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.

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, ...

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 ...

Iowa Family Sending Two Turkeys to White House (KCRG-TV9 Cedar Rapids)
ELLSWORTH (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 one of them along the way.

Iowa couple seeks cash taken in meat theft inquiry (KWWL Iowa)
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - A Dubuque couple has filed a lawsuit, seeking the return of more than $60,000 seized by federal authorities during an investigation into the theft of meat from a cold storage warehouse in East Dubuque, Ill.