Pig caper: Police investigate swiped swine in Iowa (Boston Globe)
Where's the pork? Authorities in western Iowa are looking for a thief with a very big payload -- 120 market hogs.

Iowa Cracks Down on 'Contractors' (New York Times)
Iowa lawmakers are cracking down on employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors to avoid payroll taxes and benefits.

Police investigate report of swiped swine after 120 hogs disappear from Iowa hog confinement (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
EMMETSBURG, Iowa - Where's the pork? Authorities in western Iowa are looking for a thief with a very big payload — 120 market hogs. The Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office says that someone swiped the swine from a hog confinement in Silver Lake Township sometime between May 29 and July 10.

Pig caper: Police investigate swiped swine in Iowa (The Charlotte Observer)
Where's the pork? Authorities in western Iowa are looking for a thief with a very big payload - 120 market hogs. The Palo Alto County Sheriff's Office says that someone swiped the swine from a hog confinement in Silver Lake Township sometime between May 29 and July 10. The theft was reported this week. Chief Deputy Todd Suhr says his agency is investigating but has "no hot leads right now." The ...

Iowa football player pleads guilty after downtown chase (The Gazette)
Incoming University of Iowa freshman football player Riley Reiff pleaded guilty to public intoxication and interference with official acts early Saturday morning stemming from an overnight incident in downtown Iowa City.Reiff, 19, was fined $562 just hours after he was arrested following a drunken chase in downtown Iowa City. Reiff was observed as disoriented and taking off his clothes in an ...