Iowa State student pleads not guilty to false kidnapping report
Katharine Robb, a 19 year old journalism student from Cedar Rapids, denies charges of making a false kidnapping report on campus. She could face up to a year in jail and a 1500 dollar fine after admitting inconsistencies in her story about four black men and a handgun.
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Iowa State University
Katharine Robb
Cedar Rapids
Robb
Ames
Haunted happenings invite reader true tales this Halloween
Neighbors asks readers to send true tales of hauntings for Halloween week. Share goose bumps moments, moving or missing objects, apparitions, or other signs from the afterlife. Send by Oct 19 for publication on Oct 31 with space limitations. include address and email, photos welcome.
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Cedar Rapids School Board Cuts Early Dismissals in 2002-03 Calendar
The Cedar Rapids district proposes a 178 day school year with three early dismissal days for students and four full professional development days. The plan, needing Iowa Department of Education approval, limits midweek dismissals and shifts PD to Fridays or Mondays to boost teacher training and student achievement.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Tom Micek
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Primary race to be held today in C R
Gazettes report polls in Cedar Rapids open 7 a m to 8 p m for a city primary voting for mayor and park public safety and streets commissioners. Top two advance to the November 6 general. Linn County Auditor Linda Langenberg predicts 30 percent turnout, with absentee ballots already returned.
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Funnyman finds audience in What Cheer paper
Dale Fry 44 writes a weekly humor column for the What Cheer Paper inspired by Mad magazine. The Keswick truck driver embraces wordplay and sarcasm while his family and neighbors weigh whether he is joking. His column began after a printed letter under publisher Chuck Dunham.
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Mad Magazine
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What Cheer
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Keswick
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Chuck Dunham
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University leaders press Vilsack over budget cuts
University presidents from Iowa's three Regent schools met Gov. Vilsack to discuss 7 percent current-year cuts and potential tuition increases while previewing a tax credit for graduates staying to work in Iowa. Regents plan to announce 2003 cuts and proposed hikes next week.
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Tom Vilsack
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University of Iowa
Mary Sue Coleman
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Regents
Owen Newlin
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Coleman
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Ames
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