Cedar Rapids man heals burns after fatal house fire
Dale Gersh survived serious injuries from a March 11 Cedar Rapids fire that killed his wife and two sons. He reports his physical burns have healed but continues to cope with emotional trauma and loss.
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Dale Gersh
Cedar Rapids
Forbidden Love in Futurist Society Details
In the latest imagining of a hidden love, lovers navigate a highly controlled future where passion breaches strict societal rules. A vigilant regime and tech gaze shape choices, while personal longing tests loyalty and the cost of romance.
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Business Leaders Visit Area Schools Highlight Peace Process Talk
Abba Eban told an Iowa City audience that the United States is critical to the Israeli Palestinian peace process. College Community Schools hosted Business Leader Day bringing real world contacts to students with industry detail.
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Modern Nation of Israel
Iowa City
United States
College
House floor proposal sparks unexpected yes vote
Rep. Ken Veenstra's future son in law proposed to his daughter on the House floor prompting an unusual vote. The moment drew cheers and a brief pause in proceedings as members processed the event.
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Ken Veenstra
Bethlehem Lutheran Church Plans Open House
Racing fans gathered for the season s first heats at Hawkeye Downs. Details, 1C.
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Hawkeye Downs
Tomorrow’s critters drawn by lawn worms and grubs
A Sun Day’s Gazette item notes how pests are attracted to lawns by worms and grubs, creating a separate problem for homeowners seeking healthy turf in Home & Real Estate.
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Home & Real Estate
Senate blocks changes in gambling moratorium fight
Iowa senators blocked efforts to water down a five year gambling moratorium on new licenses and slot expansions. The stalemate sets up an all or nothing clash with the House over a budget amendment and a potential path to the governor.
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Iawa Senate
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
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House
Andy McKean
Anamosa
McKean
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Cedar Rapids firefighter Peggy Clay walks off job again
Peggy Clay, 41, who won reinstatement after a four year battle with Cedar Rapids, left her post Friday morning during retraining. Fire officials reported she left around 11:30 a.m. with no written resignation, leaving questions about abandonment and potential legal action.
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Clay
Roemerman
Firefighters Union
Rick Scofield
Olin
Central Fire Station
Isidoro Santana
Santana
Civil Service Commission
Linn County District Court
Lynne Brady
Iowa Court of Appeals
Brady
Iowa track star thanks German marrow donor at wedding
Dean Colony a former Iowa City West High and Iowa State runner, thanks Willi Rompo of Tubingen Germany who donated bone marrow for his non Hodgkin's lymphoma transplant performed November 15, 1996 at UI Hospitals. Colony, 26, of North Liberty, marries Katie Carey in Des Moines with Rompo attending.
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Iowa City West High School
Iowa State University
Dean Colony
Rompp
Tubingen
Germany
Colony
Katie Carey
Des Moines
Rompo
Gisela
Rompps
Melanie
Roger Gingrich
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids doctor recalls Cambodia killings and film
Dr Michael Daly, once head of International Red Cross surgery teams in Phnom Penh during 1975, reflects on Cambodia’s killing fields as Pol Pot dies. The Cedar Rapids physician, now 54, moved a decade ago to practice with Dr Reuben Keegan after medical training and a wartime journal.
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Khmer Rouge
Phnom Penh
Pol Pot
Dr. McIntosh
Daly
McIintosh
Cedar Rapids
Reuben Keegan
Michael Daly
Cambodia
Red Cross
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