Council to allow paranormal group access to Iowa cemetery (Pioneer Press)
CENTERVILLE, Iowa — Some people try to avoid cemeteries at night, but the Centerville City Council this week gave Iowa Paranormal approval to conduct tests at a cemetery later this month.

Report: Iowa students performing better (The Gazette)
Iowa students are doing better now than five years ago in seven of eight academic categories, according to a new report on the condition of education in Iowa being released today.Judy Jeffrey, the director of the Iowa Department of Education, is slated to present the Annual Condition of Education Report to the state Board of Education today.In reading, the state's fourth, eighth, and 11th ...

Report: Iowa students performing better (The Gazette)
Iowa students are doing better now than five years ago in six of eight academic categories, according to a new report on the condition of education in Iowa being released today.Judy Jeffrey, the director of the Iowa Department of Education, is slated to present the Annual Condition of Education Report to the state Board of Education today.In reading, the state's fourth, eighth, and 11th graders' ...

Iowa State researchers to develop national energy/transportation model and plan (EurekAlert!)
( Iowa State University ) James McCalley, an Iowa State University professor in electrical and computer engineering, is leading a research team that's developing new and better infrastructure designs for the country's energy and transportation systems. The research team will consider all of America's energy options, including biofuels, wind, hydro, tidal, geothermal, nuclear, coal, hydrogen, ...

Iowa family sending 2 turkeys to White House (WOI-TV Des Moines)
ELLSWORTH, Iowa (AP) - Two turkeys from Iowa will travel to Washington, D.C., to be pardoned by President George Bush for Thanksgiving. The birds were raised at Circle Hill Farms in Ellsworth. Two were chose in case something happens to 1 of them along the way.