Iowa jail populations rise for fifth straight year
The Gazette reports Iowa county jails housed 3,851 inmates daily in 2006, up from 3,375 in 2002, with Eastern Iowa averaging 1,468. Drug crimes, especially meth, drive growth. Linn County tops Eastern Iowa with 394 daily inmates while Chickasaw and Poweshiek average six. Sheriff Don Zeller cites no slowdown.
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Woman Accused of Drowning Three Children Found in Washer
EAST ST. LOUIS Ill A woman Tiffany Hall 24 told police she drowned the three children ages 7 2 and 1 and stuffed them into a washer and dryer at their apartment Preliminary autopsies indicate the children were drowned As of Sunday Hall had not been charged in the children's deaths while prosecutors accuse her of killing the mother and her fetus a service for the family was held in the community
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Final Season movie prop fetches bus at Cedar Rapids auction
Drew Wilharm, 15, won a 1987 yellow school bus used as Norway High School's team bus in The Final Season. The bid, $600, happened Sunday at Presentations in Cedar Rapids with other props, set dressing, and wardrobe items from the Iowa filming. His father Jeff bid alongside him.
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Children of Iowa governors share life in the public eye
Phyllis Hughes recalls the 1962 election night shift as Harold Branstad becomes governor. Marcus Branstad adjusts to living in the governor’s mansion after his father’s 1999 departure. Dee Wittmack describes teenage scrutiny including a security interruption at Governor Erbe’s residence. The remarks came during a State Historical Building program Sunday.
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Public schools to receive hazard warning radios nationwide
Principal William Tomic credited an automated NOAA Weather Radio warning for sheltering students before a 70 mph tornado ripped the roof from the Charles F. Johnson Elementary in Endicott New York. The DOE plans to equip all 97 000 public schools with hazard warning radios nationwide.
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