AP Wire News en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:20:10 GMT Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:20:10 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3bdbc618-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- A Cirque Du Soleil employee has been found dead in his hotel room in Cedar Rapids. AP News www.kgan.com-3bdbc618 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2bdbc4cf-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republican candidates for governor seem to be stressing their differences as they fight for the right to oppose Democratic Gov. Chet Culver in November. AP News www.kgan.com-2bdbc4cf http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3ddbc0cf-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin has announced this year's recipients of the "Harkin School Grants," a federal funding project for Iowa school districts the Iowa Democrat established in 1998. AP News www.kgan.com-3ddbc0cf http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34dbbe2d-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin says eight Iowa biorefineries will be receiving a total of more than $1.6 million in grants to promote the production of advanced biofuels. AP News www.kgan.com-34dbbe2d http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3bdbbc30-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. Attorney's office says two more men linked to a large-scale methamphetamine ring in the Waterloo area have entered guilty pleas in federal court in Cedar Rapids. AP News www.kgan.com-3bdbbc30 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/21dbbb79-www.kgan.com.shtml LAKE MILLS, Iowa (AP) -- The school board in Lake Mills has scheduled a termination hearing for girls basketball coach Mark Van Gorkom, who is accused of sending inappropriate text messages to team members. AP News www.kgan.com-21dbbb79 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2fdbbb1a-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- Police in Iowa City have accused a 77-year-old man they arrested on traffic charges earlier this year of swallowing his hidden marijuana stash while seated in a squad car. AP News www.kgan.com-2fdbbb1a http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2adbba32-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Federal auditors say Iowa officials misspent more than $10.5 million in federal flood aid for Cedar Rapids businesses. AP News www.kgan.com-2adbba32 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34dbb893-www.kgan.com.shtml JOHNSTON, Iowa (AP) -- A legislative leader says investigators looking into questionable spending by the Iowa Association of School Boards will be given the power to subpoena witnesses during an investigation that could last for months. AP News www.kgan.com-34dbb893 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3cdbb759-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Lawyers for a Cedar Rapids landlord convicted of two counts of tax fraud have filed a motion to withdraw the man's guilty pleas to mail fraud and perjury. AP News www.kgan.com-3cdbb759 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3edbb721-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A former University of Iowa football player has been charged in connection with the theft of an auto. AP News www.kgan.com-3edbb721 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2cdbb6ea-www.kgan.com.shtml MACOMB, Ill. (AP) -- Western Illinois University's Quad Cities campus will offer students interested in the great outdoors a chance to earn a degree in three years. AP News www.kgan.com-2cdbb6ea http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/25dbb6b9-www.kgan.com.shtml CLINTON, Iowa (AP) -- An October 4 trial date has been set for a Clinton man accused of killing a woman and her 2-year-old son in December. AP News www.kgan.com-25dbb6b9 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/3fdbb69a-www.kgan.com.shtml ANKENY, Iowa (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder says a hearing held by both the Justice and Agriculture departments is the first step toward a new era of antitrust enforcement in industrial farming. AP News www.kgan.com-3fdbb69a http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/32dbb662-www.kgan.com.shtml WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) -- Officials of the North Iowa Juvenile Detention Center say an assault and escape, like what happened last weekend, are isolated incidents. AP News www.kgan.com-32dbb662 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2ddbb5dd-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The city of Iowa City says a fire station project has earned certification from the U.S. Green Buildings Council. AP News www.kgan.com-2ddbb5dd http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2fdbb59c-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- More than $127 million in federal money is headed to Iowa. AP News www.kgan.com-2fdbb59c http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/34dbb53a-www.kgan.com.shtml IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) -- The University of Iowa is to receive a nearly $75,000 federal grant for Russian studies. AP News www.kgan.com-34dbb53a http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/27dbb504-www.kgan.com.shtml WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The West Des Moines Police Department says traffic enforcement will increase for the coming St. Patrick's Day holiday. AP News www.kgan.com-27dbb504 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/27dbb452-www.kgan.com.shtml CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Immigration officials say 37 former workers at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse who are being deported by the end of the month will have to pay their own way home. AP News www.kgan.com-27dbb452 http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/37dbb40b-www.kgan.com.shtml DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Des Moines police say some counterfeit money showing up in the area isn't just bad -- it's really bad. AP News www.kgan.com-37dbb40b http://www.kgan.com/