Homecoming completes return of 2133rd Iowa National Guard unit
In Muscatine the last 13 soldiers of the 2133rd Transportation Company arrived home after a two-stage return. Crowds lined streets to greet them with a large U S flag and banners bearing names while families shared emotional reunions. The unit had earlier welcomed 160 members back and mourned the loss of Spc Aaron J Sissel who died in Iraq. Spc William Gray, 20, of Muscatine waved to loved ones as he joined the homecoming procession.
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Muscatine
Iowa Army National Guard
2133Rd Transportation Company
Iowa City
Chuck Geertz
National Guard Bravo Co
Cedar Rapids
Spc
Patrick Dipple
Dipple
Michelle Elshoff
2133Rd
Fred
Sue George
Fred George
Park Avenue
Iowa Highway 38
U.S
Muscatine Power
Pat Perkin
William Gray
Aaron J. Sissel
Iraq
Sissel
Joe A. Gottschalk
Tipton High School
Gottschalk
Muscatine High School
Lawyers plan insanity defense in murder case
In Burlington Lanny Bernhart 37 faces first degree murder for the June 17 shooting of Darren LaVeine 20 as he delivered mail. Trial set for April 20 in Des Moines County District Court. In Clinton Robert Jacksons second first degree murder trial due September 13 with possible move out of Clinton County. Jackson seeks alibi defense for 2001 stabbing death in a Clinton tavern. Jackson previously convicted but overturned on appeal for trial procedure issues. In Waterloo Betty Cortez-Pals 38 to serve five years for two counts of meth distribution after pleading guilty to selling meth to a informant and undercover agent in 2002. Sentenced to 60 months with four years supervised release. no parole.
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Burlington
Lanny Bernhart
Bernhart
West Burlington
Darren LaVeine
LaVeine
Des Moines
Clinton
Robert Jackson
Clinton County
Jackson
C.H. Pelton
Murray
Bell
Pamela Wiedner
Wiedner
George Prentiss III
Iowa Court of Appeals
Waterloo
Betty Cortez-Pals
U.S. District Court
Linda Reade
Cortez-Pals
Mother and infant escape blaze from Davenport apartment
A mother dropped her 10 month old son from a third floor window to safety as a fire started by a child with a cigarette lighter raged in Davenport. The infant was unharmed and the building suffered extensive damage as guests escaped via a blanket and ladder while others got out. Firefighters brought the blaze under control in about 30 minutes.
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Davenport
Lana Shariff
Shariff
Candi Redding
Bill Bishel
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