...famous -- independent and adventurous. She loved swimming and diving, and remembered jumping from bridges into the Iowa River during her college days. She played golf until just a few years ago and learned to fly at age 59 after the death of...

...689) and Bill Musselman (.689). Last month, Joerger added the responsibility of head coach of the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) River Raiders of the United States Basketball Association. He will coach 48 CBA games, from about mid-November until mid-March...

DAVENPORT, Iowa - In a town where manicured walkways line the riverbank for miles and summer jazz festivals draw hundreds of thousands of people to the water's edge, it's hard for residents like Kami Rathburn to imagine a long cement floodwall blocking the view.

...much, though friends said he always loved his neighbors for buying his corn, livestock and hay in this southeastern Iowa river town. More than two years after dying of cancer, Byar's plan to return the favor is about to unfold in the form of...