Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from May 2007:
The common pub enters cyberspace
May 01, 2007; ... CherryTap To visit the online pub, go to www.CherryTap.com.Among the latest bars to hit the entertainment scene, CherryTapresembles many of its pub predecessors. The social hangout has itsown bouncers, bartenders, DJs and loyal patrons. Its founders evenliken the pub to ...
Mattel unveils its new Web site
May 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Mattel unveiled the next generation of fashion dollplay with Barbie Girls, an unparalleled, hybrid play experience thatblends fashion, music and an online virtual world. Representing the true evolution of what today's girl loves, BarbieGirls fuses the best of virtual and ...
Engagements
May 01, 2007 ... John and Cathy Stierman, of 11513 Sanders Lane, announce theengagement of their daughter Christina to Peter McNamara. He is theson of Pat and Chris McNamara, of 1041 Shady Oaks. She ...
Jazz Fest honors Ed Bradley
May 01, 2007; ... NEW ORLEANS (AP) - CBS newsman Ed Bradley was a big fan of the NewOrleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. On Friday, the Jazz Fest honoredhis memory and his two decades of support with an opening day jazzfuneral procession, complete with two brass bands. Bradley, who died in November, ...
Engagements
May 01, 2007 ... Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stalnaker, of Eldridge, Iowa, announce theengagement of their daughter Richelle to Kyle Kuboushek, ofDavenport, Iowa. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Linus Kuboushek, ofDyersville, Iowa. They graduated from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls.She is a ...
Just Scriggle-it
May 01, 2007; ... Scriggle-it To visit the site, go to www.Scriggle-it.com. The distance between musicians and their fans is becoming a lotmore intimate. The brainchild of a Dubuque teacher, an Internet-basedclearinghouse is starting to keep artists and concertgoers betterconnected ....
Engagements
May 01, 2007 ... Lyle and Sandy Wulfekuhle, of Farley, Iowa, announce theengagement of their daughter Abby to Luke McDermott. He is the son ofDon and Lynne McDermott, of Epworth, Iowa. She graduated from Northeast Iowa Community College, Peosta, andis a dental ...
Engagements
May 01, 2007 ... Michael and Carla McCarthy, of Peosta, Iowa, announce theengagement of their daughter Kate to Michael McGuire, both ofBrookfield, Ill. He is the son of Wayne and Patricia McGuire, ofRiver Forest, Ill. They graduated from the University of ...
Common Council members sworn in
May 01, 2007 ... The Platteville Common Council meeting lasted approximately 10minutes on April 17. It was long enough to administer the oath ofoffice to at-large representatives Steve Becker and Pete Durni alongwith Patrice Steiner in District 1. Durni was ...
Farmers Market begins Saturday
May 01, 2007 ... Peoples Oil Community Co-op and the Cenex Convenience Store areconducting the 2007 Producers Cooperative Farmers Market. The market begins at 7 ...
Goodwill due May 8
May 01, 2007 ... The Goodwill truck will be in Guttenberg at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May8. Items that are in good, usable condition may be dropped off afternoon on Saturday, May 5, until pick-up time at the city garage behindthe ...
School board approves bid
May 01, 2007 ... Central Community School Board members have approved a $73,850bid, submitted by Greenley Development, of Independence, for aclassroom and boys locker room remodeling project. The project includes dividing a one-room classroom into two areasand putting new tiling and plumbing in the ...
City Council holds public hearing
May 01, 2007 ... The Elkader City Council held a public hearing to consider plansand specifications for a water line relocation project in conjunctionwith a rehabilitation project for the town's Keystone Bridge. Afterthe hearing, council members approved the plans and specifications. Approval by ...
Public speaking event May 9
May 01, 2007 ... The Dyersville Area Chamber of Commerce and Northeast IowaCommunity College are hosting a presentation on tips for publicspeaking from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 9 at the DyersvilleComfort Inn. The program will offer tips on controlling anxiety and stagefright, having a ...
Shriner's Parade will honor vets
May 01, 2007 ... The Manchester Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Shriner'sParade at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 19, in downtown Manchester tohonor all veterans. Organizers are expecting about 25 Shriner's units, ...
Goodwill in town through Saturday
May 01, 2007 ... The Goodwill Industries truck will be parked in the alley in backof the Narrow Gauge, 216 First Ave., in Cascade from May 2-5 during"Garage Sale Days." Goodwill accepts items such as ...
