Peony Garden Owner Seeks Buyer for Lower Grounds
Elvin Mackerman, who grew a garden with about 1 000 varieties of peonies over almost 50 years, hopes to sell the lower three acres or whole garden while staying in his home. His son Dan brokers talks with local groups as interest grows. The operation sells thousands of plants each fall, with values from 25 to 1000 dollars per plant.
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Mackerman
Dan Mackerman
Minneapolis
Elvin Mackerman
Center Point
Barbara Wing
Linn County Extension Office
Cedar Rapids to pursue downtown energy district study
City Hall moves two ways as it funds a $487,113 feasibility study for a new downtown energy system while hiring Transitions Made Better Inc. to administer a $21 million steam claims program. The plan follows flood damage to Allianz Energy's Sixth Street plant and targets renewable or fossil fuel options.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Transitions Made Better Inc. of
Allianz Energy
Sixth Street
Iowa Department of
Transitions Made Better
Transitions
Sebesta Blomberg & Associates Inc
Roseville
Minn
Pat Ball
Franken to headline Harkin steak fry in Iowa
U S Senate hopeful and former SNL comic Al Franken will join Sen Tom Harkin as guest at the 32nd annual Iowa steak fry at the Warren County Fairgrounds on September 13. The event marks Franken's second appearance after a publicized race against Norm Coleman in Minnesota.
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James Q. Lynch
al Franken
U.S. Senate
Tom Harkin
Iowa Democrat
Franken
Senate
Harkin
Warren County Fairgrounds
Minnesota
Norm Coleman
Matt Paul
Paul
Coleman
Minnesota Supreme Court
Crop duster injured in Iowa crash near Ainsworth
John K. Newton 39 of Mount Pleasant was injured when his crop duster crashed in a farm field six miles north of Ainsworth around 12 45 p.m. He was out of the wreckage when responders arrived and was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The plane carried nitrogen for crop dusting and fuel was leaking prompting a hazmat cleanup.
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Gazette
Ainsworth
John K. Newton
Mount Pleasant
Washington County Sheriff's Office
Underwood Avenue
Newton
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Obese Boomers Strain Medicare as They Reach 65
A new report urges a national strategy to combat obesity among aging boomers as Medicare costs rise with the first wave turning 65. Obesity rates climb with age, with Alabama showing 39 percent of oldest boomers obese and Medicare spending $1400 to $6000 higher annually per obese senior. Care will shift from doctors to community level changes.
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James Marks
Robert Wood Johnson
New York
Alabama
Levi
Marriage Licenses Rise and Fall in Linn and Johnson
Linn Recorder Joan McCalmant reports 182 marriage license applications in April, up from 136 in April 2008, and 176 in May, down from 180 in May 2008. Johnson County Recorder Kim Painter notes a surge from 70 to 146 in April year over year, with 159 licenses filed in May 2009 vs 127 in May 2008. The Iowa health department will track same sex and opposite sex marriages amid possible data incompleteness due to new designations.
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Linn
Joan McCalmant
Johnson County
Kim Painter
Iowa Department of Public Health
Be sure to read: Becker shooting case deepens in Iowa
The article centers on the Thomas Becker case in Parkersburg Iowa with Becker facing murder and eluding charges. It names witnesses from Parkersburg Police Chief Chris Luhring to DCI lab specialists and notes the June 24 shooting after a weightlifting session. Witnesses recount Becker in a blue jumpsuit firing at close range and a student, Brandon Simkins, describing the moment. Becket’s arrest occurred minutes later outside his parents home and an arraignment on related charges is planned. The piece also notes a potential investigation into Becker’s release from Covenant Medical Center and state official responses.
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DCI Lab
Janice Stahl
Becker
Thomas
Parkersburg
New Sports Illustrated
Brandon Simkins
Simkins
Lee Jenkins
Pat Grassley
New Hartford
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Johnson
Butler County
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