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Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 18, 2009 11:41 am6035d ago
Casio TV-1900B passed away last week at the age of 10. The cause of death was listed as “digital television …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 18, 2009 6:03 am6035d ago
So my 20-year high school class reunion has been canceled. Lack of interest was the official cause of death. Only …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 17, 2009 3:10 pm6036d ago
GOP canddiate for governor Bob Vander Plaats performs for Bill Salier on WHO radio, then puts out a press release. …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 17, 2009 1:40 pm6036d ago
Last week, I wrote about Ronnee O’Brien, who has moved back into her once-flooded, now restored home on the 1300 …
Todd Dorman Staff Columnists Jun. 17, 2009 12:40 pm6036d ago
Time Magazine has a one-year-later piece on the flood that it posted today. Cedar Rapids northwest neighborhood activist Frank King, …
Staff Columnists Jun. 17, 2009 8:48 am6036d ago
1. Why is Brett Favre still hanging on? I mean, when you’re pushing 40, your skills are diminished and clearly …
Staff Columnists Jun. 16, 2009 6:50 pm6037d ago
Nev. Sen. John Ensign was in Iowa recently testing the presidential waters. Now, apparently, he’s in a some extramarital hot …
Staff Columnists Jun. 16, 2009 3:35 pm6037d ago
CR City Council member Monica Vernon won’t run for mayor.
Staff Columnists Jun. 16, 2009 5:48 am6037d ago
Bureaucracy appears intent on sinking the boathouses. A year after the flood, which brought destruction and state scrutiny to Ellis …
Staff Columnists Jun. 15, 2009 3:39 pm6038d ago
Iowans have purchased 1,117 cases of Iowa-made Templeton Rye this year through the end of May, according to the state’s Alcoholic Beverages division. …
Staff Columnists Jun. 15, 2009 12:57 pm6038d ago
Am I the only one who heard about this and was reminded of this?
Staff Columnists Jun. 15, 2009 12:26 pm6038d ago
Republican gubernatorial explorer Christopher Rants tells the Muscatine Journal that if he ever formally jumps into the race, he will …
Staff Columnists Jun. 14, 2009 7:07 am6039d ago
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is coming at us live, raw and unfiltered. I, for one, like it. In case …
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