RoundUp: Iowa's jobless, Yo-Yo competition & synthetic marijuana

Posted: 08.30.2011 at 8:35 AM Updated: 08.30.2011 at 8:45 AM

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Will kiosks meet needs of Iowa's jobless?

Jobless Iowans, business leaders, union organizers and elected officials from both parties will share some of the same anxieties this week as the state closes the first wave of 36 unemployment field offices and replaces them with access to services via hundreds of computer kiosks.

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Centerville teen takes first place in his first Yo-Yo competition

Garrett Micetich, 17, a senior at Centerville High School, in his first state-wide Yo-Yo competition at the 2011 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, walked away with a first place finish.

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Branstad takes business tour in Fort Madison Friday

There weren't any public appearances on Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynold's Friday visit to Fort Madison.

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BoCoMo Bay owner arrested

Boone County Sheriff's Deputies arrested the owner of a prominent Columbia business on Monday, on a Stoddard County warrant for selling synthetic marijuana.

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Boy dead, mother injured after Jacksonville house fire

A 6-year-old Jacksonville boy has died after a house fire late Monday night.

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Man pleads guilty to child porn charges

27-year-old Thach Hoang Nguyen entered a guilty plea in Boone County Circuit Court for the possession of more than 20 photographs of child pornography

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