Riverside draws gamblers while others report mixed results
Riverside Casino & Golf Resort posts 7.4 million in its opening month as Davenport Bettendorf and Isle of Capri casinos face shifting play. Iowa’s eastern casinos show mixed revenue changes from last year with Dubuque plans a 50 million expansion and Tama remaining strong after a 111 million upgrade.
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Waterloo
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Davenport Diocese faces seven million in settlements
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport files for Chapter 11 in Des Moines seeking bankruptcy protection amid seven million dollars in settlements claimed by abuse victims. The diocese lists assets of about four point five million and liabilities of one point seven million, with a largest creditor a former altar boy who won one point five million.
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Intense fighting grips North Darfur near Chad border
Clashes in North Darfur near the Chad border leave hundreds wounded or captured as government troops clash with the National Redemption Front. The UN warns of escalating civilian casualties and mass displacement while the air force targets rebel-held villages north of El Fasher.
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Geneva
National Redemption Front
Bahia
I 80 project delays in Des Moines area plans
Des Moines area highway work faces funding and design delays as I-80 interchange upgrades slow. I-235 widening in Des Moines will consume 53.6 million in 2007. Night work planned on 7.3 mile I-80 segment 2007 2010 with planned repaving on I-380 Cedar Rapids later. Linn County misses bypass funding despite long range plans.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
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Linn
County Planning Commission Signals Funding Delays For Rock Island Route
The County Regional Planning Commission said leadership will not fund the project until intergovernmental conflicts over the Rock Island Preserve route are resolved, a move seen as inching toward agreement. Disappointment also fell on Mount Vernon and Lisbon as the 45 million U.S. 30 bypass remains off the front burner since December 2001, while plans call for two remaining four lane corridors and highway maintenance.
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Des Moines
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Winter temperatures seen cooler than last year forecast
NOAA foresees above normal temperatures declining though not as mild as last winter with drought easing in the Southwest and continued drought in the Pacific Northwest. El Nino may strengthen but not reach the 1997 98 magnitude. Heating degree days in the 48 states to be about two percent below average and five to ten percent above last winter.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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