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Iowa has win number 7, goes for 8 at Minnesota

November 17, 2008 By

The Iowa Hawkeyes will close out the regular season this weekend with a visit to Minnesota and with a victory their most likely holiday destination will be Tampa for the Outback Bowl. The Hawks are 7-4 after a hard fought 22-17 win over Purdue. The Gophers are also 7-4 after a loss at Wisconsin.

Ferentz says it won’t be an easy game, as none of the games in Minneapolis have been easy. But, he says it’s good to get one more win and a chance for another.

It was another big day for running back Shonn Greene who finished with 209 yards of rushing and a couple of highlight touchdown runs. Greene is just a junior but it may have been his final game at Kinnick Stadium. With the season he has put together he could be a high pick in the NFL Draft next spring.

Greene says he will sit down when the season is over and look over his options. But he says he won’t make any decision until after the bowl game.

 

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Missouri dominates Iowa State

November 17, 2008 By

Missouri’s offense scored four times in the first half and the defense added an interception for a touchdown as the Tigers dominated Iowa State 52-20 in Ames Saturday. Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel sliced up the defense with his passing, and Cyclone coach Gene Chizik says they couldn’t seem to get him under wraps.

Chizik says Daniel is a great quarterback and the defense couldn’t seem to get him stopped and get off the field. The Cyclones had just 35 less yards than Missouri on offense, but couldn’t match the Tigers in points. Chizik says he was happy to see the team keep working throughout the game, as he said they never gave up or quit playing..

Iowa State closes the season at Kansas State, and Chizik says ending the nine-game losing streak would be a good way to end the season, as the team needs a win. Iowa State is now 2-9 on the season, and 0-7 in the Big 12. 

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Two die, five injured in Southwest Iowa accident

November 17, 2008 By

Authorities are now releasing the names of the teen who was killed and the five others injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday night in southwest Iowa’s Fremont County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 1997 Ford Taurus driven by 17-year-old Cara Burroughs, of Shenandoah, was attempting to pass a 1989 Chevy pickup, when Burroughs lost control of the car and it collided with the pickup.

The initial impact caused the pickup to go out of control as well. Both vehicles then entered the south ditch and rolled over. The driver of the pickup, 16-year-old Wesley David Hall, of Farragut died from his injuries at the Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg.

The Patrol says Hall was not wearing his seatbelt. Cara Burroughs, and four passenger in her car were injured. They were identified as 16-year-olds Paige Wilson, Jessica Lambertsen and Donavan Gardner, and 15-year-old Dustin Taylor. Each of the teens was from Shenandoah, and all were taken to the Shenandoah Hospital by Farragut Rescue. Counselors were on hand at the Farragut High School Saturday to help the students and school staff deal with the incident. Officials say the accident remains under investigation.

 

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters

Fort Dodge woman dies in accident

November 17, 2008 By

An accident in Fort Dodge early Saturday killed a 25-year-old Fort Dodge woman and injured three other people. The Iowa State Patrol identified the fatality as Jessica Ann Nickless. Nickless was the passenger in a 2007 Chevrolet pickup truck driven by 21-year-old Abram Urbina Galvin also of Fort Dodge.

Reportedly the truck driven by Urbina Galvin was heading westbound of Fifth Avenue South in Fort Dodge at an apparent high rate of speed when he lost control into a curve leading onto a bridge where it went off the side of the bridge down an embankment and landed on the railroad tracks below.

Nickless was ejected from the truck and was pronounced dead at the scene. Urbina Galvin and the two other passengers, 19-year-old Grant J. Duncan of Clare and 20-year-old Austin J. Scott of Palmer, were taken to Trinity Regional Medical Center in Fort Dodge for treatment. The accident remains under investigation by the State Patrol and the Fort Dodge Police.

 

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Book chronicles famous, influential Iowans

November 17, 2008 By

Over the course of the state’s 162 year history, Iowa has produced some of the world’s most influential inventors and politicians, plus top athletes, musicians and artists. A new book, The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa, provides a comprehensive listing of those famous, and not so famous, Iowans. Marv Bergman, co-editor of the book, says it includes short biographies of more than 400 people.

