Iraq war intensifies as Fallujah battle escalates
U S and Iraqi forces wage heavy fighting across Ramadi Fallujah Nasiriyah Amarah Kut and Najaf with multiple casualties. Marines and Italian and Ukrainian troops suffer deaths while al Sadr signals defiance prompting renewed operations and talk of adding troops if needed.
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Fallujah
Governor’s Palace
Washington
U.S
al-Sadr
Baghdad
Nasiriyah
Kut
Karbala
Amarah
Alition
Sadr
Coalition
Paola Della Casa
Apcom
Della Casa
Wan Hornbuckle
Ukrainian Defense Ministry
Ukraine
L. Paul Bremer
1St Marine Regiment
GreatAmerica Building eyes second tower tied to downtown demand
Frantz an Iowa City native and ex Hawkeyes football player says the fate of a second office tower depends on downtown office demand after the federal building opens. The GreatAmerica Building, completed in 1998, houses tenants including Ryan Companies USA and OPN Architects. The new tower would rise on the Great America Building site if parking and demand align.
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Said Frantz
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Northbrook
Ill
Great America
Cedar River
3001 Corp
Development Corp
Ryan Companies USA
Ryan
GreatAmerica
OPN Architects
Frantz
GreatAmerica Building purchase boosts Cedar Rapids real estate ties
Iowa City investors Donnie Stalkfleet Greg Apel and Mike Hodge back a Cedar Rapids real estate deal at 625 First St SE GreatAmerica Leasing headquarters occupies three top floors with tenants including Alliant Energy and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield The sale price is 16 million and the group plans long term involvement in the Cedar Rapids Iowa City Technology Corridor.
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Scott Olson
Skogman Realty Commercial
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust
Olson
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Donnie Stalkfleet
Greg Apel
Mike Hodge
GreatAmerica
First St. SE
Ryan Companies
OPN
GreatAmerica Leasing
Alliant Energy
OPN Architects
Wellmark Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust Co
Robert Hall
National Systems Contractors Association
Great America
Iowa Glass
Cedar Falls
Principal Financial Group
Frantz
Marion contested library censorship sparks debate over religious materials
In Marion Iowa a dispute over religious books in a home school resource library prompts lines between district policy and state rules. Superintendent Nicholas Hobbs defends the program while parents and opponents cite constitutional and academic concerns.
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Nicholas Hobbs
Marion
Alliance Defense Fund
National Legal Defense Organization
Greta
Brian Gruhn
Cedar Rapids
Toni Schaefer
Greg
Ertz
Jacobson
Iowa
Gruhn
Marion Home School Assistance Program
MHSAP
Kim O’meara
O’meara
Hobbs
Secular home schooling books scarce in a religious field
Local parents report difficulty finding secular home schooling curricula. Lynda Waddington notes math may be secular but history and science often include religion. Educators say publishers cater to religious demand while some catalogs offer non religious options.
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Kurt Rogahn
Gazette
Lynda Waddington
Marion
Jocelyn
Marion Home
C.B. Vernon Middle School
Waddington
Dixie Wyckoff
Vinton
Renee Krepfle
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