by Ron Adkins Heart of America Triathlon News Laura Scharosch was one of the “double-dippers” at the recent Hickory Grove Tri Sprint. She and many others took advantage of a packed racing weekend to run two events in two days. The day before, she ran the Iowa City Duathlon, placing third in her age group. [...]
continue »by Ron Adkins Heart of America Triathlon News The 2013 Hickory Grove Triathlon scored a numbers of firsts, even by coming in second for the weekend. Hickory Grove was the second of back-to-back tri’s. Many of the competitors did both the Quad Cities Triathlon in Davenport, then made the trek to Colo, Iowa for the [...]
continue »Click to view slideshow. By Dennis Green Heart of America Triathlon News Threatening skies gave way to good racing conditions for the 2013 Quad Cities Triathlon. Aside from taking just a little extra care on the bike to avoid a couple of slippery spots on asphalt, the nearly 600 racers found that the clouds and [...]
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Fathers aren’t optional, they’re essential. Like snowflakes or their own precious children, no two are exactly the same. There are the dads who get up with the birds, grabbing lunchboxes and tying ties before heading out to spend every waking hour at work, like their dads and granddads did before them. There are the [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Gary Lucas is the only one, the exception. And even he is realistic about what needed to be done. The Minnesota Twins love being in Cedar Rapids and associated with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. It’s been a wonderful honeymoon this season. The Twins get a better city to place their low-Class A [...]
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The June 2008 flood caused $250 million of damage to Alliant Energy/Interstate Power and Light facilities, including the loss of the Sixth Street Generating Station, but there also was a positive impact on the organization. “It definitely helped our emergency response efforts,” said Pat Kampling, Alliant Energy chairwoman, president and CEO. “We learned a lot [...]
continue »Moser’s second in state meet PELLA — The Moser School of Dance and Gymnastic placed second at the Iowa USTA Power Tumbling State Championships, winning 23 state titles and qualifying 125 students for the national meet. Twenty-five Iowa clubs and around 615 athletes competed in the state meet. Mosers champions were Breanna Vaske, Jacob Gasper, [...]
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By Constance Watson LONDON (Reuters) – Forget abandoning carbohydrates or detoxing. The new dieting craze sweeping Britain and taking off in the United States lets people eat whatever they like – but only five days a week. “The Fast Diet”, also known as the 5:2 diet, is the brainchild of TV medical journalist Michael Mosley [...]
continue »The view from Interstate 380 looking down towards Cedar Lake and Alliant Energy’s Sixth Street Generating Station appears to be one of relative calm. The station — decommissioned after being flooded during 2008 — remains dormant yet intact, while the nearby lake is still shrouded by concerns of what pollutants may or may not lurk [...]
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