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Your voice- I-80 Westbound Reduced to One Lane Near AvocaThe left lane of Interstate 80 is blocked Near Avoca, In Pottawattamie County, due to a semi crash. Use caution when traveling in this area. Source […]Iowa Department of Transportation
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Daily Archives: July 2, 2010
Investigators: No Charges Filed in Boat Death at Coralville Lake
JOHNSON COUNTY – The operator of a boat that hit and killed a 12-year-old girl in the Coralville Reservoir over the Memorial Day weekend will not face any criminal charges. Investigators say, at night on Sunday, May 30, James Zahorik, … Continue reading
Dubuque Police Find Bones, Neighbors Fear the Worst
Dubuque police say investigators found what could be human remains outside a Dubuque home. The home belongs to 32 year old Tamelia Harris. Harris is already in jail for child neglect. The medical examiner hasn’t confirmed that those remains are … Continue reading
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Sholom Rubashkin appeals 27-year sentence
Updated: 7/6 with comments from Rubashkin’s attorney. Attorneys for former Sholom Rubashkin on Friday formally appealed his 27-year prison sentence. The move was expected. Attorneys indicated they’d appeal at the conclusion of his June 23 sentencing in U.S. District Court … Continue reading
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Culver, Branstad on parade this weekend
Gov. Chet Culver, his Republican rival, former Gov. Terry Branstad, and their running mates will be participating in Fourth of July parades this weekend. Culver’s parade schedule includes the Coralville 4th of July Parade beginnin at noon July 4th at … Continue reading
Posted in government, politics
Tagged Coralville, Gov. Chet Culver, Gov. Patty Judge, Gov. Terry Branstad, Independence, Kim Reynolds, Oelwein
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Branstad and Reynolds to hold town hall meetings
Republicans Gov. Terry Branstad and his running mate, Sen. Kim Reynolds, will hold a series of town hall meetings around Iowa beginning July 6. July 7, they will be in Muscatine at 2 p.m. at the Button Factory Restaurant, 215 … Continue reading
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Tagged Button Factory Restaurant, Gov. Terry Branstad, Iowa, Muscatine, Sen. Kim Reynolds, Washington
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Police officer catches fleeing man in front of jail
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man tried to escape from police custody as he was being walked through a hallway at the Linn County Correctional Center Thursday. 35-year-old Andre Taylor was captured a short time later after a short … Continue reading
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Lightfoot, now a Texan, following politics from the sideline
Jim Ross Lightfoot still follows politics, but from the sidelines. “I just sit on the outside and complain,” the former Iowa Republican congressman joked Friday from Texas where he operates Lightfoot Strategies. Although it’s been 14 years since leaving office, … Continue reading
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Tagged Forensic Technology Inc., Iowa, Jim Ross Lightfoot, Lightfoot Strategies
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Two Cedar County nursing homes challenge loss of tax exemption
Some Cedar County property may be taxed for the first time in years for lack of a document. ”For some reason we don’t have a lot of those applications on file, and what I’m doing is trying to get those up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Assessor, Cedar County, Cedar Manor, Clarence Nursing Home, Dan Lett, non-profits, property taxes, Tiptpon
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Culver touting higher-than-expected savings
UPDATED Savings from the state’s early retirement program, government reorganization and Gov. Chet Culver’s executive order will be higher than expected, Culver said July 2. The savings were expected to amount to about $270 million in fiscal 2010 and 2011, … Continue reading