Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from November 2007:
Barking unleashes neighbors' complaints
Nov 01, 2007; ... The sun is still asleep; the dogs are not. The barking of nine large dogs on Hempstead Street echoes throughthe neighborhood, triggering a chain of barking. All Dawn Ruff wants is to sleep peacefully in her house onKaufmann Avenue. Her husband, Joe, wishes for the day when he ...
Not much Mrs. Partridge left
Nov 01, 2007; ... News You can use What: Arts at Clarke Series concert Who: ShirleyJones When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 20 Where: Terence Donaghoe Hall,Clarke College Cost: $20, by calling 563/584-8642 or on-line atwww.clarke.edu/ artsatclarke If you're looking for the Mrs. Partridge you remember ...
Regents will arm campus police
Nov 01, 2007; ... IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Board of Regents voted Wednesdayto arm campus police, reversing a 40-year-old policy that prohibitedcampus police from carrying guns. The regents voted 6-2 to approve the proposal as part of anoverall security plan. The plan was the result of a ...
Drug war stories shared
Nov 01, 2007; ... Brad Parks, it could be argued, is one of the more connectedDubuquers in the state of Iowa. But the businessman and active community volunteer shared hissense of helplessness in trying to get help for two people he knowsstruggling with a drug problem. Parks joined about 20 ...
A & E Briefs
Nov 01, 2007 ... 'Natural Wonders'exhibit scheduled for Galena GALENA, Ill. - The Jo Daviess County Natural Area Guardians willpresent "Natural Wonders," a members'exhibit and sale of nature-related artwork at the Stone House Pottery & Gallery, 418 Spring St. The exhibit will open with ...
Hempstead takes aim with 'Bullshot Crummond'
Nov 01, 2007 ... News You can use What: "Bullshot Crummond," comedy Who: DubuqueHempstead High School When: 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 8; Friday, Nov.9; and Saturday, Nov. 10 Where: Hempstead High School auditoriumCost: $5 An officer in her majesty's service receives a letter from adamsel in distress ...
Robinsons influenced by Iowa's Brown
Nov 01, 2007; ... News You can use What: Folk music Who: Dana and Susan RobinsonWhen: 8:30-11:30 p.m., Saturday Nov. 3 Where: Isabella's, 1375Locust St. Cost: $5 cover charge There just might be something Greg Brown-ish about Iowa. Folk duo Dana and Susan Robinson, of North Carolina, will ...
Joseph E. Wagner
Nov 01, 2007 ... FILLMORE, Iowa - Dr. Joseph Edward Wagner, 69, of Columbia, Mo.,formerly of Fillmore, passed away on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007, atWestphalia Retirement Center, following a long battle withParkinson's disease. Services ...
William J. Canon
Nov 01, 2007 ... DARLINGTON, Wis. - William J. "Bill" Canon, 67, of ruralDarlington, died Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m ....
Holiday Jubilee
Nov 01, 2007; ... News You can use What: "Ozark Jubilee: A Branson CountryChristmas" Who: Randy Newman/Doofus Doolittle and friends When: 2and 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 Where: Grand Opera House Cost: $21 World-class violinist Randy Newman sees himself coming and goingas his comic alter ego Doofus ...
John P. Kilcoyne
Nov 01, 2007 ... John P. Kilcoyne, 88, of Dubuque, formerly of Shullsburg, Wis.,passed away on Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, at Ennoble Manor Care Center,Dubuque. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's CatholicChurch, Shullsburg, with the Rev. James Lins officiating. Burialwill be in ...
Nightlife
Nov 01, 2007 ... Today -- Riverwalk Lounge, Grand Harbor Resort, Port of Dubuque, 350Bell St., Denny Troy and Rick Hoffman, 5:30-9:30 p.m. -- Captain Merry Bar & Restaurant, East Dubuque, Ill., Okham'sRazor, 6-9 p.m. -- Frank O'Dowd's Pub, The Irish Cottage Boutique Hotel, ...
Letters to the editor
Nov 01, 2007 ... Who is responsible for ignoring distractions and driving safelyregardless of all the new-fangled gimmicks out there singing theirsiren songs, "Look at me!" "Buy this product," "Come to this event!"The driver, of course. The front page TH story on electronic signs was good for ...
Team of experts offers insight into city's sustainability efforts
Nov 01, 2007 ... The drive for sustainability in Dubuque received help last weekwhen the Sustainable Design Assessment Team presented its findingsto the city. A national team, sponsored by the American Institute ofArchitects Center for Communities by Design, visited Dubuque forthree days, and it ...
Burnette A. Olmstead
Nov 01, 2007 ... SHULLSBURG, Wis. - Burnette A. Olmstead, 63, of Shullsburg, diedTuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, at Memorial Hospital of Lafayette ...
Funeral services
Nov 01, 2007 ... Compiled from tri-state area obituaries appearing previously inthe Telegraph Herald. James C. Beatse, 1091 Valentine Drive - Services: 10 a.m.Saturday, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Kayla L. Current, Maquoketa, Iowa - Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday,First ...
