Drownings Have Refugee Families in Marshalltown Struggling to Communicate
In Marshalltown two Myanmar Karenni families mourn the drownings of 9-year-old Lee Meh and 7-year-old Se Reh, with relatives recounting grief amid language barriers. A third child, 7-year-old Thay Mo, initially appeared alive and the family avoided traditional prayers. Police caution the Iowa River is dangerous, with depths up to 14 feet and dangerous undercurrents. The children, cousins, were born in refugee camps near the Myanmar border where families fled dictatorship, and both parents are illiterate, complicating bereavement and formal notices.
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Iowa River
Myanmar
Lee Meh
Se Reh
Tay Mo
Khay da
Thay Mo
United States
Andres Favela
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Iowa physician disciplined for excessive alcohol use
Polk County District Court judge affirmed the Iowa Board of Medicine's discipline of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics neuroradiologist Dr. Wendy R. Smoker. The board found excessive alcohol use that could affect practice. Smoker received a $5,000 fine and five years probation with monitoring and counseling. She sought reversal and retraction of notices, arguing no evidence of excess or impact on patient safety.
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Des Moines
Polk County
Iowa Board of Medicine
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Davenport diocese panel backs coach on abuser list
Davenport Diocese Review Board urged Bishop Amos to add Walter Phipps, a Bettendorf coach from 1973 to 1975, to the online abuse list after deeming a report credible. Phipps, later arrested in 1987 for sexual abuse, served 10 years and died in 2010. The panel called for further investigation into a second non clergy allegation before a credibility ruling.
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Infamous Iowa swindler Gary Lewellyn dies at 63
Des Moines report recalls Gary Lewellyn, the Iowa financier behind a 1980s embezzlement totaling 17.7 million dollars from two banks including First National Bank of Humboldt. Convicted in 1982, he served nearly five years, later aided FBI cases, and died at 63 in Oklahoma City, with his obituary noting a life of reinvention.
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Iowa
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Iowa Won't Aid Federal Death Penalty Case
Iowa Attorney General’s Office will not assist federal prosecutors in a second bid to seek the death penalty against Angela Johnson, convict in Northern Iowa 1993 slayings and 2005 death sentence. Miller, who helped earlier case, withdraws from the matter. Prosecution notes Iowa officials unnamed reasons for departure.
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