MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, June 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation , announced today that the Sutherland Generating Station Units 1, 2 and 3, located in Marshalltown, Iowa, are back online two weeks after the facility was intentionally taken offline due to flooding concerns in the community and along the Iowa River.

By The Associated Press DES MOINES (AP) - Iowa environmental groups have derided coal- fired energy plants as antiquated, an ecologically harmful relic of the past.On Wednesday, they learned one coal plant in central Iowa could be part of their future.The Iowa Utilities Board gave preliminary approval to a proposed coal-fired energy plant in Marshalltown, dealing a significant blow to environmentalists and local residents who had hoped to derail the project.Environmental advocates vowed to fight on - and there are certainly other hurdles to clear before the plant can begin construction.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - Police blame a woman named Butts for stealing toilet paper from a central Iowa courthouse, and while they're chuckling, the theft charge could put her in prison.

By Mike Glover Associated Press MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa -- Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that if she is elected president, she would make her husband a roaming ambassador to the world, using his skills to repair the nation's tattered image abroad.

By Bill Jackson, Greeley Tribune, Colo. Dec. 14--Swift & Co. resumed operations at all six of its facilities involved in Tuesday's Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid related to an identity theft investigation.