Iowa State Fair Adds Free Shuttle to Ease Traffic
The Iowa State Fair introduces a third shuttle service for free transport from remote lots to relieve traffic jams amid Des Moines road work on University Avenue and through the capital city. A Cedar Rapids City Council candidates class drew strong turnout with guidance for new campaign rules and forms. Tipton’s Hardacre Film Festival reports growing growth as two dozen films screened and a corn maze craze invites visitors to explore multiple eastern Iowa mazes.
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Mystery in Floyd Iowa as Evelyn Miller case lingers unsolved
The Floyd community grapples with a murder case after 5 year old Evelyn Miller was abducted and killed. family remains hopeful a arrest is near, though little concrete progress is reported. A broader issue notes about 150 unsolved murders in Iowa weigh on residents and officials.
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Letters A expresses reliance on God to solve world problems
A July 17 letter argues America should depend on God to fix issues from population growth to war and disease. The writer claims reliance on a biblical deity justifies violence and prejudice and urges humans to take responsibility instead of turning to a mystical, supernatural solution.
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Scott Swenson
Joe Hindley
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Critics overlook ethanol byproducts and future feed options
Donald Dvorsky of Cedar Rapids argues ethanol production yields distiller's grain as a nutritious feed while starch is removed from corn. He claims ethanol offers renewable fuel and cleaner emissions, and urges development of cellulosic feedstocks to boost home jobs and power engines amid rising oil demand.
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China
India
Donald Dvorsky
Cedar Rapids
Energy independence is a myth and international cooperation urged
Don Cell argues that true energy policy must reject isolationist calls for independence. He cites world oil markets, the China factor, and conservation as paths to lower emissions through liquefied natural gas terminals, cap and trade, and international carbon credits, urging open imports and global cooperation.
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Stealth raises debate on war and the technological imperative
The film imagines a near future with a robot brain EDI guiding a stealth jet. Critics split on the movie but it prompts discussion of autonomous weapons, Asimov’s laws, and the threat of robo warfare replacing human decision making. The piece notes iRobot and UAVs as signs that autonomous systems are already here.
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