An act of kindness by an Eastern Iowa company in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy may lead to a contract to build a seawall on Staten Island and potentially other storm-related construction projects. The New Jersey Senate has passed a bill that would bar nonunion contractors such as Fabricators Plus of Muscatine from receiving Hurricane [...]
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Robert Myers, president and chief executive officer of Casey’s General Stores, has accepted an invitation to join the Iowa Business Council. Myers, whose career with Casey’s General Stores started in 1988, was appointed to vice president of property support in 1992 and served as senior vice president and chief operating officer since 2003. Shortly thereafter, [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Amanda Gaffey showed some pop. But other than that, it was strictly pop-ups for the Kennedy Cougars. Taylor Vaske kept Cedar Rapids Kennedy off-balance, scattering five hits, and Marshalltown sidelined the Cougars, 8-2, in a Class 5A regional softball quarterfinal Thursday night at Kennedy High School. “They just out-hit us,” Kennedy Coach Katie [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Amanda Gaffey showed some pop. But other than that, it was strictly pop-ups for the Kennedy Cougars. Taylor Vaske kept Cedar Rapids Kennedy off-balance, scattering five hits, and Marshalltown sidelined the Cougars, 8-2, in a Class 5A regional softball quarterfinal Thursday night at Kennedy High School. “They just out-hit us,” Kennedy Coach Katie [...]
continue »DES MOINES — The Board of Directors of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union selected Des Moines’ James W. Cownie Soccer Park as the new home of the girls state soccer tournament at a meeting Wednesday. The Cownie Soccer Park will serve as the host venue for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 tournaments. The IGHSAU [...]
continue »DES MOINES — The Board of Directors of the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union selected Des Moines’ James W. Cownie Soccer Park as the new home of the girls state soccer tournament at a meeting Wednesday. The Cownie Soccer Park will serve as the host venue for the 2013, 2014 and 2015 tournaments. The IGHSAU [...]
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A man raised in Muscatine who briefly attended the University of Iowa and whose parents were associated with the school has been tapped to be the next president of the World Bank. President Barack Obama on Friday nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim for the post. Kim was born in 1959 in South Korea [...]
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A 19-year-old Muscatine woman was injured after an accident involving a semi-trailer truck on Interstate 80 Tuesday afternoon. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Cheyenne Brauns was eastbound in a Dodge Caravan on I-80 near mile marker 259 in Cedar County at 4:20 p.m. when she attempted to pass an eastbound. Brauns swerved and clipped [...]
continue »CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER 59, CEDAR RAPIDS WASHINGTON 44 – Cedar Rapids Xavier took advantage of 27 Cedar Rapids Washington fouls, converting 30 of 34 attempts from the foul line to get past the Warriors in a Class 4A substate first round game at home. Matt Nelson scored 13 points to lead the Saints (10-12), who [...]
continue »Prepare to bite your nails and take a Tums when the Cedar Rapids Washington girls’ basketball team takes the floor. More likely than not, you’re in for a wild ride. Twelve of the 13th-ranked Warriors’ 21 games have been decided by single digits, and it will be somewhat of a surprise if Tuesday’s Class 4A [...]
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