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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Waterloo school board dumps longtime East High coach

by Radio Iowa Contributor on October 13, 2009

in Sports

The career of one of Iowa’s most successful high school basketball coaches appears to be over following a controversial decision by the Waterloo Board of Education Monday night. Waterloo East coach Steve McGraw is out after 30 years as coach of the boys basketball team.

The Board of Education approved the recommendation of a committee that selected former Waterloo West all-stater Anthony Thomas over McGraw. McGraw retired from teaching and had to re-apply for the coaching job. The recommendation of Thomas sparked a campaign of support for McGraw, who guided the Trojans to two state championships and three second place finishes and 476 wins since moving from Tri-County Thorburg in 1979.

McGraw ranks seventh on the carreer coaching list with a 590-281 record.

Contributed by Elwin Huffman KOEL Oelwein

Tagged as: Basketball

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Iowa loses Chaney from receiver rotation

by Todd Kimm 10/13/09 3:09 PM

The Iowa Hawkeyes will be without the services of wide receiver and kick returner Paul Chaney for the remainder of the season due to a knee injury. The junior suffered a torn A-C-L in the Hawkeyes’ victory over Michigan. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says Bettendorf native Colin Sandeman will handle punt returns and freshman Keenan [...]

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UNI prepares for Homecoming game

by Radio Iowa Contributor 10/13/09 3:08 PM

The UNI Panthers get set for their homecoming matchup this weekend when they host Southern Illinois in a battle of top five teams. The third ranked Panthers are 5-1 overall after a 42-27 win at North Dakota State. Coach Mark Farley says Saturday’s game showed the Panthers are not as good as many people think [...]

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Attorney General and Ag Secretary push for consumer protection agency

by Dar Danielson 10/13/09 2:37 PM

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller today in pushing for a new federal agency that would oversee banks and mortgage lenders. Miller says the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency is something that would help states. Miller says the rules and regulations the agency would create would not pre-empt state laws, [...]

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Council Bluffs primary unchanged by recount

by Radio Iowa Contributor 10/13/09 2:34 PM

A recount of votes in the city council’s primary election in Council Bluffs changed nothing. The recount took most of the day yesterday and was sought by incumbent city councilman Darren Bates, who failed to earn enough votes to advance to next month’s general election.
After the recount, officials say not a single vote from the [...]

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Vilsack briefly booed this morning

by O. Kay Henderson 10/13/09 2:01 PM

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack was briefly booed this morning during an appearance at the “Community Food Security Coalition” conference in Des Moines. The audience was filled with organic farmers and rural activists and one of them asked Vilsack what he’s doing to stop consolidation in agriculture so small-scale farms can thrive.
“I have two sons [...]

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New owner of Postville plant promises “New Beginning”

by O. Kay Henderson 10/13/09 11:50 AM

As the trial for the former manager of the Postville meatpacking plant gets underway in South Dakota, the plant’s new owner is in Postville, trying to launch a new chapter in the plant’s history.  Hershey Friedman has changed the plant’s name to Agri Star.
“We’re new owners. We’re looking for a new beginning to make this [...]

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