Fire department receives grant
May 01, 2007 ... ProQuest Insurance and Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. has awardedthe Elizabeth Fire Department with a $7,380 grant to purchase twoself-contained breathing apparatuses and spare air tanks for the newunits. Each equipment package, also known as an air pack, is acombination of a face ...
Shopping News wins awards
May 01, 2007 ... The Eastern Iowa Shopping News, based in Dyersville, receivednational and regional awards recently. The Eastern Iowa Shopping News received second place for "MostImproved Publication" in 100 percent ...
Car seat safety check Saturday
May 01, 2007 ... The Galena Police Department, Winnebago County Safe Kids and Wal-Mart will host a car seat safety check in the Galena Wal-Mart parkinglot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5. This is a free ...
VFW donates to Food Pantry
May 01, 2007 ... The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5274 donated $110 from ...
Doll, Toy Museum opened up Tuesday
May 01, 2007 ... The Fennimore Doll and Toy Museum will open for the 2007 season onTuesday, May 1. The museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily and closedholidays. There is no set admission charge, but a suggested donationis $3.50 for adults $1.50 for youngsters ages 6 to 18. Donations ...
Senior Center director leaving
May 01, 2007 ... The longtime director of the Platteville Senior Center is leaving. Patty Lange has submitted her resignation, effective June 1. Lange has been the director of the Platteville Senior Center ...
City releases finalists names
May 01, 2007 ... The city of Platteville has released the names of the fourfinalists for the EMS administrator position. They are Loriann Schlafer, of Richland Center; Marta Budworth, ofDeerfield; Eugene Bialozor, of Waterloo; ...
City rejects golf course plan
May 01, 2007 ... Two proposed improvements for the Lancaster Country Club have metwith little success before the Lancaster City Council. Proposed is a second green for hole 14 on the course, as well asextending the hole to be a par five. Also presented, was theinstallation of irrigation equipment ...
Almanac
May 01, 2007; ... Today is Tuesday, May 1, the 121st day of 2007. There are 244 daysleft in the year. History highlights: On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You mayfire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval forcedestroyed a Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during ...
Main headline
May 01, 2007; ... If your birthday is today: Some happy transformations you wereunable to make previously are likely to be in the offing. Althoughthey may involve altering your lifestyle, you'll happily make theexchange for what you'll get. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - If something important needs to ...
Temperatures [Derived headline]
May 01, 2007 ... Temperatures High/low Monday* 78/53 Avg. high/low Monday* 63/43 High/low a year ago 63/50 Record high 5/1 88 in 1887 Record low 5/1 28 in 1994 Heating degree days Sunday 0 Total since July 1, 2006 6691 Cooling degree days Sunday ...
Governor will be keynote speaker
May 01, 2007 ... Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will be the keynote speaker at the DubuqueArea Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Meeting at noon Thursday, May 17,at the Grand River Center. Tickets cost $20 and include lunch. To RSVP, contact the chamberoffice at 563/557-9200 or register online at ...
Asbury, district at odds on costs
May 01, 2007; ... ASBURY, Iowa - Construction of two state-of-the-art schoolsadjacent to Asbury's city limits, while raising the little town'smarketing image, is also raising tempers as Asbury officials try tofigure out how to pay for accompanying costs. The community is looking at more than ...
Births
May 01, 2007 ... Sunday, April 29, 2007 Casey - Scott and Lori Casey, Cascade, Iowa, girl at Mercy MedicalCenter-Dubuque. Knipper - Pete and ...
TH team tackles national story in our backyard
May 01, 2007 ... An editor knows his or her day will not be going as planned whenthe publisher calls and asks, "Are you watching CNN?" I remember fielding that question from my boss in January 1991,when the U.S. started bombing Baghdad to open Persian Gulf War I. I heard the question again on ...
Ronald N. Maiers
May 01, 2007 ... HOLY CROSS, Iowa - Ronald N. "Spook" Maiers, 59, of Holy Cross,died Saturday, April 28, 2007, at his home after a long andcourageous battle with cancer. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Holy Cross CatholicChurch, with the Rev. Michael Podhajsky officiating. Burial will ...
Study lauds SW Technical College
May 01, 2007 ... Fennimore's Southwest Wisconsin Technical College and its 15sister colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System have acombined impact of roughly $6.9 billion on Wisconsin's economy eachyear, according to a recent study by the Wisconsin Taxpayer'sAlliance. The multi-billion dollar ...
