Record cold grips Eastern Iowa on Christmas Day
The coldest Christmas Day in over a century hit Eastern Iowa with Cedar Rapids dropping to minus 19 and Iowa City minus 16. Waterloo set a December 25 record at minus 29, joining other record lows in Decorah, Charles City, Mason City, Spencer, and Webster City as snow cover kept temperatures down.
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Penford Products
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E. Iowa
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Webster City
Ottumwa
Donna Dubberke
National Weather Service
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Reykjavik
Iceland
West Liberty
Marge Burke
MidAmerican Energy
West Liberty Police
Clinton made nine Iowa visits in eight years
President Clinton toured Iowa schools and farms, hugged flood victims, and joked about hogs during nine trips from 1988 to 1996. He strolled Des Moines, greeted flood victims, dined with Sen. Tom Harkin, tested a golf club, and joined a U S Czech museum dedication in Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Harry Truman
Tom Harkin
Diona
Indianola
Havel
Michal Kovac
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids
Parette
Bill Clinton
Nebraska
Indiana attorney turned author returns to courtroom in Johnson County
Erin Walter reports Johnson County's new assistant county attorney, McCarty, a former deputy prosecutor in Indiana, recently joined the office. Her crime novel Back Home Again, completed last year, features Marty a female lawyer in southern Indiana drawn into a murder case.
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Johnson County
Manhattan
Iowa City
Johnston Potterfield & Nathanson
Amanda Potterfield
6Th Judicial District
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Indianapolis
Jo McCarty
State
Cyclones Prepare For In Sight Bowl In Arizona
Iowa State's football team arrived in Phoenix for the In sight.com Bowl against Pittsburgh. Players described mild Christmas weather, noting their first bowl trip since 1978 and feeling the unusual warmth after frigid central Iowa. Sophomore Zach Butler recalled sweating during August drills.
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Zach Butler
Iowa City
Cyclones
Central Iowa
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Iowa State
Jared
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