Housetown program to boost Iowa homeowners
A $3 billion five year funding plan will aid hundreds in Eastern Iowa through Fannie Mae and nonprofit Metro Area Housing Program. The initiative targets low to middle income buyers with rural housing loans and down payment relief. Grants totaling $55,000, including $10,000 to Metro Area, bolster the effort.
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Michael Ferreter
Gazette News
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Fannie Mae
Mary Schoen-Clark
Metro Area
Schoen-Clark
Joe O’hern
Iowa
Fannie Mae Foundation
Ruth Harkin faces election tied to Clinton re election
Ruth Harkin as chairwoman and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corp. says her job and Clinton's fate depend on the November 5 election. She defends the agency as a US asset aiding private investment in unstable or emerging markets and notes it returned 189 million dollars to the US treasury in the last year.
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Ken Sullivan
Gazette
Ruth Harkin
America
Tom Harkin
Clinton
White House
Overseas Private Investment Corp
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Treasury
Six Iowa inmates cause trouble after Texas transfer
Six Iowa inmates once en route to a New Mexico prison escaped in August and were captured about 100 miles north. Transferred to Lubbock County Texas they swore at jail staff smashed a TV and punched a deputy. Pepper spray was used on some when handcuffs were removed. The group includes five murderers and remains defiant.
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Associated Press
Texas
Iowa
Ochiltree
Addington
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Ex What Cheer Resident Dies in Head-On Crash
A 27 year old man from University Park died Tuesday when a stolen pickup crossed the center line on Iowa Highway 163 northeast of Oskal oo sa a head on collision with his car. Danny Pringle was westbound when the crash occurred and authorities have not determined who drove the stolen truck. The vehicle had been reported stolen in Ida County.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa State Patrol
Danny Pringle
University Park
Anoth
Bond set in KKK field burning at Fort Madison High
Two sisters Angie Klesner 20 and Stacy Klesner 18 appeared in north Lee County Court on charges of arson threats after the Fort Madison High School football field was marked with 6 foot tall KKK letters. Sabrina Rehm 18 faces the same charge. preliminary hearing set for Sept. 27. Rehm released pending court appearance.
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Angie Klesner
Stacy
North Lee County
Klesners
Sabrina Rehm
Lee County
Gordon Liles
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Ation
the Gazette
Linn County
MORI
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Iowa City
Autonaie Jivaivululine
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Mercy Cancer Center
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Cedar Rapidi
Mercy Education
Mercy Cancer Education Series
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Linn County Urology, PC
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