West Branch rededicates Hoover Highway name
Gov. Terry Branstad and Rep. Tom Tauke joined about 130 people in West Branch to rededicate the 42 mile Herbert Hoover Highway from Iowa City to London. The event acknowledged Hoover’s WWI famine relief work and his Iowa birth, with signs and markers funded by the Hoover Library Association.
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Lyle Mulle
Johnson County
West Branch
Terry Branstad
U.S
Tom Tauke
Iowa
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Branstad
Iowa City
London
Commerce
Hoover Library
Europe
Soviet Union
Tom Walsh
Hoover Presidential Library Association
Walsh
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
John Fawcett
Library Association
Lyle Zimmermann
Woman gets 10 years for death of newborn in dorm toilet
Dena Games, a 19 year old former Graceland College student from Lewisburg Ohio, was sentenced to 10 years after pleading guilty to child endangerment the reduced charge in a case where she allegedly gave birth in a dorm restroom and drowned the baby in a toilet. The baby’s body was found in a dumpster hours later.
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Leon
Dena Games
Graceland College
Lamoni
Decatur County Attorney’s Office
Games
Thomas Bown
Decatur
Robert Fulton
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Iowa Correctional Institution For Women
Mitchellville
Lewisburg
Ohio
Graceland
Fulton
Cedar Rapids Gazette publication and pricing note
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday from 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. Subscriptions by carrier 2.60 weekly by mail Morning Editions and Sunday 7 issues 11.80 for 4 weeks 128.20 for 52 weeks 161.00 for 52 weeks to other states. No mail subscriptions in areas with Gazette carrier service. The Associated Press retains exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches. Postmaster address changes to Cedar Rapids Gazette P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids IA 52406.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar, Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Freedman urges graduates to apply Iowa lessons at Dartmouth
University of Iowa President James O Freedman told 2,950 graduates at spring commencement that broadening college access strengthens democracy. In his final speech before leaving for Dartmouth, he praised the state’s heart and soul in shaping a rigorous education and urged peers to use their Iowa education to the fullest.
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Freedman
U of
Lyle Muller Gazen
Ion County
Iowa City
James O. Freedman
University of Iowa
U of I
Dartmouth College
Hanover
N.H
Iowa
State
Soth warns ISU grads on special interests in development
Pulitzer winner Lauren Soth told Iowa State University graduates at Hilton Coliseum that universities risk becoming vehicles for economic development driven by special interests rather than serving the public. He urged balancing growth with teaching and societal needs, citing agricultural history and resource allocation. He also notes Norway's 1814 constitution establishing a limited monarchy.
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AMES
Lauren Soth
Iowa State University
James H. Hilton
Des Moines Register Syndicate
Soth
United States
Parole site for mutilation rapist still in question
A paroled molester known as Lawrence Singleton remains the subject of shifting parole plans as California officials struggle to place him. Local cities refuse shelter, state courts deny blockades, and a temporary site was briefly considered before leaks forced a change. Singleton, 59, was convicted in 1978 for raping a 15 year old girl, mutilating her arms, and leaving her to die. He has 49 weeks left on parole.
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EL Cerrito
Calif
Lawrence Singleton
San Luis Obispo
California
State Supreme Court
Singleton
San Francisco
Department of Corrections
San Francisco Bay
William Edmunds
Corrections Department
Bob Gore
Drowning Victim's Body Found Near Guttenberg
Mose Greer of Waterloo is believed in his 30s. He and cousin Jimmy Denton, 25, were thrown from a boat into the Mississippi River near Guttenberg around 11 a.m. Friday. Denton swam to safety and did not see Greer again. Greer's body was recovered Saturday about a quarter mile below Lock and Dam 10 at 12:30 p.m.
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Guttenberg (Ap
Waterloo
Mose Greer
Jimmy Denton
Mississippi River
Denton
Greer
Lock and Dam
Iowa bill to aid farmers’ transition to new jobs
The U S Senate committee approved a bill sponsored by Iowa leaders to fund training and placement for unemployed farmers, earmarking nearly 2 million dollars for Iowa and totaling 20 million for 20 crisis-hit states. The measure, co sponsored by Sens Harkin Grassley and Rep Tauke, would cover training and support services.
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Panel OK
Iowa
Tom Tauke
Riowa
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Masonville
Dan Manderscheid
Zwingle
Carver- Hawkeye Arena
ISU Grads
Norway
3Rd Ave
Ceder Rapids
Low
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Little Underground Investi
Peppertree Studios
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