VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) — Drake University graduate and Iowa City native Zach Johnson opened with three straight birdies and closed with a 7-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Stewart Cink in the inaugural Portugal Invitational. Johnson, who starred in high school at Cedar Rapids Regis, ...
The Webster City fire department dispatched two units Thursday to a house fire on Bank Street. Traffic to the area was blocked off while fire and police crew addressed the fire. The Van Diest Medical Center responded to a call to the home located at 1105 Bank. No further details were available at press time.
Iowa corn and soybean crops are generally in good to excellent condition, according to the latest report, even while parts of the state were hit with heavy rains that triggered disaster assistance from a federal agency for houses and businesses in certain counties. Corn grown for grain in Iowa rated 80% good to excellent and soybean crop condition was rated 78% good to excellent in the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn silking reached 87% across the state for the July 20 through July 26 reporting period. This is 6 percentage points ...
1936 TRACE OF Man Who Broke Out of County Jail Served time in Missouri What may have been laxity on the part of the Moberly, Mo., police department, has cost Sheriff James L. O'Malley the chance of returning one of the three men who escaped from the county's "corncrib" jail about a month ago. Sheriff O'Malley received a telegram early today from the federal bureau of investigation at Washington, D. C, stating that Robert Blair had been arrested at Moberly, Mo., for shoplifting, the same charge he was convicted of here. The sheriff wired the Moberly police only to learn ...
Part Two Editors’ note: Part 1 of this series addressed the educational environment including safety, comfort and recruitment. This addresses the priorities and the price tag. Last Monday evening, the High School Facilities Advisory Committee held its third and final meeting. Its mission is to give voice to the larger community’s needs in designing facilities to replace today’s Webster City High School—WCHS. The session was led by Tyler Riley, Vice President of FEH, architects of Des Moines, hired by the school District to redesign the high school. His message was simple: ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins haven't forgotten the sting from the day of the trade deadline last year. Their latest feel-good win added yet more fuel for the front office to be in buy mode this time instead of the massive sell-off last summer. After being no-hit through six ...
