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CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s a question that faces every former president: What next? Seven-year-old Garnett Propst still fits into his charcoal business suit, so he could be President Obama for Halloween again this year. “But what kids want to be president for Halloween when they could be a superhero?” says his mother, Jessica Propst of [...]

An Iowa Army National Guard soldier has been wounded during a combat mission in Afghanistan. The guard on Tuesday says 19-year-old Pvt. Alexander Meyer, of Ainsworth, was wounded by small arms fire on May 15. The guard says he has been evacuated to a hospital in Germany and will eventually be transferred to a hospital [...]