Sen. Charles Grassley wants AIG executives to apologize for the collapse of the insurance giant — but said Tuesday that "obviously" he didn't really mean that they should kill themselves. ...more

March 17, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Former Saint Leo relief pitcher Shane Buriff has had a rousing start to his professional career. ...more

July 24, 2008

As floodwaters began to rise this spring, forcing thousands from their homes, Sgt. Kent Choate oversaw one of the larger evacuation efforts, providing shelter to hundreds of animals whose owners had been displaced. ...more

June 30, 2008

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is my hometown. Although I haven't lived there since 1973, it's still "home" to me in the way that the places where we grow up stay fixed forever in our hearts. It's a genuine "Leave it to Beaver" kind of town where kids ride bikes along tree-lined streets, and people still go downtown to shop. ...more

June 30, 2008

Water from the swollen Mississippi River surged over more than 10 levees Thursday, flooding huge swaths of Missouri farmland as thousands of volunteers continued to pile up sandbags in a desperate bid to protect their communities. ...more

June 20, 2008

As many of you are aware, there has been severe flooding in Iowa causing major devastation to not only humans but to our animals friends as well.A grass-roots fundraising effort was recently started by a young woman named Brooke Suchomel who grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. All funds raised by the Iowa Flood Relief Auction will be directed to a special "Friends of the Animal Shelter" fund via the Kirkwood Foundation (tax ID 23-7076632), which is the fundraising division of the Kirkwood Community College, currently serving as the temporary shelter for displaced animals. ...more

June 19, 2008

The dark, filthy water that flooded Iowa's second-largest city finally started to recede Saturday after forcing 24,000 people to flee, but those who remained were urged to cut back on showering and flushing to save the last of their unspoiled drinking water. ...more

June 15, 2008

Hospital patients in wheelchairs and on stretchers were evacuated in the middle of the night as the biggest flood Cedar Rapids has seen swamped more than 400 blocks Friday and all but cut off the supply of clean drinking water in the city of 120,000. ...more

June 14, 2008

The Cedar River poured over its banks here Thursday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 homes, causing a railroad bridge to collapse and leaving cars underwater on downtown streets. ...more

June 13, 2008

John Eastman, a former Tampa radio and TV personality who successfully sued two tobacco companies for contributing to his nicotine addiction, died Sunday at age 79. ...more

May 6, 2008