Letters to the editor
Nov 01, 2007 ... Dubuque is fortunate this year in having strong candidates in allits City Council races. I hope everyone will get out and vote inthis important election. I also urge my fellow citizens in the 2nd Ward to vote for KarlaBraig. Her past two years of solid experience will serve us well ...
Births
Nov 01, 2007 ... Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007 Gonzales-Flores - Eri Gonzales and ...
Letters to the editor
Nov 01, 2007 ... I am writing to voice my support for David Resnick for CityCouncil. I have known David for the past eight years and can onlysee a positive outcome with him on the council. I am a former student of his and I know of the positive energy hebrings to anything that he does. I firmly ...
No charges in Kid Rock-Tommy Lee scuffle
Nov 01, 2007; ... LAS VEGAS (AP) - No criminal charges will be filed in the well-publicized scuffle between Kid Rock and Tommy Lee at the MTV VideoMusic Awards, the Clark County district attorney said Tuesday. "It's worth noting that Tommy Lee requested no prosecutionrelating to the incident, and ...
What's happening
Nov 01, 2007 ... Today -- Senior citizen activities, 9:30 a.m. blood pressure screening;11:30 a.m. Salvation Army Senior Citizen's Harvest Ball; and 1 p.m.entertainment and ballroom and western dance, Senior Citizen Center,Salvation Army Building, 1099 Iowa St. -- Ecumenical Tower bingo, 1-3 ...
Bellevue candidates differ on spending
Nov 01, 2007; ... Gary Feuerbach: Age: 62 Family: Wife, Fran, and three childrenEmployment: Retired after nine years as assistant principal and 14years as principal at Bellevue High School Civic experience:Appointed to fill vacancy on Bellevue City Council in March NewsYou can use Bob Hughes: Age: 67 ...
Man receives 10-year sentence for theft
Nov 01, 2007 ... A Dubuque man accused of entering a man's apartment and robbinghim at knife-point in June was sentenced to 10 years in prisonMonday. Archie L. Jones, 44, no permanent address, was sentenced in theDubuque County District Court by Judge Lawrence H. Fautsch afterpleading guilty to ...
Almanac
Nov 01, 2007; ... Today is Thursday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2007. There are 60days left in the year. This is All Saints Day. Today's highlight in history: On Nov. 1, 1765, the Stamp Act went into effect, prompting stiffresistance from American colonists. On this date: In 1512, ...
Charles Alden
Nov 01, 2007 ... MONTICELLO, Iowa - Charles Alden, 51, of Monticello, diedsuddenly on Tuesday morning, Oct. 30, ...
Police
Nov 01, 2007 ... -- Gary J. Hayes, 37, 745 Lowell St., was arrested at 1 p.m.Monday at 745 Lowell St. on five warrants for multiple chargesrelating to alleged attempts to obtain about $3,833 worth of goodsand services from about 10 local businesses and homes. He is accused of fraudulently using ...
Officials: Buyer beware
Nov 01, 2007; ... A great chance to make money online or a too-good-to-be-truescheme? If you're speaking of Storesonline Inc., it depends on who'stalking. Today, the Orem, Utah, firm is hosting a free lunch or dinner ata local hotel for invited guests. Company representatives willexplain their ...
Marvin E. Sprecher
Nov 01, 2007 ... HANOVER, Ill. - Marvin Edward "Brownie" Sprecher, 83, of Hanover,died Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. John ...
Charles Lyons
Nov 01, 2007 ... Charles "Chuck" Lyons, 80, of Moscow, Iowa, formerly of Dubuque,died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007, at home. Private family services will be held Friday in Iowa City. He is survived by his ...
William A. Paris
Nov 01, 2007 ... LANCASTER, Wis. - William A. "Bill" Paris, 79, of Lancaster, diedWednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Schwartz Funeral Home,Lancaster, with Pastor David Smail officiating. Burial will be inthe Mount Ida Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m ....
Harold L. Coakley
Nov 01, 2007 ... Harold L. Coakley, 90, formerly of Dubuque, died Tuesday, Oct.30, 2007, at the Veterans Victory Home, Walterboro, S.C. The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday atSauls Funeral Home, 90 Simmonsville Road, Bluffton, S.C. The familywill receive friends from 7 to 8 ...
National briefs
Nov 01, 2007; ... Bush chides Dems over health care WASHINGTON - President Bush ratcheted up his confrontation withDemocratic leaders Wednesday, laying out what he said is a starkideological divide between a fiscally prudent, free-market-lovingGOP president and a Congress that aims to raise taxes ...
Torture issue imperils nominee
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Prospects for Michael Mukasey's confirmation asthe nation's 81st attorney general dimmed Wednesday after he againrefused to equate waterboarding with torture and endorsed many ofPresident Bush's positions on executive power. Even his chief Democratic patron, Sen ....
Actor sentenced to very real 3 years in prison
Nov 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lane Garrison was sentenced to three years andfour months in prison Wednesday for a drunken driving crash thatkilled a 17-year-old Beverly Hills High student last December. "The public has the right to know that conduct such as this,causing devastation such as ...
