Bowe Visits Cedar Rapids for Truck Driver Training
Former heavyweight champion Riddick Bowe spent last week in Cedar Rapids at CAST for truck driver training. Gazette writer Mike Hlas sparred a few verbal rounds with him and filed a report on the encounter.
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Cedar Rapids
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Mason City Music Man Square hosts Meredith Willson tunes
River City Iowa site Music Man Square stages Meredith Willson melodies in a page one feature. Performers bring classic tunes from The Music Man to town, highlighting Willson's hometown connection and local cultural landmarks.
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Iowas Brain Drain Leaves Youth Behind Poster Child Fong
James Q. Lynch reports from Des Moines on former Generation Iowa Commission member Christian Fong now in San Francisco as CFO of a renewable energy startup. He calls himself an Iowan forever and notes the brain drain debate spurred by younger governors and legislators in 2007.
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San Francisco
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Cedar Rapids
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Special Report on Iowa Poverty Gaps Between Races
A joint investigation by IowaWatch West Liberty Index and Fort Dodge Messenger shows 2010 census data placing 43 percent of Black Iowans in poverty, far higher than White and Latino rates. The report traces low end job access, wages, and structural factors shaping persistent racial poverty in Iowa.
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IowaWatch
West Liberty Index
Joe Sutter
Fort Dodge Messenger
Iowa
U.S
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