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The 'Stupid People of Iowa'?
Donald Trump might be asking that again after Ted Cruz's win Monday.
Champion Teen Runner Disqualified After Helping Rival in Medical Distress
Iowa's Zachary Hougland smoked the competition. The cross country runner sprinted across the finish line on October 22 and into the record books as the Davis County High School's first district champion. As Zach exchanged high-fives with his coach he turned around and saw one of his rivals struggling to finish the race. "This guy was about 20 meters from the finish line and he looked awful," Zach told me. "His face was turning white and he was holding his chest. He looked like he was going to fall."
Group Is Gunning for Small Town's Veteran Memorial Cross
The memorial features a silhouette of a soldier holding a gun and kneeling at the foot of a cross. It was installed a few months ago alongside Freedom Rock at Young's Park in the small town of Knoxville, Iowa. "It was clear to us it was a memorial to fallen veterans," Mayor Brian Hatch told me. But it wasn't clear to everyone. About a month ago a citizen filed an anonymous complaint — arguing that the memorial was promoting Christianity and therefore violated the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution.