Iowa City Owl

The recent Powerball drawing hit a total of $241 million dollars in winnings, and it was sold. Even though the ticket has not yet been claimed, it has been sold. It was sold to someone in Cedar Rapids.

Yes, it is that time of the year again. Iowa City's annual Pride events have begun. Concerts and other events are scheduled all the way through until Sunday. Iowa City's annual Pride events are part of National Gay and Lesbian Month.

Three years ago, 20-year old Morgan Harrington disappeared. Since then, Metallica has been doing everything that they can in order to help with the case. Recently, a sketch was released of the killer by the FBI, and Metallica is at it again.

According to Reuters, a nuclear reactor in Michigan was shut down on Tuesday due to a leakage from a refueling water tank, according to a report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which the Reuters story did not provide a link to.

In light of the investigation and arrests that have been made due to the fatal beating of 20-month old Marcus Balderas, the three remaining children have been removed from the home of the mother and her boyfriend.

The biggest question that has been on the mind of not just the tech geeks in the world has if the company will still continue to ride at the top in the world of technology despite the recent passing of Steve Jobs.

An Iowa City couple is being charged with beating their infant to death after an autopsy discovered the child died of blunt force trauma to the head. [ads]On April 30, Marcus Balderas was taken to the hospital after a 911 call reported that he was having trouble breathing.

Recently, many internet forums have been talking quite a bit about a presumed "cover-up" by the government of radiation levels spiking due to some unexplained occurrence that happened a few days ago near the Indiana and Michigan borders.

The Jeopardy. show that aired on this past Wednesday brought quite a bit of excitement when the results showed that Iowa native Ernest Nino-Murcia actually won the first day of competition on the show.

The very large Iowa city landfill fire that has been going on for a week and a half has become a cause of yet another problem for the city and the residents around the location of the landfill. The landfill is producing a petroleum-based product that is very highly combustible as a byproduct of the fire from the fuel that it has been burning.