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Jul 22, 2009 | Iowa City Press-Citizen

Summer blues

Blueberries no longer go kuplunk. That was what I learned last Friday while on a berry picking excursion at a farm south of Iowa City.

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Tue May 05, 2009

Des Moines Register

Dedicated Iowa soldier from Hartley is praised during funeral

Hartley, Ia. - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. LeRoy Webster, who was killed during combat in Iraq, was remembered Saturday as a good father and husband and a dedicated soldier who never forgot his commitment to duty.

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Sun May 03, 2009

The Democrat

Sgt. LeRoy O. Webster

Funeral service for U.S. Army Sgt. LeRoy Otis Webster, 28, of Hartley is 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn High School gymnasium, 300 North 8th Avenue West, Hartley.

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Fri May 01, 2009

Des Moines Register

Flags to be flown at half-staff to honor soldier killed in Iraq

Flags across Iowa will be flown at half-staff on Saturday in honor of Staff Sgt.

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Wed Apr 29, 2009

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Funeral arrangements made for fallen Siouxland soldier

But, only 5 people have been hospitalized. Funeral arrangements made for fallen Siouxland soldier Yankton, SD building is 'endangered' YANKTON, S.D. - A series of buildings in Yankton, South Dakota are celebrating 100 years.

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Mon Apr 27, 2009

Des Moines Register

Iowa native killed in Iraq

A northwest Iowa soldier has been killed in combat in Iraq, the U.S. Department of Defense said today.

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Sun Apr 26, 2009

Des Moines Register

Being able to marry is about protecting families

MICHAEL KELLER lives in Des Moines, works at Wandro & Baer, and farms with his siblings in Osceola County.

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