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Location: Jesup
Reporting: Al Vander Hart
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Vinton- It was last summer when a powerful wind storm took aim at eastern Iowa. The high winds severely damaged many homes and businesses. One of the hardest hit towns was Vinton. Even today, ten months later, some people there are still working to rebuild. The time it takes to do that can cover several [...]

Location: North English
Reporting: Galen Ray Schwochow
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Location: Victor
Reporting: Jim Rajtora
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Tyler Conkling and Taylor Olson needed a problem. The two Jefferson High School seniors, both 18, were looking to design and build a product that fit an unadressed need for their Engineering Design and Development class, the final step after years of Project Lead the Way engineering courses. But they were coming up [...]

Employees at the Johnson County courthouse are speaking out about space and safety concerns ahead of an upcoming vote on a proposed justice center.  Last month the Board of Supervisors informally approved a plan to place the issue on the November ballot. “It’s safety, it’s security and it’s space,” said County Attorney Janet Lyness.  “All three things [...]

Katie Beckett, 34, whose battle with a childhood disease and federal bureaucracy made her a national symbol in the 1980s, died today. Beckett’s death was confirmed by Teahen Funeral Home of Cedar Rapids. Her parents Julie Beckett and Mark Beckett declined comment today. Beckett contracted viral encephalitis five months after her March 9, 1978 birth [...]

Location: Parnell
Reporting: David Quiram
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Location: Marengo
Reporting: Vicki Cobb
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The City of Dubuque is ready to get started on a new hub of activity. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood stopped in Dubuque to talk about the new home for cars, buses and possibly trains. LaHood helped celebrate the completion of a streets project in Dubuque’s Historic Millwork District. Dubuque received more than $5. 5 [...]

Location: Washington
Reporting: Donna Andreessen
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Location: Denver
Reporting: Mark Gielau
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Location: Kalona
Reporting: Wendell Nisly
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A 27-year-old Hiawatha woman charged in the death of a toddler who died from a head trauma in 2010 asked Friday for her trial set later this month to be continued. Amy Jo Parmer is charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment resulting in death. She is accused of causing the death [...]

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Location: Iowa City Reporting: Bob Stika High Temperature: 86° Low Temperature: 50° Current Temperature: 86° Rainfall Total: 0.0 in. Snowfall Total: 0.0 in. Other information: Today we had sunny skies with partly sunny skies at times.The wind is out of the South at 15mph and gusting to over 25 mph and the humidity is again very low [...]

Raising the state gas tax should be part of broader tax reform that could actually decrease what Iowans pay in taxes and fees, Gov. Terry Branstad said May 18. “I think next year’s the year to do it,” Branstad said on Iowa Public Television’s Iowa Press. Branstad has recognized the need for more revenue to meet [...]