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A resolution approving a sales tax revenue purpose statement puts the measure before Central Community School District voters on Sept.

Mr. Conrad excels at solving drivability problems and repairing Hummer vehicles.

Rob and Makenzie Patterson of Boone embraced their children, Gretchen, 5, and Chloe, 7, , as they said their goodbyes before being deployed for active duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Roy Ernest Greer Jr., 62, of Maryville, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Nodaway Nursing Home.

Community send-off ceremonies are scheduled for Thursday in Boone, Eldridge and Waterloo for about 160 soldiers from an Iowa Army National Guard unit deployed to Iraq.

On Tuesday, Republican voters in Iowa's 42nd Senate District will choose from two candidates who both think the state's budget has grown far too fast since Democrats gained control in 2006.

Dear Helaine and Joe: I have enclosed photographs of a "Sick Call Outfit." This is obviously a Roman Catholic piece, but to my knowledge we did not have relatives who were in the priesthood. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

Missing items included an FM modulator and an iPod. Stewart also reported the unlawful use of a credit card in the amount of $400. * Heidi Duehr, 41, 1700 Auburn St., reported a burglary at her residence that ... via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

I have enclosed photographs of a "Sick Call Outfit." This is obviously a Roman Catholic piece, but to my knowledge we did not have relatives who were in the priesthood. via ScrippsNews

The search for the next superintendent of Sioux City's schools could come to an end, Thursday night. via KTIV-TV Sioux City

There's a new candidate vying to become Sioux City's next public school leader. Dr. Timothy Dose of Eldridge, Iowa is throwing his hat into the district's search for a new superintendent. via KCAU-TV Sioux City

Dear David: We recently saw the TV movie version of 'A Raisin in the Sun' with Sean Combs. via The Courier-Journal

Larry J. Armstrong, who was serving two life sentences for the stabbing deaths of his son and estranged wife, died Monday in the Anamosa State Penitentiary Hospice Care Unit from lung cancer. via The Gazette

John Kepler Bonnell, 88, of Atlanta, Ga., a former longtime resident of Cedar Rapids, died Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008. via The Gazette

“There were at least 12 people there (at the Clive party), and that's what upsets me - everybody just kind of looked the other way.”

By JENNIFER JACOBS * REGISTER STAFF WRITER * March 6, 2008 Nineteen-year-old Jennifer Petersen brought her own half-empty bottle of Southern Comfort to the party in Clive where she got drunk, witnesses told ... via Des Moines Register

Scott county voters head to the polls today for a vote that will have a big impact on school districts in the county. via KWQC-TV Davenport

“I think people are incensed by what appears to be hypocrisy in letting casino boats have this”

State Sen. David Hartsuch, R-Bettendorf, is tied up in knots about how to vote this week on a proposed ban on public smoking. via Bettendorf News

“This General Assembly should do something to reduce the property tax burden”

A Republican-controlled political group is targeting Iowa Rep. Elesha Gayman, D-Davenport, with television ads criticizing her on property taxes and the state's right-to-work law. via Quad-City Times

“So when you walk to school you will feel the massage”

Ben Wilkinson, 11, talks to Invent Iowa judges about his invention, The Heated Sweatshirt, on Saturday at the Family Museum. via Bettendorf News

“Like everyone else, I loved snow as a child. As I matured, I changed my mind”

"We are weather junkies. We monitor it the way a hypochondriac listens to his own breathing and heartbeat in the middle of the night." -- Lance Morrow, "The Art of Weathercasting" 'THIS has gotta be the worst," ... via Quad-City Times