Sheriff's Department probes burglaries
May 01, 2007 ... GALENA, Ill. - The Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Department isinvestigating multiple residential burglaries that have recentlyoccurred within the Galena Territory. This investigation has revealedthat unknown suspects have been forcibly entering unoccupied homesand stealing electronic ...
UW-P to host music fest Saturday
May 01, 2007 ... PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-Platteville CampusProgramming and Relations and the Student Organization of Latinoswill host the second annual Pioneer Music Fest ...
Ferry opens Friday
May 01, 2007 ... CASSVILLE, Wis. - The Cassville Car Ferry will begin operations onthe Mississippi River on Friday, May 4. The ferry will run Friday, Saturday and Sunday during May,including Memorial Day. After ...
City-wide sale planned May 18-19
May 01, 2007 ... The Fennimore Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with QueenB Radiowill again sponsor Fennimore's annual city wide garage sales onFriday, May 18, and Saturday, May 19. The suggested time frame is from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and from7 a.m. to noon Saturday. Registration forms ...
County to host mock accident
May 01, 2007 ... The Jo Daviess County Juvenile Justice Council will hold a mockaccident, funeral and trial on Thursday, May 3, at Galena HighSchool. Students from that school, as well as Scales Mound High School,will be participating in the ...
Dorothy G. Sauer
May 01, 2007 ... DARLINGTON, Wis. - Dorothy G. Sauer, 76, of rural Darlington, diedSunday, April 29, 2007, at LaFayette County Manor, from complicationsfollowing a stroke. Services ...
Officers elected
May 01, 2007 ... The Galena Foundation Board of Directors elected officers at itsannual dinner meeting held at the end of March. The board elected David Eaton as president, Scott Lawlor as vicepresident and Libby Miller as secretary. Donna Wilmarth, a ...
Renovation's dream taking shape
May 01, 2007; ... Tim McNamara's multimillion-dollar dream for his 180,000-square-foot Caradco Building in Dubuque's warehouse district is takinganother step with the renovation of some of its original officespace. Lines traced on the newly laid hardwood floors show where wallswill go in a portion ...
Lavonne R. Roling
May 01, 2007 ... BELLEVUE, Iowa - Lavonne Rose Roling, 52, of Bellevue, diedsuddenly Saturday, April 28, 2007, at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Joseph's CatholicChurch, ...
Gateway Gardeners to meet May 7
May 01, 2007 ... The Gateway Gardeners will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 7. Themeeting will be at the Gateway Center unless bad weather prohibits,then the club will meet at the Epworth Library on Biermann Road. Final plans will be made for ...
May Day set for Saturday
May 01, 2007 ... Shullsburg is celebrating May Day, Saturday, May 5, with "What a Girl Wants" Day. The city's shops will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The eventfeatures a garden fair extravaganza, with what organizers say are"plants, plants and more plants," and shopping specials. Garden ...
Colorado man accused of stealing car
May 01, 2007 ... SHULLSBURG, Wis. - A 31-year-old Livermore, Colo., man wasarrested early Saturday on a felony charge of operating a motorvehicle without the owner's consent. Jason D. Brookshire was arrested and taken into custody after ...
Visioning group slated to meeting
May 01, 2007 ... The Balltown visioning committee will meet from 6 to 8 p.m.Thursday, May 17 at St. Francis Church to determine the next phase ofaddressing community needs through enhancing the area landscape. The committee members will decide which landscape areas to addressand outline goals based ...
Jury finds truck driver not guilty
May 01, 2007; ... HUDSON (AP) - A truck driver was found not guilty on all chargesin a bus crash that killed five people returning from a high schoolmarching band competition. Michael Kozlowski, 24, of Schererville, Ind., had been accused of falling asleep at the wheel and causing the ...
Wisconsin Briefs
May 01, 2007; ... Teen pleads not guilty in principal shooting BARABOO - A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting his principalpleaded not guilty Monday. Eric Hainstock faces one count of first-degree murder in the deathof Weston Schools Principal John Klang last fall. He's charged as anadult and ...
River Ridge field down to 2
May 01, 2007 ... PATCH GROVE, Wis. - The field of candidates for the superintendentof schools job in the River Ridge School District has been narrowedto two. After meeting with four finalists for the job on Saturday,the River Ridge School Board has selected Joann Wick and Sharon Ennisfor continued review ...
