Portrait of Maquoketa captures local life to national display
Rose Frantzen conceived Portrait of Maquoketa after seeing c ity residents in a grocery store and aims to paint every Maquoketa person. Her project evolved from shopfront studio to nationwide exposure at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington. The work showcases community support and high artistic achievement.
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Rose Frantzen
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Maquoketa
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
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Iowa
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the Gazette
Departing City Manager Trend Hits Eastern Iowa
Former Marion City Manager Jeff Schott notes an unusually tough period for city managers in Eastern Iowa as Cedar Rapids parts ways with Jim Prosser. He cites West Branch West Union Independence and Clinton among cities with recent or pending leadership changes.
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Gazette
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Marion
Jeff Schott
Iowa
Schott
Cedar Rapids
Jim Prosser
Iowa City
Michael Lombardo
West Branch
West Union
Independence
Clinton
Prosser Announces Separation and Iowa Institute Move
The 9A Council accepts the resignation by a 6 to 2 vote as Prosser leaves to become program director at the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Iowa in late 2006. In my 30 plus years of local PROSSER notes appear on page 9A.
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Prosser
Council
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Iowa
Downtown Grinnell sees property values dip in flood core
Citywide residential values rise 5.7 percent while commercial values hold. The downtown Cedar River flood area shows a 10 percent valuation cut across core blocks with many ground floor spaces empty. City Assessor Scott Labus notes lagging recovery after the 2008 flood and economic downturn.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Scott Labus
Labus
Cedar River
Justice, faith guide Parkerburg mother after sentencing
Joan Becker finds healing in faith and family photos as her son Mark Becker faces life without parole after a 2009 shooting that killed Coach Ed Thomas. A jury ruled him legally sane in March, and now he is to be sentenced.
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Parkersburg
Joan Becker
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Ed Thomas
Mark Becker Sentenced for First Degree Murder of Coach Ed Thomas
Mark Becker faces mandatory life in prison after sentencing set for 10 a.m. today in Butler County District Court for the first degree murder of Coach Ed Thomas. The case connects to a courthouse record involving his mother Joan Becker who reflects on the son in old photos.
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Butler County
Ed Thomas
Joan Becker
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