OSKALOOSA – Mahaska Health Partnership New Directions is pleased to welcome Psychiatrist Patricia Kinne, MD. “Dr. Kinne brings a wide variety of expertise from child to geriatric care,” MHP Director of New Directions Stephanie Faulkes shared. “Her willingness to consider new and different approaches to patient treatment and collaborate within a team setting enhances the […]
Jun 12 2011 | Posted in
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Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge On June 12, 1806, John A. Roebling, civil engineer and designer of bridges, was born in Mühlhausen, Prussia. The Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling’s last and greatest achievement, spans New York’s East River to connect Manhattan with Brooklyn. When completed in 1883, the bridge, with its massive stone towers and a main […]
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2001: Several rounds of severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall affected portions of central and northwestern Iowa through much of the day. An outflow boundary lying roughly along the Interstate 80 corridor in central Iowa was the focus for multiple rounds of training thunderstorms that developed just before sunrise and persisted into the early afternoon. One […]
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An active weather pattern will be in place over central Iowa for the coming week. Upper level disturbances will parade across the state every 24 to 36 hours. At the surface…a frontal boundary will be near or across Southern Iowa. This will mean slightly warmer temperatures and periods of thunderstorms. Some storms will be severe […]
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Volunteers were able to take advantage of the great weather last Wednesday during the day to work on finishing touches to the Charlie Kentfield memorial Babe Ruth Fields. Carl Drost, Kevin Molyneux, and Dustin Van Wyk spent a majority of the day tilling and seeding grass around the Babe Ruth fields. In the evening following […]
Jun 11 2011 | Posted in
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(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced that Derek Hill, Administrator of Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division (HSEMD), will join him Monday, June 13, 2011 at 9 a.m. for the administration’s weekly press conference. While the press conference is likely to cover a range of issues, Hill will focus on the […]
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Des Moines, IA- Rep. Leonard Boswell will have a member of his staff in Sigourney and Grinnell on Wednesday, June 22nd for open office hours. Greg Johnson, Boswell’s District Representative in the area, will be at: Sigourney Public Library 11:00am – 12:00 Noon Drake Community Library from 1:30pm – 2:30pm Johnson will be on hand […]
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by Shane Hallengren ‘11 PELLA — Some of the world’s best organists are coming to central Iowa June 20-23 as Central College’s Mark Babcock chairs the American Guild of Organists (AGO) biennial regional convention in Des Moines. Babcock is an associate professor of music at Central and directs the college’s A Cappella Choir. Joining the […]
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(DES MOINES) – Gov. Terry E. Branstad today announced that Danielle Plogmann, currently an executive within the Iowa Department of Human Rights, has accepted the position of interim director at the department. Branstad’s initial nominee, Isaiah McGee, served as director during the allotted 60 days following the vote to confirm him to the position, which […]
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Lindbergh Honored On June 11, 1927, Charles Lindbergh received the first Distinguished Flying Cross ever awarded. Since 1927, aviators honored with this medal have included World War II pilots President George Bush, Senator George McGovern, and astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom who flew one hundred missions during the Korean War. Lindbergh’s nonstop solo flight across the […]
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