Posted by John McGlothlen on June 20, 2009 |
0 Comments Disabled woman’s stay in storage unit worries Carroll police
… surrounded by buzzing flies and stacks of old furniture. The smell inside the shed - of excrement and what appeared to be a container of sour milk - was overpowering.
“Maxine”
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Des Moines Register article via Associated Press
Police worry about woman making storage unit home
CARROLL, Iowa (AP) - [...]
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 17, 2009 |
0 Comments Iowa man wonders if mystery visitor is missing son
MELANIE S. WELTE
Associated Press Writer
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — When a mysterious visitor showed up last fall at Jerry Damman’s Iowa farm, there wasn’t any reason for him to suspect it was the toddler son who long ago vanished from a stroller in front of a New York [...]
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 7, 2009 |
1 Comment Cryonic group wants Burlington body disinterred
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - An Arizona foundation is asking a court to disinter a Burlington man who died in February so his remains can be preserved through a low-temperature process known of cryonic suspension.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., wants to dig up the remains of 81-year-old Orville Martin [...]
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 6, 2009 |
0 Comments University of Iowa Hospital layoffs could bump others from their jobs
“Bumping,” as it is called, gives a qualified AFSCME employee the right to the position of someone with less experience in the same job classification. …
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 3, 2009 |
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THE GAZETTE
12/25/2008
‘Gift of a normal life’
UI’s Dr. Ponseti revered around globe for treatment of clubfoot
By Cindy Hadish
The Gazette
IOWA CITY — In this season of giving, a growing number of parents from around the globe have an Iowa City doctor to thank for one of their most precious gifts.
For more than half a century, Dr. Ignacio [...]
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 3, 2009 |
0 Comments LUKE MEREDITH
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Iowa congressman Jim Leach said he didn’t plan to return to government but couldn’t pass up the chance to head the National Endowment for the Humanities.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Leach as chairman of the endowment, an independent agency that awards grants for humanities projects.
Leach served [...]
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 3, 2009 |
0 Comments Today’s news: Leach nominated to chair NEH
Today’s White House release: President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate former GOP Congressman Jim Leach as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities
From Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: LEACH, James Albert Smith, (1942 - )
Jim Leach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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THE GAZETTE
03/15/2006
Leach honored for protecting arts [...]
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 2, 2009 |
0 Comments From KCCI: Authorities Investigate Baby’s Death
Authorities are investigating a baby’s death at an in-home day care in Grimes. The incident happened at 1008 North Park Cr. …
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From Des Moines Register: Infant’s death in Grimes not suspicious, authorities say
The death of a 5-month-old is being investigated in Grimes, Polk County sheriff’s officials said. An emergency call [...]
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 2, 2009 |
0 Comments Applicants must be 18 or older
Guard to hold disaster exercise, hiring ‘victims’
“We are looking at something that is very realistic,” [Lt. Col. Gregory Hapgood Jr.] said. … Some people may be extracted from a rubble pile to make the training as realistic as possible.” …
Posted by John McGlothlen on June 1, 2009 |
0 Comments Holman: I don’t advocate Tiller’s murder, but I don’t condemn it
Drew Griffin: Do you seek this fate on all doctors performing abortions out there?
Dan Holman: I believe that all abortionists are deserving of death, and they are not the only ones. There are politicians and judges and others who support this murder that are also [...]