"There are familiar names like Herbert Hoover, but there are a lot of names that will be a surprise to most Iowans and fascinating people that they will not have known about in the past," Bergman said. Bergman and the other editors, David Hudson and Loren Horton, initially started with a list of over two-thousand names.

The list was cut to shrink the book to 608 pages. Many of the enteries will not be familiar to most Iowans, but nearly every person included in the book made a significant contribution to the state or nation. Bergman provided the example of African-American lawyer Charles Howard.

"He’s the lawyer who represented Edna Griffin in her battle to desegregate Katz Drug Store in Des Moines," Bergman explained. "But he had a long, rich and controversial career well beyond that." Bergman, a trained historian of American religion, says he was interested to learn about George Herron’s life story. Herron taught at Grinnell College in the 1880s.

"He was a representative of a popular movement at the time called The Social Gospel. He was very controversial at the time and his entry just shows what a fascinating time that was in the life of that college," Bergman said.

More recognizable entries include Bix Beiderbecke, Elmer Maytag, George Gallup, Henry Wallace, Nile Kinnick and Grant Wood. The project was initially conceived as reference book for libraries, but Bergman says it’s a good read for anybody interested in Iowa history.

"It’s the kind of book that any Iowan, who cares about their state, can browse through and find lots of interesting stories," Bergman said. The book, published by University of Iowa Press , is available at most book stores and carries a retail price of $45.

 

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Grants available to dentists for critical need areas of state

November 17, 2008 By

The state’s largest dental benefits provider is launching an effort designed to put more dentists in areas of Iowa where there’s a critical need. Suzanne Heckenlaible, director of government and community relations at Delta Dental of Iowa, says the program offers $100,000 grants to help new dentists overcome their financial challenges while committing to communities with dentist shortages.

Heckenlaible says: "That includes $50,000 from Delta Dental of Iowa but it also includes a percentage of those funds to be from the community. Those community dollars will then be matched by congressional funds. What’s important is that the community starts to take ownership of understanding the real importance of having a dentist in their community."

The project is called Fulfilling Iowa’s Need for Dentists, or FIND. An earlier version of the program offered $50,000 grants to dentists while the new incarnation doubles that. Heckenlaible says the money comes with a string attached.

"They have to commit to seeing underserved patients. Thirty-five percent of their patient base must be underserved," Heckenlaible says. "That’s the very young, the very old, Medicaid patients, underinsured patients, patients that cannot pay, so it’s a wide variety of individuals and their dental needs are not being met."

As part of FIND, a study by Delta Dental shows 55 of of Iowa’s 99 counties are designated as dentist shortage areas. Heckenlaible says dentists just getting out of college often face a mountain of debt. Heckenlaible says: "The average dentist today graduates with more than $120,000 in student loan debt, plus, they’re looking at, if they have to set up a new dental practice or else upgrade an existing practice, it can top up to $200,000."

She says the program should be able to provide awards of $100,000 to three Iowa dentists over the coming year, and the first grant has already been awarded to a Storm Lake dentist. Two more grants are available. For more information, see the Delta Dental website . 

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Le Mars operation issues several tickets for train crossing violations

November 17, 2008 By

Police around Iowa have been working to reduce the number of accidents happening at railroad crossings. In northwest Iowa, Le Mars Police cited 15 motorists during a weekend compliance check.

On Saturday, a Le Mars Police officer road aboard a locomotive through the city and watched for motorists violating traffic laws, such as those driving around crossing bars or through flashing red lights.

The information was relayed to other officers positioned along the railroad line. Police say they witnessed 19 violators from the locomotive and were able to stop 15 of those motorists. Eight of the drivers were issued tickets, while seven were given warning citations.

Police say Union Pacific Railroad crews have experienced a lot of near miss crashes with vehicles at railroad crossings within the city of Le Mars.

 

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