Tipton Honors Soldier Killed in Iraq
Tipton held a half mast tribute for Spc. Aaron J. Sissel, 22, killed Saturday near Haditha when his convoy came under fire. Col. Robert King of the Iowa National Guard called it a big loss while Spe. Sissel’s mother Jo Sissel spoke of his service and sacrifice.
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Buzz Orr
the Gazette Family Foods
Donna Unruh
Iowa National
Gazette
IPTON
Tipton
Spe
Aaron J. Sissel
Iraq
Robert King
Iowa National Guard
Sissel
Hadithah
Baghdad
Spc
Aaron Sissel
Gottschalk
Germany
Jo Sissel
Guardsman Award Highlight in Cedar Rapids Scene
Inside Cedar Rapids Guardsman receives award as family recounts Chinook attack. A mother recalls her son died doing what he loved and felt he had a job to do, last speaking with him on Thanksgiving Day while flags were lowered nationwide.
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Cedar Rapids Guardsman
Lowan
the Gazette
RiverRun Revamp Nears Vision Iowa Grant Review
Cedar Rapids mayor Paul Pate unveiled changes to the RiverRun redevelopment plan a week before a Vision Iowa board vote. He seeks to preserve the project’s $10.5 million grant, with a Dec 10 board meeting in Des Moines to finalize conditions.
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The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Paul Pate
Vision Iowa
Des Moines
Destination SouthSide plan details riverfront renewal aims
The plan rebrands RiverRun as Destination SouthSide and outlines Cedar Bend a clear-water area in a former quarry a $13.5 million Family Community Center new trails on a closed landfill and a riverfront amphitheater Public cost ranges from 4 million to 12 million plus a 10.5 million Vision Iown grant with no sales tax The proposal is presented for the Southside area.
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South Side
Cedar Bend
Vision Iown
District court upholds Vilsack veto on budget bill
Polk County District Judge Don C. Nickerson ruled House File 692 qualifies as an appropriation measure and falls under line item veto authority. The ruling supports Gov. Tom Vilsack’s action to strike GOP tax cuts and regulatory provisions from the bill. Republicans vow to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Tom Vilsack
Don C. Nickerson
Polk County
House
Supreme Court
Nickerson
Vilsack
Supreme Court to rule on pensions for early retirees
The high court will decide whether employers may reduce or block pension benefits for workers who retire early and then take another job. Illinois cases involve Heinz and Schmitt who retired in 1996 at 39 and were told they could draw benefits if not in the same industry, later barred from drawing while working as construction supervisors.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Illinois
Thomas Heinz
Richard Schmitt Jr
Heinz
Schmitt
Public health study to track Lyme disease in Iowa deer hunts
Public health researchers plan blood draws from nearly 500 deer across six state parks and two county parks this month. Hunters will collect samples and park carcasses will be inspected for ticks to assess Iowa’s Lyme disease prevalence and compare with Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Coralville
Iowa
University of Iowa
Mary Gilchrist
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Backbone State Park
Delaware County
Kent Park
Johnson County
United States
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