Prairie Meadows: Pair of festival prep races top card

ALTOONA, Iowa – With the Iowa Festival of Racing looming large the last weekend of June, Prairie Meadows conducts local preps for the Festival’s two sprint races, the $100,000 Saylorville and the $125,000 Iowa Sprint Handicap, this Friday night.
http://www.drf.com/news/prairie-meadows-pair-festival-prep-races-top-card

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:10:41 -0700

Prairie Meadows: Praire Cougar provides Tracy with 500th local win

ALTOONA, Iowa -- Praire Cougar resisted the persistent challenge of stable companion Sacred Romance to win the $67,641 Bob Bryant Stakes, a six-furlong event for Iowa-bred 3 year old fillies Saturday night at Prairie Meadows.
http://www.drf.com/news/prairie-meadows-praire-cougar-provides-tracy-500th-local-win

Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 12:55:51 -0700

Prairie Meadows: Praire Cougar provides Tracy with 1,000th local win

ALTOONA, Iowa -- Praire Cougar resisted the persistent challenge of stable companion Sacred Romance to win the $67,641 Bob Bryant Stakes, a six-furlong event for Iowa-bred 3 year old fillies Saturday night at Prairie Meadows.
http://www.drf.com/news/prairie-meadows-praire-cougar-provides-tracy-1000th-local-win

Published: Sun, 20 May 2012 09:55:51 -0700

Prairie Meadows: Tracy has sharp foursome for Bob Bryant

ALTOONA, Iowa – Iowa’s best 3-year-olds come to the fore Saturday evening as Prairie Meadows runs the co-featured $60,000-added Bob Bryant Stakes, for fillies, and the $60,000-added Gray’s Lake, for colts and geldings. Both races will be contested over six furlongs.
http://www.drf.com/news/prairie-meadows-tracy-has-sharp-foursome-bob-bryant

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:41:01 -0700

Prairie Meadows: Cresco Direct Hit collects first stakes win in John Wayne

ALTOONA, Iowa -- Cresco Direct Hit kicked clear from a demanding duel with defending champ and stablemate Mutti Blues to take the $70,000 John Wayne Stakes at Prairie Meadows on Saturday night.
http://www.drf.com/news/prairie-meadows-cresco-direct-hit-collects-first-stakes-win-john-wayne

Published: Sun, 13 May 2012 05:40:41 -0700

Crews battle fire on 17th Avenue

Firefighters are on the scene now.
http://www.kcci.com/news/central-iowa/Crews-battle-fire-on-17th-Avenue/-/9357080/14067226/-/tjnuuy/-/index.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 11:52:07 -0700

IDEAg Interconnectivity to Showcase AgSync, Inc.’s “AgSync Ground” at Iowa Conference in June

ALTOONA, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AgSync, Inc will be available to demonstrate “AgSync Ground”, a new feature added to the AgSync web-based work order management system for agricultural producers, retailers, seed companies, and more.
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120514006515/en/IDEAg-Interconnectivity-Showcase-AgSync-Inc.%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9CAgSync-Ground%E2%80%9D

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 11:14:20 -0700

Prairie Meadows: Familiar rivals meet in Mamie Eisehhower

ALTOONA, Iowa – The $70,000 Mamie Eisenhower, a stakes for Iowa-bred fillies and mares, has drawn a contentious group of sprinters who are very familiar with each other.
http://www.drf.com/news/prairie-meadows-familiar-rivals-meet-mamie-eisehhower

Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 12:11:01 -0700

Altoona Police confirm alleged prostitute was with husband

The Altoona Police Department worked with the Iowa Department of Human Services and Oklahoma DHS to determine there was insufficient evidence to sustain a charge of child endangerment against a woman accused of prostitution at a truck stop last week, according to a statement from the Police Chief.
http://altoonaherald.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120517/ALTOONA01/305170077

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:21:39 -0700

Iowans visit USS Iowa

Dozens of Iowans enjoyed a tour and lunch on top of the deck of the USS Iowa. Altoona resident Ed Skinner, second from left, and other Iowans enjoyed a full day of activities aboard the USS Iowa Battleship in late April.
http://altoonaherald.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120509/ALTOONA01/305090011

Published: Tue, 08 May 2012 23:06:44 -0700