Cedar Rapids blast left Ruth Moss an orphan at five
Denise Marti Wyat t and Lisa Marti recall their grandmother Ruth Moss who lost her father Mike Schultz in the May 22 1919 Douglas Starch Works explosion. Ruth and siblings were separated as orphans and raised by two families, a memory she rarely shared.
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Douglas Starch
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Martinek
Czech Republic
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Moss
Mike Schultz
Ruth
Marti
Reynolds lays out rural upgrades via Empower Rural Iowa
Gov Kim Reynolds plans to cite concrete gains from the Empower Rural Iowa Initiative in her Condition of the State address. She aims to showcase $5 million for broadband and $25 million for workforce housing tax credits as examples of how communities use the program, following House File 772 signing in Wilton.
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Wilton
Iowa
Kim Reynolds
Reynolds
Iowa House
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Reynolds signs broadband bill in Wilton backdrop
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announces $5 million in broadband grants to fund projects using partnerships among local state and federal governments and private entities. She aims to present a wait list of companies for future funding as she signs the bill in Wilton, near Muscatine, with Wilton Candy Kitchen as the backdrop.
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Reynolds
Wilton
Muscatine
Wilton Candy Kitchen
Students Demand Action After Cedar Rapids Shootings
Cedar Rapids students at Washington High School walked out to protest gun violence after two former classmates Mattell Johnson and Royal Abram, both 18, were killed while seated in a vehicle at Iowa Smoke Shop. A man and a woman age 19 suffered life threatening wounds. police have not yet arrested anyone. Police Chief Wayne Jerman expressed confidence the case will be solved and pledged extra officers to the investigation.
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Royal Abram
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