Police test Mills seen twice before Oran bank arrest
Independence officers told jurors they spotted Thurman Mills Jr. twice on April 2 before detaining him as a suspect in the Oran bank robbery. Sgt. Ronald Brown testified Mills was in a red Lincoln tied to the crime and matched the suspect description.
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Independence
Mills
West Union
Thurman
Robert Mills Jr
Oran
Ronald Brown
Jerry Furness
First National Bank of Oelwein
Brown
Jesup
Patricia
Furness
Beryl
Dorie Foley
Patricia Mills
Foley
Miller
Heart transplant recipient goes home for Thanksgiving
Keith Comer of Sioux City, 50, was released from University Hospitals on Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving with family. He received his new heart on Sept 2, the sixth transplant at the hospital, and will stay with friends in North Liberty as doctors monitor his progress. Comer called the release a big day and likened isolation to being in a cage while hoping to rejoin his family for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Keith Comer
Sioux City
Comer
North Liberty
University Hospitals
University of Iowa Faculty Senate forms PROFS lobbying group
The University of Iowa Faculty Senate voted to create PROFS Public Representation Organization of the Faculty Senate Inc a non profit to lobby the Iowa Legislature for higher education funding The group will also handle public relations and may hire an executive officer funded by a 0.2 percent voluntary payroll deduction from faculty pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Mrkvicka
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Faculty Senate
Iowa
PROFS
Public Representation Organization of the
Faculty Senate Inc
Michael Brody
University of Wisconsin
Brody
U of I
Iowa State University
Iowa public school enrollment falls for 17th year
Iowa public schools enroll 481196 students this year, down 4390 from last year, with a 178793 decline since 1969. Private schools drop to 48416, down 1721. Officials warn of more closings mergers and shared programs as the downturn widens toward 1990.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Leland Tack
Iowa Department of Education
Tack
Department of Education
James E. Mitchell
Mitchell
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Love Farm
George Richards
Love Property
Schmit
Peck
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Blairs Ferry Rd
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Mt. Vernon Rd
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