Last Spanish American War veteran in Iowa dies at 104
George W. Lewis of Shenandoah died at a local nursing home at 104, the last Iowa veteran of the Spanish American War. He served 1 year and 4 days in the Philippines with Company K, First U.S. Iowa Infantry, leaving in 1901 and later worked as a Shenandoah barber. His death leaves 41 Spanish American War veterans nationwide, and the Iowa United Spanish War Veterans plan to dissolve the organization and return the charter to Congress after certification.
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Shenandoah
Iowa
George W. Lewis
Lewis
Philippines
U.S. Iowa Infantry
Evelyn Fisher
Webster City
Iowa United Spanish War Veterans
Congress
Grand jury to decide fate of teen in Green Island shooting
A 15-year-old Green Island boy involved in the fatal shooting of his father, James O. McClain, 33, will be presented to a Jackson County grand jury on November 29. The teen was questioned and released to relatives, with investigators assessing whether the death was accidental or justifiable amid a long domestic dispute, at the Piper home.
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Jonathan Re Cazette
Green Island
Iowa
Jackson County
Robert McClain
Donna Piper
Robert Lyons
Lyons
Piper
James McClain
Jackson County Attorney's Office
Thomson
Clinton
Kellogg girl given 10 year term for manslaughter
Penny Jean Miller, 17, of Kellogg, was sentenced by Jasper County District Court to 10 years for voluntary manslaughter in her father Ross Miller’s slaying. She also receives a concurrent 10 year term for assault while participating in a felony.
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Newton
Iowa
Penny Jean Miller
Kellogg
Jasper County
Thomas Boun
Ross Miller
GOP seeks 50000 Iowans to recruit candidates for public office
Iowa Republicans called on 50 000 party members to find prospective candidates for county and legislative offices. State GOP Chairman Rolf Craft urged neighbors relatives and community leaders to submit names using a recruitment form and aimed to field qualified candidates in 90 percent of districts by March 1.
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Iowa
GOP
Rolf Craft
Decorah
Craft
108-year-old Clara Breniman dies in Missouri town
Clara Breniman, born October 30, 1875 on a Brooklyn area farm, died Sunday at age 108 three weeks after her birthday. A seamstress by trade she moved from Des Moines to care for her father for forty years then lived with her sister in Springfield Missouri before relocating to Grinnell in 1972 where she resided alone ten years prior to entering a nursing home.
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Montezuma
Clara Breniman
Brooklyn
Des Moines
Springfield
Grinnell
Iowa faces new 100 million budget cut proposal
Des Moines Comptroller William Krahl tells lawmakers a placeholder cut of about 100 million dollars, roughly 5 percent of the 2.18 billion proposed for the next fiscal year, may be needed due to slower Iowa economic growth. Agencies will be asked to trim requests starting July 1.
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Judy Daubenmierzette
Des Moines
Bureau
Terry Branstad
William Krahl
Krahl
Iowa
Branstad
House
Lowell Norland
D-Kensett
Norland
Department of Human Services
Tougher Iowa pollution rules may hurt coal industry
Iowa officials estimate tougher sulfur dioxide limits could cut state coal sales by about 3.4 million dollars annually if two power plants in Pella and Marshalltown switch away from Iowa coal. The report also notes health and crop benefits, pushing total state costs to about 3.2 million dollars with 89 counties affected and 10 counties exempted.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Water, Air and Waste Management
Pella
Marshalltown
Linn
Black Hawk
Clinton
Dubuque
Jackson
Lee
Louisa
Muscatine
Scott
Steve Ballou
Commission
Ballou
Congress
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Way
Legislative Rules Review Committee
George Welch
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Branstads Deliver Thanksgiving Dinners To 26 Des Moines Families
Gov and Mrs. Branstad will hand deliver turkey dinners to 26 Des Moines area families. Turkeys donated by Land O Lakes, vegetables and sides from Hy-Vee, with Mrs. Branstad baking a pumpkin pie for each family. Boxes include turkey, green beans, corn, bread, mayonnaise, stuffing, cranberry sauce, produce, milk, coffee, and a pie. Recipients chosen by Salvation Army and the Catholic Council for Social Concerns.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Branstad
Land O
Ellsworth
West Des Moines
Branstads
The
Salvation Army
Catholic Council For Social Concerns Inc
Branstad says dynamite blast in Pleasant Hill a major tragedy
Des Moines Governor Terry Branstad called the 25 000 pound dynamite explosion in Pleasant Hill Saturday a major tragedy and said little could have prevented it. Two Des Moines youths 13 year old Jeffrey Waddell and 14 year old Clint Woodard were believed killed while possibly firing guns at the licensed storage building. The remote site and recent inspection were factors Branstad cited.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Terry Branstad
Pleasant Hill
Jeffrey Waddell
Clint Woodard
Branstad
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