What are your top Iowa moments from the 2000s? Tell us

As the decade comes to a close, it's hard not to think back of all that has changed and the important moments over the past 10 years.

The floods of 2008 come immediately to mind. The economic downturn. The one-two punch Parkersburg took with the tornado in 2008 and the slaying of beloved coach Ed Thomas.

But there were good moments, too. In 2006 the University of Iowa Foundation announced it had exceeded its $1 billion goal by more than $58 million. And Old Capitol bounced back from the devastating fire in 2001.

The Gazette is interested in what our readers recall as the most memorable moments or events in Iowa this decade. We'll compile a list to be published next week as the year and decade come to a close. E-mail your top 10 list to News Editor Terry Coyle at

terry.coyle@gazcomm.com