http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/ Melville, IA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/648da4cc46f59a24a978928c0196684c.html Bobby Ryan and Brett Festerling are gone http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/f756e3d81b7d41130356b8cc63f20406.html Former Northern Iowa football wide receiver Victor Williams said Tuesday that his dismissal from the team this week was unfair http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/f4d01f082cbae00ca4a0c4d9a55c6447.html Advance tickets for Saturday's NAIA playoff game between Morningside and Baker Kan at Elwood Olsen Stadium may be purchased Wednesday through Friday at the HindmanHobbs Center on the Mornngside campus http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/17d54c3049932dad9f678256b982234c.html Neighbors of the elderly man who died after being pulled from a burning apartment house late Monday said everyone knew him as PopsFirefighters pulled Bobby Booker 74 from secondfloor apartment at 1524 A Ave NE after flames engulfed much of the structure Eleven people evacuated safelyBooker died a short time later at St Lukes Hospital fire officials saidEverybody called him Pops landlord Cameron West said Anybody on this street all down the block would know him because hed always be sitting out here on the porchWest said Booker lived alone and had been a resident there for less than a yearHe was very agreeable said West of Cedar Rapids He was just one of those guys that didnt want to cause any waves You could just tellThe fire started in a secondfloor unit near the front of the house occupied by 34yearold Muhamed Oliver Oliver said he came indoors after smoking a cigarette on the front porch to find his mattress on fireI just walked in my whole room was on fire Oliver saidOliver said he first tried to drag the mattress to a window but dropped it and escaped through a window onto the porch roof then dropped to the groundWest said the burning mattress was on the landing near the only staircase in the house I dont know what the heck he was thinking West said http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/c6fcc6e4b45460ead3e37749775ee7f2.html The Webster City City Council agreed to enter into a contract with MIDAS Council of Governments to prepare a hazard mitigation plan at their meeting Monday night MIDAS will receive 12500 from the city City Manager Ed Sadler said that the hazard mitigation plan serves two purposes Webster City will not be eligible for FEMA's buyout program without the hazard mitigation plan http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/c215443b8df66db317f545682d7d97d1.html MUSCATINE Iowa Muscatine County sheriffs deputies used stop sticks this morning and a stun gun to stop a driver who was pursued by police in two counties http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/b9ef8a950c329d3a4a4ebe11915d49d9.html Central LyonGeorgeLittle Rock earned a 3114 Class 2A state football playoff semifinal win over IKMManning Monday http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/melville/content/83ea9dd75e6a577ec0b53b7cbbc0c544.html Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley said Monday that leading wide receivers Johnny Gray and Victor Williams have been dismissed from the team