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Iowa Guard soldier dies when bomb explodes under truck

A western Iowa soldier killed in Afghanistan on Monday was standing in the gun turret of an armored truck, which is the most vulnerable position when an insurgent's bomb goes off, an Iowa National Guard official said. 

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Congressman Loebsack announces over $13 million in disaster relief for southeastern Iowa 

Today, Congressman Loebsack announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has approved $10,259,719 in funding for Appanoose, Davis, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Van Buren, Wapello Washington, and Wayne Counties.

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Water power company starts with $2,500, dream

Maybe it was just that their time had come. After all, wasn’t it Henry David Thoreau who, some 40 years before, had envisioned the nature of the development of the Mississippi River?

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Macon woman killed by train 

A 45 year old Macon female was killed early Wednesday morning when she was hit by a train just north of Pig and Bun Road in Moberly.

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Aide pulled from Keokuk school bus following abuse allegations 

The Keokuk Police Department has concluded its investigation of alleged abuse by a school district bus employee.

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A manhunt has Callaway County residents concerned 

Callaway Sheriff's Department has released a picture of the man they are looking for. 

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