MUSCATINE, Iowa— The top winner in Saturday's Scarecrow Festival sponsored by the Muscatine Journal was "Scare Dog." The entry was created by COMP4Dogs, Citizens for an Offleash Muscatine Dog Park.

The stuffed characters can be found hanging out just about everywhere you look. There’s a soldier in dress blues standing guard in front of the American Legion Post 10 headquarters on Bank Street.

Roger Clemens not elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, but fellow ex-Houston Astro Jeff Kent is There's a big change to the 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' TV broadcast this year ...