Cedar Rapids to Pay Less for Special Paper
The Center for the Book developed the special paper for the nation’s three key historical documents. Cedar Rapids will pay 78 000 dollars instead of 219 000. Mercy Medical Center’s Chest Pain ER speeds care for heart attack symptoms.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Medical Center
U S beef labeling and a Hawkeye coach kept in Iowa light
Cattle producers meatpackers and the supermarket industry agreed on a voluntary labeling system for U S produced beef. Hawkeye basketball coach Steve Alford and his family are noted with messages urging him to remain at the school. A Linn Mar student describes a peer group trip that opened her eyes to a welcoming country.
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Hawkeye
Steve Alford
Linn-Mar
Zap Mama Headlines Iowa City Women's Music Festival
The world beat group Zap Mama leads a two day lineup at the Io wa Women's Music Festival in Iowa City, with the Gazette noting a packed weekend schedule.
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Iowa City
Gazette
Chamber leads bond push for Cedar Rapids schools
Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce takes an active role in shaping and promoting a $46 million school district bond. The group will raise funds, lead a "vote yes" campaign, and press lawmakers to allow bond approval by simple majority. Former Iowa Senator Larry Murphy may run the campaign steering committee.
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Janet Borholm
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Chamber
Ron Corbett
Iowa
Larry Murphy
Oelwein
Luggage mixup leaves jewelry bag missing on return flight
Jason Jones of Global Liquidators alleges his duffel with 200000 to 400000 dollars in jewelry was left on a baggage cart near a Cedar Rapids to Cincinnati Comair flight. Cedar Rapids Police FBI and port authorities investigate as the bag vanishes after landing in Cincinnati.
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Alabama
Iowa
Cincinnati
Jason Jones
Global Liquidators
Birm Ala
David
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Cedar Rapids
Comair
Jones
Lloyd’s of London
Mark Ekstrom
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FBI
Court Upholds Harassment Conviction for Threats to Officer
Iowa Court of Appeals rules free speech protects obscene name calling but not threats to kill an officer. Davenport woman Victoria Ann Howard argued with Officer Steven Brown during a 1998 traffic stop, vowing to sap or kill him, leading to a upheld harassment by threat conviction. Judge Rosemary Sackett cites fighting words doctrine and First Amendment limits.
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Howard
Brown
Rosemary Sackett
United States
Sackett
Iowa
Regents near 10 percent tuition hike across Iowa schools
Iowa Regents expect a nearly 10 percent rise in tuition and fees at the UI ISU and UNI next year to cover shortfalls from state funding. Students from UNI and ISU push for reductions while UI leaders urge more budget transparency.
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Jim Jacobson
Andette
Iowa City
State Board of Regents
Lisa Ahrens
Osage
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State University
Ahrens
ISU
University of Iowa
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Andy Stoll
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Dan Sterenchuk
Northern Iowa
Sterenchuk
Ben Golding
Pereat
Proposed undergraduate tuition and fees discussion
The notice discusses proposed undergraduate tuition and fees for resident and nonresident students enrolled in two graduate programs in the College of Business and those in the colleges of dentistry and medicine. It directs readers to turn to page 7A for details.
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Colleges of Dentistry
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