Sexually Suggestive Pictures, Pink Slime – or LFTB – Debate, HappyFeet, Moeaki and Mayor Snooks: Pick of the Patches
A roundup of news from Iowa.
The Patch community includes nine sites in Iowa. Here are some of what was shared on our Iowa Patches over the past week. A discussion has raged all week on Local Editor Jessica Miller's Ames story about a presentation by experts and Gov. Terry Branstad explaining the science behind lean, finely textured beef, otherwise known as pink slime; activists rallied outside the hall against the ammonia-treated meat scrap process. You can join the conversation here. The Patch mayor with the most colorful name, Marion's Allen "Snooks" Bouska, donned a helmet made of folded newspapers as part of his presentation about the time he spent as an aviator, both in the Navy and as a crop-duster. His informal speech was focused on humorous anecdotes and the …
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