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Please Pray for my neighbor's six year old son, Ryan. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital last Wednesday evening with respiratory problems. We (all of the concerned neighbors) were updated today that he remains in ICU, and it apparently is the Enterovirus that has been circulating. Please pray for him, for his parents (who have not been home since they left that day), and for his older siblings who have been staying with friends/family. They are a wonderful family (Catholic, for those of you who wish to include those references in your prayers); and he is the sweetest...

Great new political ad for the Branstad Reynolds ticket. If you would like to see exceptional marketing in action, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDuA2QHgBVI

From the Animal Lifeline Facebook Page: Please Help Save Sadie? Meet Sadie, our newest shelter resident. She was dumped out in the country and spent the last several months running the fields and getting food from the families in the area. It appears that Sadie had been caught in a trap. Scared and stranded in the cold, Iowa winter weather with no food or water and in an enormous amount of pain, she found the strength to save herself and used her mouth and teeth to remove the trap from her paw. With bones and tissue exposed, her tongue full...

HUXLEY, Iowa -- An Iowa woman was charged Tuesday in the death of her newborn twins. The Department of Public Safety said Huxley police were called to check on the welfare of a 22-year-old woman, now identified as Jackie Burkle. Burkle was found inside a duplex in the 500 block of North Main Avenue on Saturday. When authorities arrived, they found she'd given birth to two baby girls in the apartment. Authorities said the babies did not survive. Authorities said the babies were found in the trunk of Burkle's vehicle, which was parked in the driveway. "Miss Burkle indicated she...

I spend hours on FR Daily, and post replies occasionally, but this is my first actual post. What would finally spur me to post a thread, you ask? Well, here we are on the "Eve" of Christmas Eve, in a nicer suburb in Iowa...looking forward to the Holiday. I just went to let the dog out for the final time, and but what to my wondering eyes did appear: at some point in the last hour some piece of human debris destroyed our Christmas display. My husband takes great pride in his little display (he loves Christmas...I just called him...