Disabled-friendly push to fund accessible polling places in Iowa
Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver announced 250000 in funding to make about 300 polling places accessible for handicapped voters ahead of the November 2006 elections. Each site could receive up to 2500 to meet ADA requirements. Local Boy Scout Zach Hebl helped demonstrate a ramp project at Cedar Township Hall.
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Zack Kucharski
Gazette
Sutliff
Johnson County
Iowa
Chet Culver
Culver
Cedar Township
Zach Hebl
Hebl
Solon
Boy Scout Troop 120
Iowa City
Secretary of State
Vuane Crock
the Gazette
Zach Heb
Gambling opponents question Catfish Bend project plans
Washington County residents debated 600 proposed jobs traffic and addiction risks at Riverside based casino hearings. Kehl Management aims an $80 million riverboat facility with a 200 room hotel and man made lake while supporters cite job creation and county benefits. Nine meetings run Aug 31 referendum drive with opposition stressing environmental and social concerns.
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Mary Zielinski
Wellman
Washington County
Catfish Bend
Riverside
Washington County Riverboat Commission Inc
Kehl Management
Catfish Bend Casinos
Dan Kehl
Citizens For Good Jobs
American Legion Hall
Crawfordsville
Kalona
Heritage
West Chester School
West Chester
Ainsworth Opera House
Railroad St
Ainsworth
Shirley Butcher
Ken Bonnet
Clinton
Bonnet
Jesse Bromsen
Oope Massa
Catfst Bend
Burlington
Commission
Patricia Koller
Ted Drain
Koller
Sue Westermark
Washington
Brad Franzwa
Father seeks transfer for murder-accused son from Iowa prison
Surinder Sem of Landisville Pennsylvania asks Iowa officials to move his son Shuvender Sem 24 from the Iowa Medical and Classification Center to a closer Pennsylvania facility. Sem is charged with first degree murder in the March stabbing death of Levi Butler 19 at Maharishi University. Sems case was suspended indefinitely July 7 with a trial unlikely soon. The family visits him weekly and cites his schizophrenia and denial of treatment as reasons for relocation.
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Fairfield
Maharishi University of Management
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Pennsylvan
Shuvender Sem
Levi Buter
Levi Butler
Norristown
Landisville
Keokuk Offers Cut-Rate Rides for Disabled Residents
Keokuk officials announce cut-rate cab rides for the disabled after Lee County suspends funded bus service. County supervisors had agreed to transport disabled and ill residents to state workshops and medical appointments, ending on-demand transit in Keokuk and Fort Madison. Vouchers will be distributed for $1 one-way rides within city limits to residents who request them.
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Keokuk
Lee County
Ottumwa
Fort Madison
Cause of newborn’s death under investigation
A newborn baby brought to Delhi Medical Center by a 16 year old girl Monday died shortly after birth in a Dubuque residence. Autopsy by Dr. Dennis Kline, assistant state medical examiner, found the cause and manner will be determined after further tests. The case remains unresolved pending lab results.
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Dubuque
Dennis Kline
Kline
Delhi
Man arrested in connection with fatal Davenport shooting
Pachino Hill 25 of Davenport arrested after police say Bryan Mitchell 24 chased and shot Grayling L. Churn 20 during an argument over toughness and money. Mitchell faces first degree murder warrant. Hill charged as accessory after the fact for aiding escape and concealing the weapon.
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Davenport
Pachino Hill
Grayling L. Churn
Bryan L. Mitchell
Churn
Mitchell
Hill
Warrant issued for man in Davenport homicide case
A warrant was issued for Jonathan David Brown 26 of Rock Island Illinois on murder willful injury with serious injury and felon in possession of a firearm. Police say Brown killed Johnny Ray Watkins 38 found dead inside a pickup truck that crashed into a tree. A handgun was recovered about a block from the crash.
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Davenport
Jonathan David Brown
Rock Island
Ill
Brown
Johnny Ray Watkins
Plans for $21 million Spaulding Center for Transportation
Grinnell based project aims to build a $21 million museum to celebrate and preserve Iowa's transportation heritage. A nonprofit coalition of transportation professionals and enthusiasts has spent five years developing the Spaulding Center for Trans-
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Grinnell
Iowa
Spaulding
Lotteries Friday draws show large jackpots and daily games
The Aug 12 lottery results list Cash Game numbers 9 19 20 25 33 and (ILL) winnings. Pick 3 Midday 5 1 1 and Evening 2 7 6. Pick 4 Midday 0 1 2 3 and Evening 4 8 9 5. Little Lotto numbers 10 27 33 35 37 with 6 1 48 and a $10.5 million jackpot.
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Iowa
Illinois
Twin brothers collide as trailer rear ends in Highway 30 crash
Chris Girsch 26 of Tama injured when his semi rear ended a vehicle driven by twin Kyle Girsch on Highway 30 near 73rd Street Benton County. Robin Ramirez Calloway 35 of Cedar Rapids passed unsafely. she was charged. Second case: Chris Meyers 44 of Garrison arrested for theft and meth precursor offenses at New Century Farm Services plant.
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Blairstown
Chris Girsch
Tama
Highway 30
Mercy Medical Center
Kyle Girsch
73Rd Street
Benton County
Robin Ramirez-Calloway
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Patrol
Garrison
Chris Meyers
New Century Farm Services
Meyers
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