Prison panel resurrects 38.5 million Newton project
The Iowa Board of Corrections approved a 38.5 million plan to build a 630 bed medium security prison at Newton between 1991 and 1993, adding 1,136 beds to the state totals to ease crowding with a 3,825 inmate population. The board also discussed a Fort Madison federal courtroom and multiple capacity upgrades at Oakdale Anamosa Clarinda Rockwell City Mitchellville prisons.
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County Bureau
Oakdale
Newton
Iowa Board of Corrections
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Iowa
Riverview
Terry Branstad
Paul Grossheim
Iowa Department of Corrections
Grossheim
Corrections Board
Iowa Men’s Penitentiary
Fort Madison
U.S. District Court
Harold Vietor
Davenport
Desines
Anamosa
Clarinda
North Central
Rockwell City
Iowa Correctional Institution For
Mitchellville
Hearing set for suspect in book case
A detention hearing is set in Des Moines federal court for Stephen Blumberg amid charges of pilfering rare books and keeping them in Ottumwa. The case centers on a $5,000+ cross state goods count though the seized collection could be worth as much as $20 million.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
Des Moines
Stephen Blumberg
Ottumwa
Blumberg
Springfield
Knickerson
Center Point stabbing suspect surrenders to sheriff
Troy Henkel, 30, of Center Point, turned himself in after a domestic dispute over money led to a double stabbing at 1114 Summit St. He is charged with willful injury and held on 11500 bond. Victims Larry Jones and Cheryl Cousins were treated. Julie Cousins witnessed the attack.
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Lisa Ann Williamson
Waceue
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Troy Henkel
Summit St
Center Point
Henkel
Larry Jones
Cheryl Cousins
Jones
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s
Ohio governor backs wife after Stonewall dinner remarks
Gov. Richard Celeste defended Dagmar Celeste amid reports she cited lesbian author Andrea Dworkin at a Stonewall Cincinnati dinner on April 28. The Plain Dealer based its story on Gaybeat, noting the audience’s reaction and the quoted explicit lines. Celeste praised his wife and said she stands up for the disadvantaged.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Richard Celeste
The
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dagmar Celeste
Stonewall Cincinnati
Celeste
Gaybeat
Dagmar
Stonewall
Lorain Journal
New York
Andrea Dworkin
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Stir
Eddie
Augsburger
Ems
Iter
Service Optical
Westdale Mall
Lindale Mall
Iowa City
Sycamore Mall
Iowa Public Television
Don Avenson
the Plain Dealer
Columbus
Ohio Science and Technology Commission
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Kenny Rogers
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