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Akeel Lynch Come on Down?: Iowa City Daily News Links, August 2
A quick rundown of local daily news.
From this Site
Stay safe out there. A man standing on the shoulder of Interstate 80 near Tiffin that continued on after the crash.
Back to School week! This weekend will be this year's . And for Iowa City Schools.
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Iowan has another Olympian medal winner as Gabby Douglas helped the U.S. womens gymnastics team win gold. Her performance was just today.
Speaking of Olympians, for athletes with Iowa ties.
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In our Parent's Talk this week, we're asking if parents would let their child get plastic surgery .
In our Patch Poll this week, we're asking if towns in Iowa should be allowed to .
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The University of Iowa football team . Will they gain a transfer at that position? (KCRG)
Graduated Hawkeye roundballer Matt Gatens will continue his playing days over seas. (Sioux City Journal)
Susan Harmon of the Iowa City Press-Citizne has a nice story on a man who gets to play balldude for the day for the San Francisco Giants.
U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley is pushing congress to help pass a farm relief bill. (Des Moines Register)
The head of the Iowa GOP due to his same-sex marriage ruling years ago. Meanwhile, Sen. Chuck Grassley has decided to distance himself from this postion. (Des Moines Register)
Sarah Palin could be coming to Iowa soon, although I'm guessing not anywhere around here. (Des Moines Register)
Jim Musser has some suggestions for shows for you to see this weekend. (Press-Citizen)
Another North Liberty school is facing overcrowding problems. (Press-Citizen)
A community drive gathers school supplies for local students. (Press-Citizen)
Daily Links Excerpt of the Day
The 65-year-old retired Iowa City teacher, U.S. Army veteran, cancer survivor, youth baseball coach and Giants fanatic will take his 1950s-era “Puddin Head” Jones-model baseball glove and walk onto the field.
Wilson is a balldude for a day. (It’s California; ball boys are called balldudes.)
“I am so pumped,” Wilson said last week.
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