http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/ Robins, IA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/df627302c5b52825d41901c6352f1081.html Manhattan Kan The sting from Saturday146;s defeat will linger with the Iowa State football program until September http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/b0bac24edca0b1d47aea151f802bce5f.html HIAWATHA and8212; A mobile home was destroyed in a fire here tonightThe mobile home at 155 Robins Rd had been vacant for about two years according to witnessesThe Hiawatha Fire Department responded to a call at about 7:45 pm to find the trailer engulfed in flames It didn't take long for firefighters to put out the flames Hiawatha Fire Chief Mike Nesslage saidThe cause is under investigation but Nesslage said it appeared suspicious since there were no utilities in the home Along with Hiawatha the Robins Fire Department also respondedNo injuries were reported http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/60b31f1867d6ffd8513dffa0120f6f1c.html IOWA CITY and8212; When is a Big Ten rivalry more than just rivalryUsually when there's a pig or a baby calf involved Or an axReal blood usually doesn't flow when Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota compete just a trio of traveling trophies Big Ten rivalries are full of trinkets but only a few outlast the rotationscarring league schedule like those schools' trophy games But that wasn't always the caseIn 1993 Wisconsin fell off Iowa's schedule for a twoyear period the first time the teams hadn't played since 1936 Wisconsin Athletics Director Barry Alvarez who served as an Iowa assistant coach for eight years coached the Badgers those two seasons Alvarez and others immediately noticed the glitch and helped change the systemI think that was the regular rotation of the schedule that came off the computer it just rotated that we weren't playing said Alvarez Wisconsin's alltime leader in coaching wins I think in the Big Ten directors' meetings there was a discussion that we should protect natural rivalries and then everybody declared who their natural rivals would be and came to an agreement on thatIt's allowed us to protect what we need to protectThe Big Ten opens league play today and Iowa hosts Northwestern a game lacking depth but not without meaning Iowa beat the daylights out of Northwestern 21 years in a row by an average score of 3811 In 1992 after the Hawkeyes whipped Northwestern 5614 Fry said he hoped none of the Wildcats got hurt Former Northwestern Coach Gary Barnett considered the remark condescending In 1995 the minirivalry reached a fever pitchI said if we can ever beat Iowa then we'll feel like we've arrived with our program Barnett told The Gazette that week I've preached that into our fourth year because Iowa represents what we'd like to do with our programNorthwestern then beat Iowa three consecutive seasons and six of the last 11 Barnett's former linebacker and protege Pat Fitzgerald has rekindled his mentor's remarks recently No matter its intensity the IowaNorthwestern game is not a priority rivalryThe schools played every year from 1971 through 2002 It's considered a good Big Ten matchup one played six times over eight years like every other Big Ten matchup except twoThat's a result of the oddnumbered Big Ten configuration built strictly for newcomer Penn State which joined the league in 1993 The 11school Big Ten had to choose an even number of games Instead of everybody playing a roundrobin or 10 league games the Big Ten stuck with eight That forced league officials to scrutinize every matchupMark Rudner a Big Ten associate commissioner who handles football and basketball scheduling said the league never defined traditional rivalries before Penn State But he said the league understood which rivalries made sense For instance Iowa didn't play Indiana in 198586 and 198990 or Illinois in 198788 but it had played Minnesota since 1930Each school tabbed two others as permanent A few rivalries were automatic: MichiganOhio State IndianaPurdue WisconsinMinnesota Some grew in intensity such as IllinoisNorthwestern Others like Penn StateMichigan State began with friendly college presidents and escalated into seasonending trophy gamesIf you take the 11 schools and multiply it by two for rivalry games 21 of the 22 are pretty good rivalries now Rudner said The one that you could argue isn't really a rivalry is NorthwesternPurdueSince the mid1990s when permanent opponents took effect no school has asked to changeIt all sort of fell into place Rudner said During that time there's been no request from athletic directors to reexamine the rivalries It's been constant since it was first adoptedThe Big Ten's rivalry schedule