Iowa Heat Wave Eases Slightly Amid Showers and Deaths
A brief Iowa rainfall offered relief as temperatures stayed in the 90s and heat lingered across the state. Five deaths linked to the 14 day heat wave were reported, with two elderly Iowa City women found dead from heart failure.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City-Coralville
Paul Waite
Dakotas
Waite
Warren County
Iowa City
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Mildred Shimon
Brown St
T.T. Bozek
Johnson County
Shimon
Swain
St. Luke’s Hospital
Gary Johnson
Ossian
Iowa delegates praise GOP convention in Detroit
Iowa delegates recount the Republican National Convention in Detroit as educational and inspiring. Rolf Craft of Decorah, a state senator, describes days of routine speeches, midweek drama over Reagan Bush, and final night satisfaction as delegates feel ready to support all GOP candidates. Cedar Rapids’ Horace Webb reflects on grassroots involvement and the democratic process that brought them to Detroit.
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Lamont
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Herbert Roth
Roth
Brenner
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Rolf Craft
Decorah
Craft
Iowa Senate
GOP Assembly
Joe Louis Arena
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Towa
Horace Webb
Webb
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Bush
United States
Panel upholds firing of prison pharmacist
The Iowa Merit Employment Commission sustained the dismissal of Ruth Ann Calloway, a 40 year prison pharmacist, for refusing to attend strip search training. The panel called it direct disobedience but urged better management to avoid confrontation.
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Calloway
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David Scurr
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Welder
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Iowa adopts new 55 mph speed enforcement plan
Iowa State Patrol launches a special enforcement program to boost 55 mph compliance. On its first day 50 troopers issued 426 tickets and 136 warnings across primary and Interstate highways, with repeat coverage planned statewide.
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Iowa State Patrol
Ed Dickinson
Dickinson
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Two-year-old Die in Muscatine Hit and Run
A two year old girl, Nancy Garcia, was killed after reportedly running into a car on a city street in Muscatine at 9 30 p m She died on arrival at a local hospital marking the second pedestrian fatality in Muscatine this year.
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