Gross: Iowa needs growth says Republican candidate
Doug Gross urged a clear eyed plan to boost Iowa growth and incomes during a Cedar Rapids round table. He criticized low wages, proposed a lieutenant governor led Department of Economic Development, public private biotech investment, and tax and regulatory reforms to concentrate efforts on growth.
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Code talker to receive WWII medals at Meskwaki powwow
Meskwaki Tribe member Tama Sanache 84 will be awarded medals for World War II service. U.S. Senator Tom Harkin will present at 7 p.m. at the Meskwaki annual powwow five miles west of Tama on County Road E-49. Sanache trained as a code talker, served as a rifleman, was captured after five months of combat, and spent 28 months in a German POW camp before liberation. He joined the Iowa National Guard in 1941 with the Meskwaki and served in the Army's 34th Division, discharged in 1945.
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Braille School Marks 150 Years Of Service In Iowa
The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton celebrates 150 years since 1852 founding in Keokuk with 300 alumni and former staff attending a weekend reunion. Events include oral histories, campus tours, lawn party, talent show, banquet with Greg Nichols as keynote, and a Sunday non-denominational church service on campus.
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