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Friday, August 7, 2009

Big things are expected from the Minnesota Viking’s defense this season and one of the reasons is former Iowa standout Chad Greenway. The linebacker led the Vikings in tackles in 2008 and says the defensive line frees up the linebackers to make tackles.

Greenway says he doesn’t know of any other defensive lines that have three pro bowlers.He says they are focusing on making the defense better, which will make the team better.

Greenway says a solid defensive backfield rounds out the defense. He says he expects them to all improve this year and with no new faces in the huddle they should all improve.

 

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Des Moines man faces charges in daughter’s death

by admin 08/7/09 3:41 PM

A Des Moines man is facing charges after his infant daughter drowned in a bathtub. Police Sergeant Lori Lavorato says officers were called to Blank Hospital Thursday night and were told 30-year-old Dustin Nyonee’s 20-month-old daughter, Celine, was dead upon arrival.
Nyonee reportedly told hospital staff that the infant was in the bathtub with [...]

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Iowa Veterans Cemetery busy in first year of operation

by admin 08/7/09 3:39 PM

The Iowa Veterans Cemetery was dedicated and began burials in July of last year. The cemetery’s director says since then, just over 300 veterans have been buried there. Director Steve Young says many more veterans have decided to use the cemetery as their final resting place.
Young says they try to stress "pre-need planning" [...]

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Vaccination requirements have changed for kids

by admin 08/7/09 3:36 PM

With school starting soon, Iowa parents are getting their kids in to doctors’ offices for their shots — and they’re finding some changes in vaccination requirements. Betty Krones, a disease prevention specialist with the Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health, says the pneumococcal vaccine used to be just recommended for younger children but [...]

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"Bleak" outlook for pork industry; federal help sought

by admin 08/7/09 1:18 PM

Governors from Iowa and eight other states are asking the Obama Administration to provide more federal help to pork producers. Governor Chet Culver and the other governor are asking that the U.S.D.A. buy an additional $50 million worth of pork for government programs that provide food for the needy.
"That’s something that there’s precedent [...]

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Southeast Iowa men accused of using "electrofishing" device

by admin 08/7/09 11:07 AM

Three southeast Iowa men are in hot water, as authorities charge they were using electricity to catch fish. Department of Natural Resources conversation officer Tom Campbell says they got a tip three men were using an "electrofishing" device on the Cedar River in Louisa County this past Sunday.
"It’s not that often that people [...]

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Shenandoah woman dies in accident

by admin 08/7/09 11:06 AM

Authorities in southwest Iowa’s Fremont County say a Shenandoah woman was killed Thursday in a single-vehicle crash. Sixty-eight-year old Nancy Rae Whitehill was pronounced dead at the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital after the car she was driving went out of control on Highway 59 and rolled-over into a ditch, three-miles south of Shenandoah.
Sheriff’s [...]

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