Dems re elect Iowa Senate leadership in win for party
Senate Democrats in Iowa extend terms for Mike Gronstal and Jack Kibbie as they hold a 32-18 majority. The party signals strength amid projected budget gaps while touting fiscal restraint and progress on jobs, education, and health care.
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Des Moines
Senate Democrats
Senate
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Jack Kibbie
Emmetsburg
Gronstal
Iowa
Jeff Danielson
Waterloo
Stacy Appel
Ackworth
Joe Bolkcom
Iowa City
Jack Hatch
Bill Heckroth
Waverly
Amanda Ragan
Mason City
Tom Courtney
Burlington
Kibbie
House
Pat Murphy
Dubuque
Kevin McCarthy
Ron Wieck
Sioux City
Rep
Kraig Paulsen
Hiawatha
Story
Gazette Log: Public Safety Accusations In Eastern Iowa
The Gazette presents crime reports from public safety agencies and county attorneys in Eastern Iowa. Entries list accusations that require court proof and direct readers to the Data Central page for mapped Corridor neighborhood data.
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The
Gazette
Iowa
GazetteOnline
Multiple IID arrests for operating while intoxicated and drug possession
A list of individuals charged with operating while intoxicated across Cedar Rapids Coralville Iowa City and Johnson County with additional marijuana possession counts. Also noted are a residence burglary theft of electronics and a child endangerment allegation in Coralville.
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Sheleigh R. Hull
Dubuque St
Iowa City
Joseph Kobel
N. Dodge St
Governor and Market Streets
Laura A. Snow
Second St
Coralville
Des Moines man charged after machete chase in apartment
Raymond Ramirez, 45, was arrested in Des Moines on an assault with a deadly weapon charge after chasing Tami Andrews with a machete from a convenience store to her boyfriend’s apartment. She declined his invitation to his room and escaped up to the third floor.
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Des Moines
Raymond Ramirez
Tami Andrews
Ramirez
Andrews
Smitty’s Shoework in Tipton Still Steps Up at 70
Foens bought Smitty’s from Ken Smith in 1983 and continues as a shoe repairman in Tipton. He glues heels and soles with glue and nail, polishes, sews, and dries parts in shoe-shaped vices. He recalls his father’s craft and notes few others still use his liquid cellophane.
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Foens
Davenport
Tipton
National Guard
Smitty’s
Ken Smith
Amanda LaRae Larkin
the Gazette
Richard “Rich” Foens
10Th St
Marion
Iowa regulators study potential expansion of gambling industry
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved two studies to assess if Iowa can add casinos, with Innovation Group paid 106 500 and GVA Marquette Advisors 75 000. If findings support expansion, new licenses could come by late 2009 or 2010, despite economic doubts from critics.
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Iowa
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Innovation Group
Littleton
Colo
GVA Marquette Advisors
Minneapolis
Ottumwa
Fort Dodge
Tama
Franklin
Lyon
Commission
Greg Seyfer
Cedar Rapids
Seyfer
Jack Ketterer
Cecelia Mott 96 Mason City Iowa dies
Cecelia Margaret Mott died Friday November 14 2008 at Good Shepherd Health Center Mason City Iowa Funeral services Wednesday November 19 at St Joseph Catholic Church Mason City with burial at Elmwood St Joseph Cemetery Visitation Tuesday at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel Mason City Details include survivors of three children ten grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren and several siblings Funeral arrangements handled by Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel.
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Mason City
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Craig Steimel
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Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial
Catholic Daughters of America
Randy Mott
Dubuque
Krissy Erhart
Ryan
Cedar Rapids
Paige Mott
Loveland
Colp
Whitney Mott
Denver
Jill Weetman
Dave
Solon
Chris Kaduce
Rachelle
Urbandale Iowa
Jason Mott
Danah
California
Loretta Park
Roy
Rockwell
Town
Kenneth
Bryan Mott
Kenia Riddle
Helen Paulus
Marcella
Babe” Spurrier
Thelma Paulus
Arizona firm ordered to stop misleading Iowa calls
A Polk County judge ruled Phoenix based Midwest Publishing must cease misleading fundraising calls to Iowa donors. The firm was accused of implying donations benefit law enforcement while keeping 85 percent, with many solicitors on parole or probation. The company must pay 30,000 to the state and 100,000 for any future violations within three years. Calls originated from a phone bank in St Paul Minnesota.
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Arizona
Midwest Publishing
Iowa
Polk County
St. Paul
Minn
Johnson County daily brief in The Gazette
Local Johnson County notes appear in The Gazette with brief items on community events, crime watch, public notices, and small updates. Readers are advised to consult the paper for detailed listings and dates.
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Johnson County
the Gazette
Obituary for Paul Richardson Walker Manchester native
Paul Richardson 83 of Walker Iowa died November 15 2008 after a stroke at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy Hiawatha Services were held November 18 at Walker United Methodist Church Burial at Oakland Cemetery Manchester with military honors Surviving wife Winona triplet daughters Sharon Cook Sheryl Richardson and Sharlene Traver son Bruce Richardson and extended family including grandchildren Tad and Alexa Bruce and a sister and brother Other relatives note his service in the US Army 84th Division farmer work history and marriage to Winona Lawn in 2000 Memorials to Hospice House of Mercy or Manchester American Legion.
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Hiawatha
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Norman Kelley
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Oakland Cemetery
Winona
Sharon Cook
Altoona
Sheryl Richardson
Des Moines
Sharlene
David) Traver
Ryan
Bruce
Micki
Nathan Cook
Ailtoona
Tad
Alexa Bruce
Louis
Loveland
Colo
Jean Smith
Paul
Blanche Richardson
Doris Black
Marjorie Aldrich
Margaret Pillard
Ivan
Russell and
Emma (Zumbach) Richardson
Coggon, Iowa
Coggon High School
United States Army
334 Company C
Allis Chalmers
Collins
Iowa
General Mills
Butterfield
Manchester American Legion
Murdochfuneralhome.com
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