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Associated Press - July 23, 2008 8:44 PM ET TAMA, Iowa - Nearly three dozen people have been injured in a crash of a touring bus and car on Highway 30 near the Meskwaki casino.

RAGBRAI rolled on for day 3 of the ride across Iowa Tuesday. Cyclists rolled out of Jefferson Tuesday morning and into Ames.

As he followed Ronald Kitch from Toledo back to Meskwaki Bingo-Casino Hotel on Wednesday morning, Tama County Deputy Chad Hansen didn't see anything unusual about the Cedar Rapids man's driving.

On Thursday, RAGBRAI riders are officially half done. Many bikers were up and going Thursday morning from Tama-Toledo. They're rolling through Vining, Belle Plaine, Blairstown, and the Amana Colonies before ...

After facing varying conditions as the day progressed, Wednesday's version of the Register's Annual Bike Ride Across Iowa is in the books.

An accident between a charter bus and a car sent 35 people to a the hospital on Wednesday.

Two southeast Iowa men are facing charges of poaching turtles. Officers charged 36-year-old Mike Kerr of Mount Pleasant and 38-year-old Jack Schafer of Fairfield with using illegal methods to take turtles, ...

July 23, 2008 -- RAGBRAI rolled on across central Iowa today. The riders woke up in Ames this morning and pedaled the 78 miles on Lincoln Highway to Tama and Toledo.

Michael Whalen, 12, of Lexington, KY searches through a field of duffel bags at City Park during RAGBRAI in Toledo on Wednesday, July 23, 2008.

More than a dozen people have been injured in a crash of a bus and car on Highway 30 near the Meskwaki casino.

The 2008 American Cancer Society's Relay for Life of Tama County was held on Friday, June 13-Saturday, June 14, at the South Tama High School Track.

TOLEDO CHRONICLE *What- South Tama High School Band Camp *When- July 28 - Aug. 8 8 a.m.- noon, 1-3 p.m. *Who- All All S. Tama High School band students *More- Contact Mike Carnahan via email with their contact ...

The 'barn' will be the welcome focal point in Tama-Toledo on Wednesday as bicyclists from around the world arrive here.

TOLEDO CHRONICLE By Charley Townsley, Staff Writer Toledo Fire Chief Joe Boll and training officer Jesse Brown were present at the Toledo City Council meeting Monday, July 14, to start a dialogue about the ...

Gregory Geoffroy ISU President Helmet on, bike prepped and eyes set on Ames, ISU President Gregory Geoffroy will ride part of Ragbrai with a group showing their support for ISU Extension, a program designed to ...

With the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa launching, towns hosting overnight stops are preparing to show their hospitality to thousands of bikers.

HERALD By John Speer, Editor Ellsworth Community College, Iowa Falls, will have a new Equine Center costing $6 million and what is called an Agriculture and Renewable Energy Center at a cost of $2.8 million.

HERALD Recent flooding from the adjacent Iowa River has forced the relocation on the 94th annual Meskwkai Powwow from the traditionla Powwow Grouinds to the Outback Campground annd Resort at 3220 H Ave., also ...

HERALD By John Speer Editor South Tama Superintendent Kerri Nazarenus says her new school district "is large enough" but still has "the 'home-town' feel." She says this value is important to her and her ...

Cedar Rapids attorney Greg Seyfer on Thursday became the new chairman for the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.