IHSAA takes steps to avoid disease spread in wrestling

The man in charge of Iowa high school wrestling says it’s tough to control all communicable diseases such as herpes gladiatorum in a sport like wrestling. Alan Beste of the Iowa High School Athletic Association says that wrestling coaches, officials, and...

Iowa State women on the road

The Iowa State women are on the road in the Big-12, tonight, when they visit Nebraska. The Cyclones are 4-4 in conference play while the Huskers carry a 5-2 league mark and the nation’s 22nd ranking into the contest. Cyclone coach Bill Fennelly says they remind...

Economist says cigarette tax increase could hurt border stores

Iowa governor Chet Culver is basing a lot of the spending he proposed in his budget outline this week on revenues from a dollar-a-pack increase in the state cigarette tax, but a Midwestern economist says border-town lawmakers uneasy about the prospect have reason to...

Cedar Falls woman charged in Hurricane fraud

A Cedar Falls woman who applied for and received disaster assistance from the federal government is now charged with theft. Waterloo police say 43-year-old Monique Blakeney portrayed herself as a Hurricane Katrina victim and received more than 15-thousand dollars from...
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