Hollywood couple stays private at Amana Colony weekend
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore visited Homestead in the Amana Colonies for a private family weekend. They stayed at Diane Portwood’s home to dodge paparazzi, dined on Iowa meals, and enjoyed four wheelers with Portwood noting Demi was pleasant and down to earth.
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Iowa
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Diane Portwood
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University of Iowa
Iowa City
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Beef prices rise as demand outstrips small supply
Consumers cling to beef as a dinner staple despite steep costs. City Meat Market owner Roger Vogel reports weekly price sheet losses and price hikes that push most cuts up by about one dollar per pound, ribeye by two dollars, and ground beef by twenty cents. Customers still buy, though less freely as grilling season ends.
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Gazette City
Roger Vogel
Atkins
Cedar Rapids
Vogel
City Meat Market
Fire hits Bridges of Madison County film site farmhouse
Winterset police say arson damaged the farm house used in The Bridges of Madison County. The three structures tied to the movie have suffered fire damage recently with no suspects or solid leads. Sheriff Welch notes timing before the Madison County Covered Bridge Festival heightens concerns about targeted tourist sites. The 1800s two story farmhouse sits ten miles northwest of Winterset.
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Madison County
Norwalk
Tom Fleming
Paul Welch
Welch
Elections five houses of prayer and polls
Three Cedar Rapids churches seek to place satellite absentee voting stations on a Sunday before the countywide gambling referendum. River of Life Ministries New Covenant Bible Church and First aean of God Church filed petitions to host the stations. Mount Zion Baptist Church fell short on signatures. County Elections Commissioner Linda Langenberg said a petition with 100 signatures is required and stations must run at least six hours on a day.
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Cedar Rapids
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Blairs Ferry Rd
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46Th St
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Blairs Ferry
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Eighth St. SE
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Linda Langenberg
Linn County
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Ex Iowans Run for California Governor Race
James Q. Lynch reports on former Iowans like Tim Sylvester and Carl Mehr entering California’s recall race against Gov. Gray Davis. Sylvester, Ames native and Iowa legislature candidate, predicts about 1000 votes amid 135 candidates on the ballot. Mehr votes for Schwarzenegger.
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Tim Sylvester
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
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Sioux City
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Carl Mehr
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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