Federal official touts state program to combat obesity while on RAGBRAI

by Pat Curtis on July 30, 2010

in Health & Medicine, Politics & Government, Recreation & Entertainment

RAGBRAI riders

RAGBRAI riders

The director of President Obama’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports is in Iowa this week, riding RAGBRAI and promoting physical fitness. Shellie Pfohl is a native of Dubuque.

This is her fourth time on RAGBRAI. She says the annual bicycle ride across the state is a great example of how everyone should do what they can to stay fit.

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July on pace to be near the top of the wet weather record list

by Radio Iowa Contributor 07/30/10 2:41 PM

Parts of Iowa were socked with heavy rain again today, guaranteeing we’ll finish the month with one of Iowa’s wettest Julys on record. State climatologist Harry Hillaker says the precipitation numbers for the month will continue to tally up until midnight Saturday.
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by O. Kay Henderson 07/31/10 1:00 AM

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U-I spends federal stimulus money on foreign student recruitment

by O. Kay Henderson 07/30/10 4:22 PM

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“This past year we used a little bit of stimulus money to help recruit international students,” Mason [...]

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Postal clerk embezzles nearly $250,000

by O. Kay Henderson 07/30/10 3:51 PM

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Iowa Supreme Court upholds Ames man’s conviction, leaves open appeal option

by Dar Danielson 07/30/10 2:38 PM

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Police later received a call on that December night in 2006 [...]

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Templeton Rye master distiller dies

by Radio Iowa Contributor 07/30/10 10:55 AM

A man responsible for helping to re-craft a popular Prohibition-era whiskey in Iowa has died. The president of Templeton Rye says Master Distiller, Meryl Kerkhoff died Thursday at the age of 81.
Templeton’s Scott Bush says Kerkhoff died at the Manning Hospital, surrounded by his family. Kerkhoff was a child of the Depression who was born [...]

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