On the Clock
Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in Rap Sheet
Posted May 29, 2013in Political Mercury
Sexual assault in the military: When will they ever learn?
(Editor’s Note: This week’s guest Political Mercury column is from Breda, Iowa, native Merle Wilberding who has practiced law for more than 40 years. During the Vietnam War he served [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in Book Review
‘Reconstructing Amelia’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Shirley Shiffler Harper Collins Publishers April 2, 2013 $25.99 382 pp. “Reconstructing Amelia” is one of those “I’ll just finish this chapter; OK, just [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in Tech Talk
The two-screen dance
Over the last few years, television ratings have seen an incredible drop industry-wide. Fifteen years ago, 76 million Americans tuned in for the “Seinfeld” series finale, whereas two weeks ago [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
A tale of two brothers
Drama is in our blood. We love the show. Unfortunately, when we look in the mirror at our own lives, we don’t see that we are playing the lead. So [...]
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Posted May 29, 2013in Belly Up To...
Third Street adds ‘party bar,’ the Lucky Monkey
Don’t mistake the Lucky Monkey for its previous identity as the 101 Lounge. It’s anything but. From the time Tim Hartman and his two brothers purchased the building last September [...]
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Posted May 28, 2013in Rap Sheet
Posted May 23, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Apologies to Letterman: Top 10 quotes from Davenport schools cheating scandal
DES MOINES – Iowa leaders have taken over an investigation into the state’s first publicly reported case of cheating on the standardized tests that determine the overall performance of schools. [...]
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Posted May 23, 2013in Iowa Watchdog
Iowa withholds student cheating documents
DES MOINES – Officials with the Iowa Department of Education say they won’t release information collected in an investigation of a cheating scandal involving Davenport third-through fifth-graders at Madison Elementary [...]
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Posted May 22, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the Clock
Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” [...]
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