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Hospitals Visiting hours are 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Mary Greeley. Mary Greeley Medical Center The names of the following patients are published with their permission: Admitted July 18: Robert Crosby, Webster City.

Hospitals Visiting hours are 3:30 to 8 p.m. at Mary Greeley. Mary Greeley Medical Center The names of the following patients are published with their permission: Admitted July 18: Robert Crosby, Webster City.

The Story County sheriff's department finished the fiscal year on Monday without too much trouble from high fuel prices.

It won't be long before a bicyclist leaving Ankeny can pedal all the way to Woodward on the same trail.

At least a dozen residents of Cambridge were forced from their homes early Friday morning when runoff from nearby fields inundated much of the southern one-third of the town.

By Ronnie Miller/The Tribune Tony Malone, of Cambridge, helps his neighbor, Shorty Heslop, unload coolers of food salvaged from his house on Water Street as Nick Hilgenberg, assistant chief with the Cambridge ...

Ankeny, Ia. - Deep inside Monsanto's 20,000-square-foot laboratory, the only six corn and soybean 'chippers' in the world strut their stuff.

"In 1997, the seed industry was dominated by Pioneer, and had been for a long time," Vice President Theodore "Ted" Crosbie said.

Kris Kline, site manager at the Syngenta facility west of Slater, shows the marker labs where plant DNA is studied.

Tribune file photo The Fourth of July celebration, including a parade, will no longer take place in Sheldahl.

When it comes to comfort, Kirk Christie's cows have it all -- a new barn, a flat-screen television and waterbeds.

WINDSOR HEIGHTS Residents to be queried about ZIP code The U.S. Postal Service will survey Windsor Heights residents about getting a new ZIP code for the city, said a representative for U.S. Rep.

“When they're laying down chewing cud, they're comfortable and happy.”

Dairy farmer Kirk Christie, puts a vacuum-powered milker on a cow in his barn that is equipped with waterbeds Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in Slater, Iowa. via Buffalo News

Iowa Farmer Keeps Cows Company Published Date: 05-12-2008 11:24 PM CT In the Junk Drawer tonight: If you had to be a dairy cow, this would be the farm for you... Kurt Christie's dairy farm in Slater, Iowa ... via KEYC

A Slater man was injured in an all-terrain vehicle accident in northern Polk County on Sunday night. via Http

“Now you can pull in team roping competitions, national barrel racing competitions and maybe the National High School Rodeo championships”

A new parking lot under construction Monday at the State Fairgrounds will be used as vendor space during the fair and for parking the rest of the time. via Indianola Record-Herald

“It's difficult. Very difficult.”

After weathering a lawsuit and accusations of inefficient pressure on central Iowa's medical infrastructure, Story County Medical Center is finally breaking ground for a new facility at noon Friday, April 25. via Des Moines Register

“They would burglarize schools, churches, city halls, libraries, car washes for change machines”

The Story County Sheriff's Office has helped stop a multi-state burglary ring. Husband and wife, Fred and Lindsay Still of Clark County and Fred Still's sister Brenda, are in jail facing more than 20 charges of ... via WHO-TV Des Moines

DES MOINES, Iowa - Firestone Agricultural Tire Company , a division of Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC, today unveiled a demonstration video that reaffirms its position as the " leader in the ... via Earth Times

Iowa City Matthew Alan Rector, 19, of 332 N. Van Buren St. in Iowa City was arrested for drunken driving and possession of marijuana at 1:44 a.m. Friday, Feb. via Iowa City Press-Citizen