Grounded pilot charged with altering records
James Edmiston 39 faces decades in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying bank and medical records to regain flying privileges following a 1993 pipe bomb attack on C and C Cycle shop. He admitted lying about his profession and income and altering a medical certificate, with sentencing set for August 19.
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DES Moines
James Edmiston
C&c
Russell
Edmiston
Gregory Morse
FBI
Iowa
Ames
Los Angeles
Vietnam
Timothy Ross-Boon
U.S
Matthew Whitaker
Whitaker
Iowa Baptist missionary shot in Brazil
John Leonard a 45 year old Cres ton Iowa Baptist missionary. He was shot outside a church he founded in Alagoas Brazil on July 3. Leonard is in critical condition at Iowa Methodist Medical Center after a Brazilian hospital stay and a long flight home. The attack appears targeted. investigators consider possible drug gang involvement. Leonard has led missions for two decades and started several churches in Brazil.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Brazil
John Leonard
Creston
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Leonard
Pat Nemmers
Saylorville Baptist Church
Alagoas
Nemmers
William Smallman
Baptist Mid-Missions
Smallman
John
Chuck Grassley
Iowa Methodist
Drowning death of Wendy Ewell linked to vacation in Mexico
Wendy Ewell 30 of Des Moines was found dead by drowning off the Baja California peninsula in Mexico while on vacation with husband Lars Ewell for their sixth anniversary. The body showed no violence and an autopsy confirmed drowning. Ewell was born in Des Moines in 1974.
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Des Moines
Wendy Ewell
Tucson
Ariz
Mexico
Baja California Peninsula
Ewell
Bahia de Paz
Mexico City
Manuel Banuelos
Baja California Sur
Banuelos
Lars Ewell
Wendyewell
Wild West Weekend at Ushers Ferry brings reenactments
Five year old Chris Karamitros of Cedar Rapids tries to free his father Mike from jail as Dave Yanecek of Fairfax watches during Wild West Weekend at Ushers Ferry Historical Village. Re enactors recreate famous Old West gunfights along with games music and educational talks for kids.
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Chris Karamitros
Cedar Rapids
Mike
Dave Yanecek
Fairfax
Ushers Ferry
Old West
Dan Homan elected president of AFSCME Iowa Council 61
Dan Homan of Sioux City was chosen by delegates at the AFSCME Iowa Council 61 biannual convention to lead the 35 000 member union. He succeeds Jan Corderman who led the council for 10 years and will start duties immediately. Also elected were Chris Tripp as executive vice president and Mark Condon as secretary treasurer.
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DES Moines
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees Council
Dan Homan
Sioux City
Jan Corderman
Afscme
Iowa Council
Homan
Corderman
U.S. Army
Chris Tripp
Mark Condon
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Springfield
Ill
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Kan
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ISA
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Tabbara
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1St Ave. S.K
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Prairieburg
Linn County
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Jonathan D. Woods
the Gazette
Jette
Afsgme Union
Justice For All
Consumer Advocate
Iowa Attorney General’s Office
Iowa Council 61
Cedar Memorial
Cedarmemorial.com
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Daniel Hansen
Aus
St. Luke's Audiology Department
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