Iowa City joins network of asylum for persecuted writers
Iowa City becomes fifth North American city to join NANCA the North American Network of Cities of Asylum. The designation announced during the US Year of the Arts festival at UI shifts focus to protecting threatened writers with host communities and stipends. Authors get housing health coverage and a 2500 monthly stipend for one to two years.
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Iowa City
San Francisco Bay
Russell Banks
Network of Cities of Asylum
University of Iowa
Ernie Lehman
Banks
NANCA
Carolyn Fordhe
Richard Wiley
Shambaugh House
Fordhe
Wiley
Las Vegas
America
Christopher Merrill
Merrill
International Parliament of Writers
Wole Soyinka
Salman Rushdie
New civil suits allege priest sexual abuse in Iowa counties
Civil lawsuits filed in Fayette and Dubuque counties accuse clergy of sexual abuse. John Doe III says retired priest William Goltz molested him in 1954 at Sacred Heart Parish Oelwein. Jane Doe II sues Archdiocese of Dubuque alleging abuse in 1964 at St Patrick's Colesburg.
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Goltz
Wisconsin
SNAP
Iowa
Dubuque
Norway
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Dubuque County
Jane Doe II
Archdiocese of
Patrick McElliott
St. Patrick’s
Colesburg
McElliott
Driver Dies When Truck Sinks At Park Lake
An 82 year old man died after his pickup plunged into Pleasant Creek State Park lake north of Palo. Divers retrieved the submerged truck about 15 feet deep and 50 feet from the ramp. The investigation continues with no foul play suspected.
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Christoph Trappe
Gazette
Palo
Pleasant Creek State Park
Linn County
Don Zeller
Linn County Sheriffs
Brian Gardner
Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Palo Police and Fire
Benton-Linn Ambulance
Linn County Medical Examiner's Office
Riverside approves casino annexation and development deal
The Riverside City Council approved a seven month negotiated annexation and development agreement with Washington County Casino Resort for a $107 million project. The operator will pay $1.7 million annually in monthly installments once gambling starts, tripling Riverside's current budget. The resort may choose who funds sewer and water lines with costs up to $4 million if the city runs the lines. The resort covers up to $50,000 of the city's negotiating costs, and the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission decision is due May 11. Future voluntary annexation of the 340 acre site is planned.
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Riverside
Washington County
Washington County Casino Resort
Commission
Iowa and Illinois Lottery Draws Report
Results show Iowa 4 9 15 17 19 for Cash Game with $100000 top prize while Pick 3 Midday 1 3 3 and Evening 83 4. Pick 4 Midday 1 4 7 3 and Evening 4 2 4 0. Illinois Little Lotto numbers were 17 22 30 34 37 and 6 01 48 with jackpot at $2.25 million.
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Iowa
Iowa Illinois
Illinois
Amana wildlife meeting eyed mountain lion sightings
Wildlife biologist Ron Andrews said no hard evidence supports mountain lion sightings near Amana though up to ten lions may roam the state. He urged submitting photos prints fur or droppings and noted a later talk in Tipton about the cats.
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Amana
Department of Natural Resources
Ron Andrews
Andrews
Old Creamery Theatre
Black Hills
South Dakota
Tipton
Cedar County
109 Pounds of Marijuana Found in Pickup Intercept
Victor Jesus Priscila Meza-Trillo and Ubaldo Barraza-Luna, both 25 and from Commerce City Colorado, were arrested on Interstate 80 near the Victor interchange after a Iowa State Patrol stop at 12 09 p m. The marijuana was in three hidden compartments and the pair face charges of possessing a controlled substance possession with intent to deliver and violating the Iowa Drug Tax Stamp Act.
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Victor
Jesus Priscila Meza-Trillo
Ubaldo Barraza-Luna
Commerce City
Colo
Interstate 80
Victor Interchange
Iowa State Patrol
Colorado
Duncombe man accused of passing counterfeit bills
Robert J. Blair 36 of Duncombe was arrested Wednesday on warrants accusing him of passing counterfeit bills in Toledo on April 19. He was held in Tama County Jail on 20,250 dollars bond after a Nevada arrest on Toledo police warrants.
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Toledo
Bumblebee’s
Blair
Polk and
Webster Counties
Meskwaki Bingo-Casino Hotel Security Department
Robert J. Blair
Duncombe
Tama County
Nevada
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N.Y
Santa Fe
N.M
Pittsburgh
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Coggon
Andrew
Dorothy
Desouzaguedes
Owen Lamphier
Rowley
Margaret Lockhart
Linn County Underwater Search
Christoph
Trappe
Riverside Council
By Mary Zielinski
The
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Skogman
Diane Salat
Dairy Queen
16Th St
Jbkizza
Joseph Nassal
C.pp.s
Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation
Chicago
Shantivanam
S v. Nassal
Mercy Medical Center
Hallagan Education Center
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center
Hiawatha
Ajackson
Prairiewoods.org
Richard L. Mahorne Sr
Black Hawk County
West Union
Manchester
Niles A
Toledo Palo
Patrol
Randy's Carpets & Interiors
Randy’s
Second Street
Coralville
Center Point Road
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