Arrest Made in G R Beating Death in Cedar Rapids
Police arrest Christopher Schmidt, 25, of 1526 12th Ave SE Cedar Rapids for the first degree murder of 24 year old Robert Nelson whose body was found in his eighth floor Roosevelt apartment on Sunday. Nelson had a skull fracture from blunt force trauma.
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Cedar Rapids
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12Th Ave. SE
Robert Nelson
Roosevelt
First Ave
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Health focal points Mumps and E coli in 2006 spotlight
Iowa epidemiologist Patricia Quinlisk recalls initial doubts about a career in infectious disease but notes the field remains essential as Iowa faced a 2006 mumps outbreak with 1,963 cases by year end. She describes ongoing monthly cases and state as a center for interstate outbreak response.
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Gindy Hadish
Patricia Quinlisk
Johns Hopkins University
Quinlisk
Iowa
Illness spikes and declines tracked in 2006 health report
The report shows mumps rising to 1,963 cases in 2006 from a few in earlier years and E coli at 39 official Black Hawk County cases. Norovirus affected about 1,000 in fall, while whooping cough fell to 256 cases from 1,100 in 2005. West Nile had no deaths.
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Brian Ray
the Gazette
Alison Houston
University Hygienic Laboratory
Coralville
Black Hawk County
Funding catch up sought for state universities 2007
The Iowa Legislature considers restoring funding to the state universities to reduce tuition reliance. Regents seek nearly 73 million in new money for inflation costs UI and ISU salaries UNI positions and to fund Iowa Public Radio endowment while replacing one time energy surcharges. The 2007-08 request totals about 718 million.
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UNI
Iowa Public Radio
Regents request $73 million in new state money for three universities
The University of Iowa Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa seek nearly 73 million in new state funding for 2007-08, up from 40 million last session. Proponents cite salary boosts and tuition control while lawmakers warn the sum may be hard to secure though education remains a priority.
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Diane Heldt
Gazette
Towa
Bob Dvorsky
D-Coralville
Appropriations Committee
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
State Board of Regents
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UNI
Regents
Ottumwa Soldier Killed in Iraq Bomb Blast
Cpl. Jonathan Schiller, 20, of Ottumwa Iowa died when a bomb detonated near his armored Humvee during a combat patrol in Baqubah He was a 2004 Ottumwa High School graduate assigned to the 215th Brigade Support Battalion 3rd HBCT 1st Cavalry Fort Hood Texas Schiller was the 47th Iowa casualty in Iraq since March 2003 The family thanked friends soldiers and the community and said he died doing what he loved
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Iowa
Iraq
Jonathan Schiller
Ottumwa
Baqubah
Department of Defense
Schiller
Ottumwa High School
1St Cavalry Division
Fort Mood
Texas
Towa
United State
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