Linn officials seek public help on juvenile site
Linn County officials, after Cedar Rapids rejected a five acre site for a 35 bed juvenile facility, call for public help to locate a square affordable site near highways outside city limits. They cite zoning disputes and classification issues as reasons for the setback and push to hear community input.
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Lumir Dostal
Board of Adjustment
City Board of Adjustment
Dostal
Gib Boxa
Building, Housing and Zoning Department
Boxa
Corridor job openings on Web boost Iowa link
A new economic development site targets ex Iowans with new job listings and community details. The initiative named 5B J interact 2c. 15 outlines opportunities and resources for returning residents and regional employers.
Korean Air 747 crashes in Guam with 254 aboard
A Korean Air jet carrying 254 people crashed in heavy rain on approach to Agana Guam. Survivors climbed from the front section as rescuers, aided by military helicopters, searched the jungle. Officials denied a fire or distress call prior to the crash.
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Agana
Guam
Navy
Seoul
South Korea
Rudy Delos Santos
KOKU
Nimitz Hill
U.S
Delos Santos
White House
Financial woes close program serving adults with disabilities
Benton County opportunities will shut Aug. 29 after a 10 month effort to revive it. The sheltered workshop serves 58 adults with disabilities and will cut 29 staff jobs. Goodwill Industries manages the program and aims to settle liabilities through sale of two buildings and liens.
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Benton County
Morgan
Woman takes infection rate battle to Web
An Iowa City woman, Karen Burton, loses in appellate court and turns to the public via a Web page to publish hospital acquired infection data from University Hospitals. She plans to gather research, abstracts, and other material to inform patients about infection risks and compares hospital data limitations.
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Gazelle
Wes Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Court of Public Opinion
Karen Burton
Burton
U.S. Supreme Court
Aol
Loreen Herwaldt
Iowa
Herwaldt
UPS strike deepens as talks fail amid national walkout
Tensions rose on UPS picket lines and in hospitals as the Teamsters protest pension changes and lower paid part timers. No talks were scheduled on day two of the nationwide strike, with UPS operating below full capacity and deliveries slowing across sectors.
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Atlanta
United Parcel Service
UPS
Teamsters
U.S
Food Company
Mark Dickens
Lecs
Rare pipevine swallowtail butterfly released in Iowa garden
A pipevine swallowtail was released in the Indian Creek Nature Center butterfly garden on a Tuesday afternoon. The species had not been seen in Iowa since 1914. Staff found caterpillars in the garden, raised one in an aquarium, then released it after confirming its identity.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Iowa
Nature Center
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