Online service offers Iowa personalized license plates
Iowa motorists can apply for personalized and specialty plates online, reducing processing time and postage. DOT Director Paul Trombino notes faster approvals, with typical processing around one day and 21 days for plate production, while older mail orders remain for certain qualified plates.
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Robin Williams Ad Libbed Star Power Despite Personal Struggles
Robin Williams rose from Mork to fame in Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society with bold ad libbing. He battled cocaine and alcohol, sought rehab in 2006 and again later, and spoke candidly about sobriety and temptation while remaining a beloved, complex figure.
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Dear Abby: older single woman faces younger attention
A reader in her late 30s laments being hit on by younger men and feeling unattractive to mature suitors. Abby suggests rethinking presentation and honesty about age, advising updates to makeup, hairstyle, and attire and proposing feedback from friends.
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Iowa Lottery Drawings for Monday August 11
The Monday results list Pick 3 Midday 6 5 8 Pick 3 Evening 7 1 6 Pick 4 Midday 8 9 6 1 Pick 4 Evening 1 9 8 9 All or Nothing Midday 2 3 8 9 11 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 All or Nothing Evening 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 17 18 20 21 22
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Eastern Iowa River Levels Report Active Changes
River gauges across eastern Iowa show multiple readings with rising and falling levels. Key sites include Cedar Rapids steady at 4.05, Independence rising to 4.73, and Dubuque at 7.82 falling with varied values along the Cedar and Wapsipinicon basins. Mississippi targets show La Crosse rising, Quad Cities near 5.46, Muscatine at 6.74, and Guttenberg drifting lower.
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Man charged with arson in Solon area abandoned home blaze
A 23 year old Shueyville man Ryan J Jansa faces second degree arson and related charges after an abandoned Solon home fire. Witnesses saw him flee as smoke rose. investigators say he allegedly gave his lighter to another person. He was also charged with public intoxication trespass and damaging property. A preliminary breath test showed a blood alcohol content of 21 percent. In Cedar Rapids a 71 year old man John Coverdale was cited for one way violation after driving wrong way on I 380 causing a seven vehicle crash and closing the road for about an hour.
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Solon
Johnson County
Ryan J. Jansa
Fisher Pond Rd
Jansa
Swisher
Cedar Rapids
John Coverdale
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Kirkwood Boulevard
Ferguson shooting raises call for justice and protests
A shooting involving an unidentified Ferguson officer on administrative leave sparked violent demonstrations and arrests. Witnesses described a confrontation as hundreds gathered at the police station demanding murder charges while officials note evidence and multiple injuries. Brown’s family and local residents urged accountability amid a racially mixed community of about 21,000 with a history of demographic change.
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