Cedar Falls, IA|News|
Straight Out of a Sweet Pickles Book: Homes for Sale in Iowa Real Estate
Explore real estate around Iowa in this week's wow homes selection.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
- Iowa City, IA
This New Hampshirite migrated west to Olympia, Washington, south to Florida and wound up in the middle in Iowa. I studied journalism and political science at University of Iowa, and have worked professionally as a journalist covering higher education, city government and business. Investigative projects, covering RAGBRAI as an embedded reporter and paddling down the Iowa River for three days to report on its condition are some of my favorite assignments. I have many different interests: spending time with my family, hiking, biking, paddling, cooking, craft beers, writing, college and pro sports. I used to work as a professional chef, I've traveled to 49 of the 50 states, teach a backpacking course at the University of Iowa, and volunteer on the Board of Directors for the Bicyclists of Iowa City.
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Ankeny, IA|News|
Straight Out of a Sweet Pickles Book: Homes for Sale in Iowa Real Estate
Explore real estate around Iowa in this week's wow homes selection.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Johnston, IA|News|
Straight Out of a Sweet Pickles Book: Homes for Sale in Iowa Real Estate
Explore real estate around Iowa in this week's wow homes selection.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Waukee, IA|News|
Alaskan Embryos Bring Unexpected Turn for Iowa Family Looking to Adopt
The Timms decided to try something different - adopt and also give a home to embryos left over from someone else's in vitro fertilization. That's how they connected with a couple from Alaska.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Iowa City|News|
Retiring Iowa City Sports Reporter Talks Kids, Coaches and City Vs. West Rivalry
Iowa City Press-Citizen's Susan Harman is retiring after 10 years at the newspaper. She is the second writer leaving the sports staff after a fairly public departure of editor Ryan Suchomel.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Marion, IA|News|
Jailed Marion Woman Linked to May Armed Robbery of Farmers State Bank
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Jennifer Lee Redmond, 34, of Marion, for a charge of second-degree robbery. They believe she robbed Farmers State Bank on May 13.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Marion, IA|News|
Movie Reviews: 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters', 'Planes', 'We're The Millers' and More
Movie reviews and movie times for theaters in the Marion area, including "2 Guns" and "Elysium." Let Patch help you decide what you're going to see this weekend.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Cedar Falls, IA|News|
Movie Reviews: 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters', 'Planes', 'We're The Millers' and More
Movie reviews and movie times for theaters in the Cedar Falls area, including "2 Guns" and "Elysium." Let Patch help you decide what you're going to see this weekend.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Iowa City|News|
Movie Reviews: 'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters', 'Planes', 'We're The Millers' and More
Movie reviews and movie times for theaters in the Iowa City area, including "2 Guns" and "Elysium." Let Patch help you decide what you're going to see this weekend.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
West Des Moines, IA|News|
Iowa Youth Pastor Faces Sex Abuse Charges Against Juvenile
Youth pastor Ryan McKelvey, 27, of Des Moines, is accused of sexual abusing of two teenage girls
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Marion, IA|News|
Credit Union Releases Rap Video
"We're Collins Community Credit Union. If you haven't heard of us, I don't know what you're doing," the rap begins.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Iowa City|News|
Jimmy Kimmel Thinks Iowa Should Be Proud of No. 1 Party School Ranking
Jimmy Kimmel Live featured University of Iowa's ranking as No. 1 party school by Princeton Review.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Iowa City|News|
String of Taxi Cab Driver Robberies Continues With 4th Gun Point Stick Up
This is the fourth in a string of armed robberies in less than a week. They've all been in roughly the same area on the west side of Iowa City, and they have all been at gun point.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Marion, IA|News|
$448.4 Million Powerball Winning Numbers
The numbers are in from Wednesday's Powerball drawing.
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West Des Moines, IA|News|
CNN Features Gabby Douglas, West Des Moines in Documentary on Gender Equality in Olympics
As CNN puts it, the scene with Douglas in Iowa "is just one example of how everything and nothing has changed" since those Olympic Games.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
West Des Moines, IA|News|
Forbes: Des Moines Best City in Nation for Business and Careers
Forbes notes that despite declining unemployment numbers, the economy is still sputtering along at 2 percent growth with many still out of work but discouraged by their prospects. Des Moines bucks the trend.
B.A. Morelli, Patch Staff
Urbandale, IA|News|
Update: Urbandale Teen Dies After SUV-Semi Crash on I-80
Rodrigo Lopez, 17, of Urbandale, was driving an SUV that was struck and rolled into a ditch Tuesday morning near mile marker 134, according to a Des Moines Register report.
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