Chanukah in Postville Celebration Highlights Olive Press
At the Postville Chanukah event Let There Be Light festival, John Dieder and Levi Goldstein from Postville showcased the olive press and discussed fresh olive oil’s role in the lighting ceremony. Arlo Hettle and mother Leslie Cohn practiced Hebrew block writing, recalling Roman era Torah study concealment.
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John Dieder
Brandon
Olive
Postville
Levi Goldstein
Goldstein
Arlo Hettle
Cedar Falls
Hettle
Leslie Cohn
Dubuque casino seeks 400-slot expansion plan
Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino proposes a 15.6 million expansion to 27 000 square feet adding 400 slots for a total of 1 000. The Dubuque Racing Association approved the plan awaiting city council and Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approval. Completion possible by August 2005.
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Dubuque Greyhound Park & Casino
Dubuque Racing Association
Racetrack Casino
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Wentworth
Riverboat Diamond
Riverboat
Lottery results and upcoming jackpots brief
Sunday evening Pick 3 5 9 2 and Pick 4 1 9 6 2 drawn in Iowa Illinois. Powerball 12 20 24 25 48 with 37. jackpot $116.9 million, Power Play 4. no winner. Wednesday jackpot $137 million. Hot Lotto 6 7 10 14 35 with Hot Ball 10.
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Iowa
Illinois
Keokuk to Award Purple Heart to Atterberg for Vietnam War Injury
Jack R. Atterberg of Keokuk will receive the Purple Heart 36 years after an ammunition dump exploded in 1967 during his Vietnam War service with the 606th Ordinance Company. The ceremony occurs Tuesday at the Lee County Courthouse with Sen. Tom Harkin noting veterans should not wait long for recognition. Separately, Scott County agencies received nearly 1 million in HUD homeless grants as part of an $8 million Iowa total, addressing vulnerable homeless populations amid care-service funding concerns.
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Jack R. Atterberg
Atterberg
Lee County
Tom Harkin
Iowa
United States
Harkin
606Th Ordinance Company
U.S. Army
Army
Davenport
Scott County
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kate Ridge
John Lewis Community Services
Quad Cities
Three Iowa Parks Share State Grant Money
Three Eastern Iowa parks receive 289 224 in aid from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources grant program. Creekside Park Johnston gets 49050 for a new public restroom walkways and utilities. Coralville Aquatic Center gets 88512 to develop the center and Black Hawk Creek Campground Grundy County receives 151662 to build a campground and shower restroom facility.
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Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Creekside Park
Johnston
Coralville
Black Hawk Creek
Grundy County
Nurses vote to unionize at Finley Hospital in Dubuque
Nurses at Finley Hospital in Dubuque vote 169 to 115 to join the Service Employees International Union, the second Iowa hospital to organize with SEIU Local 1999 after University Hospitals in Iowa City. Cathy Singer notes the vote aims to give nurses a voice.
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Finley Hospital
Iowa
Service Employees’ International Union
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cathy Singer
SEIU
Four Eastern Iowa counties receive FEMA EFS grants
More than $972 000 in Emergency Food and Shelter funds from FEMA are awarded to Iowa. Black Hawk Clinton Jackson and Scott counties receive local shares of $60 083 $27 552 $13 804 and $67 188 respectively in the EFS program across the region.
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Black Hawk
Clinton
Jackson
Scott
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Black Hawk County
Clinton County
Jackson County
Scott County
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Cedar 4 Rapids
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Klinger
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