Feeding the World tops Iowa commemorative quarter poll
The Gazette Online poll on Iowa’s five proposed commemorative quarter designs shows Feeding the World leading with 532 votes out of 1,347 cast by Friday afternoon. Young Corn is second with 390 votes, followed by Wood’s American Gothic, the Sullivan Brothers, and Arbor Day schoolhouse. Last day to vote at GazetteOnline.com.
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University of Northern Iowa professor dies on campus
Surendar Singh Yadava 50 an associate professor of sociology died Friday morning outside a UNI campus building after distress noted by a passer by CPR administered by the public safety and paramedics he was taken to Sartori Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause remains undetermined. Separately a Lincoln Elementary student found with a deactivated grenade pocketed did not threaten anyone and no charges will be filed.
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University of Northern Iowa
Yadava
UNI Public Safety
Cedar Falls
Sartori Memorial Hospital
UNI
Mink release investigation under way in Bremer County
Bremer County Sheriff's Department and FBI probe an Aug 18 incident in which about 1200 mink were released from a Waverly area farm owned by Nick and Becky Demuth. The sheriff says many mink are unaccounted for and some have died up to 10 miles away. tips are being investigated.
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Bremer County
Sheriff's Department
Cedar Rapids Students Lead In ACT Scores For 2002
Cedar Rapids area high school seniors posted above average ACT composites in 2002 with the district averaging 23.5, higher than the national mean of 20.8 and near the top of the metro area. Marion fell below the state average of 22, and participation was lowest in Cedar Rapids at 47 percent.
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College Community
Linn-Mar
Marion
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Linn- Mar
Aes
ACT Inc
Floods Struck Iowa City Area Flooding Reaches Mobile Home Courts
Chris Songer and fiancee Tristan Stanfield with their baby Landon faced flooding at Regency Mobile Home Court south of Iowa City as 3.87 inches of rain drenched the area. Residents rescued belongings, crews added rock and debris cleanup followed as floodwaters receded.
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Iowa City
Chris Sanger
Flood Central
Tristan Stanfield
Landon
Regency Mobile Home Court
Songer
Kevin Hackathorn
Johnson County Secondary Roads Department
Stockman
Riverside Drive
Newton Road
Dubuque
Benton
Candace Benson
Benson
Lawsuit challenges local option tax as unequal funding
The state seeks dismissal of a Warren County suit by about 160 rural districts alleging the local option sales tax creates inequity in school funding and violates equal rights to education. Districts argue tax discrimination persists across similar circumstances, while officials note past efforts for statewide funding equity.
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Des Moines
Warren County
Indianola
Steve Wandro
Cedar Rapids
Lew Finch
Finch
Three International Chaplains Graduate at UI Hospital
Willy Mafata from Congo Sungjoon Park from Korea and Elisa Stokka from Norway graduate UI Hospital Clinical Pastoral Education. They become certified chaplains to care for patients and families Stokka returns to Norway Park remains in Riverside Iowa City Mafata pursues theology master’s degree in Iowa. University Hospitals interim director Anne Madden Rice praises the trio at the John Colloton Pavilion graduation.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Willy Mafata
Kinshasa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Sungjoon Park
South Korea
Elisa Stokka
Norway
Stokka
Iowa
Mafata
Park
United Methodist Church
Riverside
Anne Madden Rice
John Colloton Pavilion
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