Quad Cities rail funding hope rides on federal boost
Rail supporters in Davenport and Moline welcome Obama's six year plan to expand high speed and intercity rail projects with 53 billion in new funding. They see potential to offset state subsidy gaps for the Quad Cities Amtrak link while political hurdles in Iowa and Illinois challenge timelines.
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Quad-City Times
Davenport
Obama
Quad Cities
Amtrak
Joe Biden
Philadelphia
U.S
Chicago
White House
Paul Rumler
Quad Cities Passenger Rail Coalition
Branstad
Rumler
Tammy Nicholson
Iowa
State Transportation Department
Congress
House of Representatives
John Mica
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois Department of Transportation
Pat Quinn
Landlord slaying trial moved to September in Iowa City
The trial of Charles W C Thompson charged with first degree murder in the October 2009 shooting of John Versypt at the Broadway Condominiums in Iowa City has been pushed to September. A pretrial conference is set for September 1 with the trial scheduled for September 12 in Johnson County District Court.
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Iowa City
John Versypt
Versypt
Cordova
Ill
Broadway
Broadway St
Charles W.C. Thompson
Denise Brotherton
Thompson
Versyot
Johnson County District Court
New trial set in Iowa murder case on appeal denial
The Iowa Supreme Court refused further review of Jaco van Bush's 2008 first degree murder conviction. A new trial is scheduled for March 28 in Linn County District Court for the Fairfax resident who killed Thomas Horvath during a 2008 apartment parking lot fight. The case centered on admissibility of witness statements and a seven hour police interview video.
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Ie Gazelic
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
Jaco van Bush
Linn County
Bush
Fairfax
Thomas Horvath
Raintree
District Court
van der Sanden
Iowa Attorney General
Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court declines review in Creston sex assault case
The Iowa Supreme Court will not hear appeals from former Creston police Chief James Christensen and assistant chief John Sickels. They are serving 25 years for second degree sexual abuse of a country club bartender after Sexual assault alleged in April 2008. Prosecutors argued evidence supported convictions while defense claimed errors and mistrial. The Creston case shocked a city of about 8,000 and raised past harassment accusations against Sickels.
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Grant Schulte
Ves Moines Register
DES Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Creston
James Christensen
John Sickels
Iowa Court of Appeals
Sickels
Crestmoor Country Club
Christensen
Iowa
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