Word: midwestern
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...lake near Des Moines is expected to rise nearly 40 feet in the coming days. Record rainfall has been reported in towns like Hokah, Minn. The governors of Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin have declared states of emergency for parts of their states. Yet, the Midwestern storm's impact remains uneven: Nearly one-quarter of Minnesota's counties, most in the north and central part of the state, have been designated federal agricultural disaster areas mainly because of drought conditions...
...young woman looking for a coaching job, dreaming of winning a college championship, be sure to talk first with Dena Evans. Her stint as coach of Stanford's top-flight women's cross-country team was anything but glamorous. During meets, she would roam the sidelines of cold Midwestern towns and between races breast-feed her baby beneath a tree. She spent team van rides stressed out, wondering if her child's wails were ruining her runners' concentration. Because her husband traveled frequently for work, she often couldn't leave the kids with him. "We're not like Posh...
...Richardson's talk, at the Wells Fargo Hola Diversity conference in Des Moines, is part of his quiet wooing of Iowa's Latino vote. In a midwestern state where immigration is hot-button issue, Richardson is walking a fine line, trying to attract support from the state's small but growing Hispanic population while convincing Iowans leery of illegal aliens that he will not throw open U.S. borders to Mexico...
...current despond seemed to enhance the rowdiness in Ames. It was hard to find a happy Republican. "I don't like the three top guys," Howard Taylor, a community-college teacher from Milo told me, referring to Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain. "They don't have Midwestern values." Nor did Taylor like George W. Bush so much anymore. "I think he tried to please some... people. He didn't come up very strong on the social issues." Taylor wasn't thrilled with his fellow Republicans either. "My friends all say they want someone who is electable...
FREDONIA, KANS. Midwestern floods engulf homes...