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Recent Articles

• ANGLERS HOOKED: Couple Charged For Catching Too Many Fish

  Posted on: 8:08 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer, updated on: 08:11pm, May 22, 2013

  A Davenport couple faces a big fine for catching too many fish. According to the Department of Natural Resources Jeremy...
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• HONORARY DIPLOMA: WWII Vets Ceremony

  Posted on: 7:28 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  A Des Moines area high school is paying respects to two former students and World War II veterans this Friday....
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• MORE ENFORCEMENT: Extra Patrols For Holiday Weekend

  Posted on: 6:59 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  Motorists in Iowa should be on alert this holiday weekend. Law enforcement across the state will increase their presence as...
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• BUG SPRAY: Mosquito Control Program

  Posted on: 4:50 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  The city of West Des Moines is trying to prevent you from being bugged over the holiday weekend. Trucks will...
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• TRAIN DERAILMENT: Leaking Cars Being Removed

  Posted on: 4:17 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer, updated on: 06:44pm, May 22, 2013

  Efforts to remove portions of a train that derailed in northeast Iowa after flooding washed out the tracks Tuesday morning...
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• TODDLER DIES: Dubuque Child Hit By Car

  Posted on: 3:54 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  An eastern Iowa toddler who was hit by a car Monday has died from his injuries. KWWL reports three-year-old Edgar...
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• Mayor Of Tornado-Ravaged Town: New Law Needed To Keep People Safe

  Posted on: 2:36 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  The mayor of tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, will push for a law requiring storm shelters or safe rooms in new homes, he told CNN Wednesday.
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• AGRIBUSINESS: Senate Deals With SNAP Amendments

  Posted on: 2:28 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  The Senate has rejected an effort to increase the cut in food stamps in the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs...
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• BOARD DECISION: Interim Superintendent Picked

  Posted on: 1:57 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  The West Des Moines school district has appointed a new interim superintendent. The school board met in a special session...
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• HOLIDAY TRAFFIC: AAA Says Expect Crowded Roads

  Posted on: 1:21 pm, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  It’s going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation’s roadways. AAA predicts nearly 35 million Americans will...
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• TORNADO VICTIMS: Partial List Of Dead Released

  Posted on: 11:10 am, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer

  Some of the names of those killed in Monday’s devastating tornado in Moore, Oklahoma have been released. The medical examiner’s...
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• Official: Boston Bombings Suspect Involved In 2011 Slayings

  Posted on: 9:56 am, May 22, 2013, by Staff Writer, updated on: 08:38pm, May 22, 2013

  Ibragim Todashev, shot dead early Wednesday by the FBI in Florida, was "directly involved" in a 2011 triple homicide in Waltham, Massachusetts, a law enforcement official told CNN Wednesday.
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