Mystery: Treated as murder by investigators in Johnson County
Sandberg, a longtime Iowa City resident and Iowa City VA worker, was found dead in a snowy area near her Showers Addition home. Police say no robbery or assault signs and a small amount of blood present. 35 people have been interviewed as the case remains under investigation with a homicide working assumption.
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Sandberg
Showers Addition
Iowa City Police Department
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
County Medical Examiner’s Office
Johnson County Sheriff's Office
Storm Wasek
Wasek
Sand
White
Waterloo
Iowa City
Veterans Affairs
Iowa City Medical Center
Winkelhake
Iowa Senate OKs environmental use of lottery profits
The bill preserves lottery proceeds for environmental and soil protection projects while funding waste reduction, farmer incentives, and research. Republicans argued the funding source is unstable, while Democrats defend ongoing job creation and growth in environmental enterprises.
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Toric
Senate
Calvin Hultman
R-Red Oak
Leonard Boswell
D-Davis City
Tom Mann
Des Moines
Paul Pate
Marion
C.W
Hutchins
D-Audubon
House
Plea Offered in Iowa Murder Case For Second Degree Conviction
Robinson pleads to second degree murder after discussing options with Anna O Flaherty and Frank Nidey. Vander Sanden explains lack of proof for first degree premeditation, noting second degree carries a long sentence but allows parole. The defense weighs intoxication as a possible factor, limited time offer for the plea. The Paris Hy Vee intoxication case is cited as context for juror attitudes toward drunkenness as a defense.
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Anna O'Flaherty
Frank Nidey
O'Flaherty
Vander Sanden
Iowa
Robinson
Missouri
Raymond Paris
Bing
Cedar Rapids
van der Sanden
Vital Statistics Births and Families Record
Mercy reports a Jan 29 birth for a daughter to Joyce and Charles Dayton of 5759 First Ave SW. St Luke's notes a Jan 28 birth of a son to Ruth and Gary Elderbrook of 1486 Cottonwood Ln NE. Lisa Gutierrez of 1556 Ave NE welcomes a son. Other births include Michelle and Michael Burhite Jr of 1229 20th Ave SW a son, Heather and Jack Coach of 3735 Dennis Dr NW Apt 1 a daughter, Audrey and William Nutting of 1614 Park Towne Ln NE Apt 4 a son, and Ronda and Jon Swails of 1005 30th St NE a daughter.
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ST. Luke’s
Ruth
Gary Elderbrook
Cottonwood Lane
Lisa Gutierrez
Ave
Michelle
Michael Burhite Jr
20Th Ave
Heather
Jack Coach
Dennis Dr
Apt. 1
Audrey
William Nutting
Park Towne Lane
Apt. 4
Ronda
Jon Swails
30Th St
Degree Days Report From Iowa Illinois Gas & Electric
Degree days data show total through January 26 at 3907 compared with 3625 in 1989 and 60 percent of normal. The year’s total normal degree days are 6495, compiled by Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric Co.
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Escsseerceres
Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co
Iowa lawmakers fault budget for defense boost at expense of agriculture
Iowa lawmakers criticize President Bush's 1.23 trillion budget, saying defense spending is too high while farm programs and rural development face cuts. Sen. Tom Harkin and Rep. Dave Nagle urge better balance, with Grassley noting mixed views but opposition to crop insurance termination.
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Dave Nagle
Nagle
Tom Harkin
Harkin
America
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Senate Budget Committee
Capitol Hill
Grassley
Tom Tauke
Agricul
Bush budget pledges no general tax hike amid defense rise
President Bush unveils a 1991 budget totaling 292.1 billion for defense with a 2 percent real cut while expanding aid to Eastern Europe the Philippines and Latin America. It maintains social security tax and calls for 15.6 billion in targeted tax increases and 5.6 billion in user fees. Critics call it low aspirations.
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Bush
Europe
Philippines
Latin America
Congress
James Sasser
Dtenn
Sen
Ernest Holl
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