is unique in college football Of the six BCS conferences two and8212; the Pac10 and the Big East and8212; have true roundrobins The Big 12 has divisional play without a natural rivalry The other two and8212; the Atlantic Coast and Southeastern and8212; have divisional play and designate one nondivisional opponent as permanentIn 1992 the SEC expanded to 12 teams and divided into two divisions Those boundaries eschewed longstanding rivalries such as AlabamaTennessee so the SEC allowed each school to select two rivalry games from the opposite division It maintained tradition but was brutal to schools like Tennessee which played Alabama and Auburn as well as a tough divisional slate In 2004 the SEC revised its nondivisional schedule and gave each school one permanent opponent with a rotation on the others The TennesseeAuburn rivalry one of the nation's best reignites just four times in 10 years http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/f49fadbf5a726b5512e659b382e6eb2f.html You might say the concrete pig that has been a fixture at the corner of 35th Street and Oakland Road NE for more than 25 years has gone wee wee wee all the way to its new homeBrian Cohen who owned both the pig and the house it stood in front of has moved the pig to his family's house on Brougham Drive in RobinsThey moved to Robins years ago he said but also owned the house on 35th Street NE so the pig stayed there But now the house is sold so Cohen moved the 1100 pound porker to RobinsCohen and his wife got the pig as a wedding present in 1982 and for years it stood sentry at the corner serving as a landmark for passersbyIt also served as something of a canvas for some peopleFrom 1985 to 1995 Elaine Fox of Cedar Rapids and some of her friends decorated the pigOne Fourth of July the pig became Miss Pigerty It served as Abraham Lincoln too And of course it was decked out in Hawkeye colors innumerable times over the yearsWe had many many fun times she saidThey didn't know the Cohens she said and so they'd decorate in the middle of the night But she said it was always in good funCohen said the tenants and their friends also decorated the pig over the yearsHe considered taking it with his family when they moved to Robins but he joked he was worried that the Rockwell engineers who passed by it each day on the way to work would get lostBut now it's gone from its longtime perchMicke Fleischaker who bought the house from Cohen and moved in this weekend said he considered putting up a sign where the pig once stoodIt would say 'Pig went to market' he said http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/48563f5583ddaae4f39ad17a58eff8e7.html CEDAR RAPIDS and8212; Fourteen Cedar Rapids attorneys and eight area attorneys have applied for the judicial vacancy in the Sixth Judicial District The vacancy was created by the resignation of Judge Amanda Potterfield who was appointed in July to the Iowa Court of AppealsJudge Thomas Koehler chairman of the Nominating Commission said each applicant will have a 15minute interview with the commission and two nominees will be selected and their names submitted to Gov Chet Culver Culver will appoint one of the nominees within 30 daysThe applicants are:Cedar Rapids attorneys: Carolyn Beyer M Victoria Cole Caroline Giddings Charles Hallberg Barbara Liesveld Corey Luedeman Lorraine Machacek Sean McPartland James Moriarty Frank Nidey Patrick Reinert Ray Scheetz Vernon Squires and Ian Thornhill Others; Karen Egerton Patrick Ingram and John Robertson of Iowa City; Nancy Burk and Brent Heeren of Toledo; Allan Richards of Tama; Marty Hagge of Robins; and Timothy Schemmel of Muscatine http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/3a53da7f52f1f5a6779fe9916f2175c2.html Associated Press August 24 2008 1:24 PM ET ROBINS Iowa AP A man has been injured in a paraglider accident at an eastern Iowa airport http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/4fcd87e31bc749fdbaf75d3e62b500e2.html A Marion man was taken to St Lukes Hospital last night for treatment of injuries he suffered after a paraglider accident at the McBride Airport 8800 C AveThe Linn County Sheriffs Office said Nick Brightside 44 was attempting to take off in a powered paraglider which uses a small motor strapped to a persons back and a paraglider wing when he lost control before leaving the groundBrightside who was not wearing a helmet was taken to the hospital for nonlife threatening injuries authorities saidThe accident is under investigation http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/iowa/robins/content/de4161e9bb51be05335f894df9cd72ca.html The Third Annual World Fuel Altered Nationals had perfect weather for both days of racing at Eddyville Raceway Park