Galena ranks 3rd on list
May 01, 2007; ... GALENA, Ill. - The popular Illinois tourist destination known forbeing the home to Ulysses S. Grant has received high honors fromMidwest Living magazine. Galena recently was ranked third in the publication's list of The100 Best Small-Town Getaways. "The preservation movement ...
Senator seeks answers about New Orleans pump contract
May 01, 2007; ... NEW ORLEANS (AP) - When the Army Corps of Engineers solicited bidsfor drainage pumps for New Orleans, it copied the specifications -typos and all - from the catalog of the manufacturer that ultimatelywon the $32 million contract, a review of documents by The AssociatedPress ...
Jails shy on space
May 01, 2007; ... Jail populations in two southwest Wisconsin counties are higherthan they should be. But the Grant and Lafayette county sheriffs saythat any decision addressing the situation rests with theirrespective county boards of supervisors. Grant County is currently eight inmates over the ...
Helena C. Ehl
May 01, 2007 ... MAQUOKETA, Iowa - Helena C. Ehl, 93, of Maquoketa, died Saturday,April 28, 2007, at Crestridge Nursing Home, Maquoketa. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Salem Lutheran ...
Violet E. Nickel
May 01, 2007 ... LANCASTER, Wis. - Violet E. Nickel, 82, of Lancaster, died Monday,April 30, ...
Police Beat
May 01, 2007 ... Dubuque police reported the following: * Lucious J. Hines, 23, no permanent address, was arrested at12:47 a.m. Monday at 2165 Elm St. on a charge of domestic assaultwith injury. Hines is accused of assaulting Kenneth W. Hines, 55,2165 Elm St., while at Kenneth Hines'residence early ...
Shirley M. Plamer
May 01, 2007 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Shirley M. Plamer, 73, of Waukon, died Monday,April 30, 2007, at Good Samaritan Center, Waukon. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St ....
Darlene M. Wiegand Graf
May 01, 2007 ... Darlene M. Wiegand Graf, 87, of Ennoble Manor Care Center,formerly of 2955 Kaufmann Ave., Dubuque, died Sunday, April 29, 2007,at Ennoble Manor Care Center. Services will be at noon Wednesday at St. Joseph The WorkerCatholic Church, Dubuque. Burial will be in Mount Calvary ...
8th-graders promised secure path to college
May 01, 2007; ... MADISON (AP) - Wisconsin is rolling out the nation's mostexpansive guarantee of higher education to students in hopes ofraising college aspirations and improving preparedness. The state's 75,000 eighth-graders can sign the Wisconsin Covenantagreement starting May 10, promising to ...
White House wary of reported purge of Iraqi officers
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said Monday it plans to queryIraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government about reports thatsome of his people are behind a purge of security officers who haveacted too aggressively against Shiite militias. "We are aware of the reports and ...
Police joining Buckle Up program
May 01, 2007 ... The Asbury Police Department will take part in Buckle Up in YourTruck Week, May 6-12. Officers will be enforcing traffic laws that require pick-up truckoccupants to wear seat ...
Court deals setback to utility industry in clean-air case
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday dealt the utilityindustry its second setback this month on a program designed to cleanup pollution at aging, coal-fired power plants. The justices refused to review Bush administration standardsfavored by the companies and blocked a ...
High court sides with Microsoft
May 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. onMonday in a case that restricts the reach of U.S. patents overseas. In a 7-1 decision, the court found that Microsoft is not liable ina patent dispute with AT&T. The decision could impact other lawsuitsagainst ...
Police shoot armed suspect
May 01, 2007; ... KENOSHA - Police shot and wounded a gunman Monday morning as hewalked toward some children playing in a park. The man tried to rob a downtown check-cashing business about 10:30a.m., police said. Officers who responded to a holdup alarm saw awoman rush out of the business, followed ...
Ellen E. Baal
May 01, 2007 ... SHERRILL, Iowa - Ellen Elizabeth Baal, 99, of Heritage Manor,formerly of 15685 S. Mound Road, Sherrill, died Friday, April 27,2007, at Heritage Manor. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Sherrill UnitedChurch of Christ, with the Rev. Dianne Grace officiating. Burial ...
International Briefs
May 01, 2007; ... Britain convicts 5 of terror plotting LONDON - A judge sentenced five men to life in prison Monday forplotting to attack targets in London, including a popular nightclub,power plants and shopping mall, with bombs made from a half-tonstockpile of fertilizer. The trial for the ...