http://www.timesrepublican.comTop Headlinesen-usSat, 7 Nov 2009 04:39:03 EDTSat, 7 Nov 2009 04:39:03 EDThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/520740.htmlA 10,000 pound bridge is bringing new life to the Noon Lions Club Park just west of Marshalltown on Iowa Avenue. The club purchased the used bridge for $175 from Marshall County and had a crane place it over a creek at the entrance to the park on Friday. The 9-feet by 40-feet steel bridge will take the place of an old wooden walking bridge at the park which was unsafe.Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:12:35 EDThttp://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/520741.htmlAfter 19 years leading Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center, CEO Rob Cooper will retire at the end of the year, the hospital announced Friday. Cooper cited health-related reasons for his decision to step down as the longest presently-serving hospital CEO in Iowa. His retirement will be effective Jan. 1, 2010.Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:13:37 EDThttp://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/520742.htmlA Conrad teen died Thursday after a single vehicle automobile accident in Hardin County. Leo Barten, 17, of Conrad was ejected from the vehicle. Police said the BCLUW senior was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident. Two others in the vehicle, Tyler Smith, 16, of Conrad and Austin Smitherman, 16, of Beaman, were treated and released from Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center.Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:14:02 EDThttp://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/520743.htmlJOHNSTON - Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said Friday his prediction that a sweeping overhaul of the country's health care system would pass this year was too optimistic, but he remains confident Congress will approve the landmark changes. ''I had been predicting all year that we would have a bill on the president's desk by Christmas, but I think I'm a little off on that,'' Harkin said.Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:14:23 EDThttp://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/520744.htmlIowa Auditor David Vaudt visited Marshalltown Friday, talking about the condition of the state's budget and told members of the Marshall County Pachyderm Club the issues were known far in advance. "The whole state has been warned for the past two years that this was coming," he said. Vaudt presented an updated version of a slide show presentation looking at the state's finances.Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:15:30 EDT