Iowa urged to market itself as quality state
A Des Moines lawyer urges Iowa to shed its pork state image and promote itself as the quality state to attract business and residents. Branstad backs a proposed Des Moines world trade center, saying government help may be needed for a large project. In Cedar Rapids, rental inspections may expand from single-issue checks to full property inspections starting January.
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Des Moines
World Trade Center
John Ryan
Iown
Terry Branstad
Metro-Iown
Cedar Rapids
Full housing checks and unpaid time claim questioned
A resignation letter from a Johnson County secretary handling 6th Judicial District juvenile probation paperwork says she has worked on Iowa County cases since 1981. The Johnson County Board of Supervisors asks if this is true and why Iowa County hasn’t reimbursed her for the time.
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6Th Judicial District
Iowa County
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Grateful doll birth certificates drawn from St Luke’s offer
St Luke’s Hospital opened 140 BirthCare certificate requests for Cabbage Patch dolls and will issue authentic birth certificates for dolls. The project drew national interest with media calls and donations while officials stressed safeguarding against fraud and set a Dec 15 deadline for requests.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Iowa
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Chris Branstad
Terry Branstad
St. Luke's
State Attorney General’s Office
Attorney General’s
Nancy Schrim
Ave
Cedar Rapids
16 million year old bones may be ancestor of humans
Remains of an apelike creature 16 to 18 million years old were found in northern Kenya. If real, the fossil could be the common ancestor of humans and great apes or an orangutan line, with bones suggesting a chimpanzee to orangutan size. Researchers led by Alan Walker and Richard Leakey funded by the National Geographic Society call for further specimens.
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Washington
Kenya
Alan Walker
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
Walker
Richard Leakey
National Museums of Kenya
Buluk
National Geographic Society
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