/05 4:56 PM

Some people call it the scariest thing in Iowa City. It’s a statue in Oakland Cemetery that most people call “The Black Angel.” The statue stands almost nine-feet tall and according to a spokeswoman for the Johnson County Historical Society, the Black Angel hovers over the graves of man, woman and child. “To [...]

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State updates plan to deal with potential Avian flu outbreak

by admin 10/31/05 4:53 PM

Iowa public health officials say they’ve updated the plans for a state response should Iowa birds or people contract Avian flu. But Department of Public Health director Mary Mincer Hansen says it’s not time for panic.
Mincer Hansen says Avian flu has not yet spread from person-to-person. “So I would be much more concerned [...]

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Iowa Senators differ on latest Supreme Court nominee

by admin 10/31/05 4:51 PM

Iowa’s two U.S. Senators — one’s a Democrat and one’s a Republican — are offering different assessments of President Bush’s latest pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. But both say it’s too early to say whether they’ll vote to confirm New Jersey judge Samuel Alito to a seat on the nation’s highest court. [...]

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Younkers stores sold to Pennsylvania group

by admin 10/31/05 4:33 PM

Saks incorporated is selling off its 47 Younkers stores — including 18 in Iowa — in a package with 95 other stores to a York, Pennsylvania company called Bon-Ton. Saks is selling what’s called the Northern Department Store group for one-point-one billion dollars.
Bon-Ton already operates 139 department stores, and C-E-O Bud Bergren said in [...]

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Seven injured in opening weekend of pheasant season

by admin 10/31/05 12:35 PM

The first weekend of Iowa’s most popular hunting season was marred by several accidents. Seven pheasant hunters were accidentally shot during the weekend. All had injuries that were considered relatively minor.
The D-N-R’s Kevin Baskins says it was a typical opening weekend, as inexperienced or excited hunters sometimes take shots they shouldn’t. Baskins says with the [...]

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