Local/Area Briefs
Nov 01, 2007 ... Officials investigate Bloomington theft BLOOMINGTON, Wis. - The Grant County Sheriff's Department isseeking information on a burglary that occurred at a Bloomingtonbusiness between 3:45 p.m. Sunday and 4:30 a.m. Monday. Authorities said the perpetrators made entry at Ma's ...
Fed cuts key interest rate again
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve, confronted by surging oilprices and a slumping housing market, cut a key interest rate by one-quarter of a percentage point Wednesday. But policymakers signaledthat may be all the rate relief the economy needs right now. The central bank ...
Business briefs
Nov 01, 2007; ... Gold tops $800; 1st time since 1980 NEW YORK - Gold barreled above $800 an ounce Wednesday for thefirst time since 1980 as investors cheered the Federal Reserve'sdecision to lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point. The Fed lowered its federal funds rate to 4.50 ...
Boy playing with matches admits starting fire
Nov 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES (AP) - Officials blamed a wildfire that consumed morethan 38,000 acres and destroyed 21 homes last week on a boy playingwith matches, and said they would ask a prosecutor to consider thecase. The boy admitted to sparking the fire on Oct. 21, Los AngelesCounty ...
Economy's growth in summer 'remarkable'
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The economy picked up speed in the summer,growing at a brisk 3.9 percent pace, the fastest in 1 1/2 years andan impressive performance even as a credit crunch plunged thehousing market deeper into turmoil. The latest snapshot of the country's economic health, ...
Iowa briefs
Nov 01, 2007; ... Father, son charged with kidnapping teen WATERLOO - A father and son have been charged with kidnapping ateenager and trying to ransom him to his relatives for $1,200. Richard Gillen, 44, of Riceville, is accused of helping his 19-year-old son Zachary abduct a 17-year-old Sunday ...
Harlston asks for change of venue
Nov 01, 2007 ... The trial of a man accused in a racially charged Dubuque homicidehas been pushed back to early next year. The second-degree homicide trial of Kenyatta Harlston Sr., 39, ofClinton, Iowa, has been rescheduled for 9:30 a.m. Jan. 28 at theDubuque County District Courthouse. A final ...
Governor squashes pumpkin tax
Nov 01, 2007; ... Governor squashes pumpkin tax DES MOINES (AP) - Gov. Chet Culver, calling the new policy"ridiculous," is rescinding the state's new tax on pumpkins. The taxman recently announced he was going after jack-o'-lanterns this Halloween. The new policy was implemented after ...
Consumer Product chief: I won't resign
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The head of the Consumer Product SafetyCommission, under fire for a host of recalls of Chinese-made toys,said Wednesday she won't heed Democratic lawmakers'calls for herresignation. Nord rejected criticism that she is controlled by the White Houseand too cozy ...
Governmental meetings
Nov 01, 2007 ... Manchester City Council - 4 p.m., City Council chamber, 204 E.Main St., Manchester, ...
Study: Juvenile Court overburdened
Nov 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO (AP) - An overburdened Illinois juvenile justice system'sreliance on overworked attorneys with little time to consult withclients puts indigent children at a disadvantage, according to areport released Wednesday. The report by the Children and Family Justice Center ...
North Korea reaching out
Nov 01, 2007; ... SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Buoyed by progress in its nuclearstandoff, reclusive North Korea has begun reaching out to the worldbeyond its closed borders, forging formal relations with a series ofcountries and sending high-level delegations overseas. The communist nation has opened ...
Conner John Hume
Nov 01, 2007 ... Conner John Hume, infant son of Michael and Angella Hume, ofDubuque, was stillborn on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007, at The FinleyHospital, ...
Corrections
Nov 01, 2007 ... -- Rickey Webb, a registered sex offender, does not live at 1920Jackson St., Apt. 2, as reported in a list of tri-state area sexoffenders on Page 2C Wednesday. Incorrect information was providedto the TH. -- The ...
Dubuquer charged in knife fight
Nov 01, 2007 ... A Dubuque man who police say was involved in a knife fight in theearly morning hours of Sept. 14 in downtown Dubuque has been chargedwith assault while displaying a weapon. Herman L. Jiles, 52, 1004 Bluff St., Apt. 2, is accused ofstabbing Robert L. Taylor, 30, 1015 Bluff St., Apt ....
Wildfires spew global-warming gas
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - In just one week, Southern California'swildfires spewed as much carbon dioxide - the primary global warminggas - as the state's power plants and vehicles do in a week,scientists figure. A new study by two Colorado researchers shows that U.S. wildfirespump a ...
Bomb on Russian bus kills 8
Nov 01, 2007; ... MOSCOW (AP) - A powerful bomb ripped through a bus in centralRussia Wednesday morning, killing eight people and wounding at least53 in what one official called a terror attack. Investigators were trying to determine whether the explosivedevice was carried by a passenger or had been ...
International briefs
Nov 01, 2007; ... Coalition forces surround Taliban ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan - Afghan civilians piled belongings ontotrucks Wednesday and fled two villages infiltrated by hundreds ofTaliban militants outside Afghanistan's second-largest city. U.S.,Canadian and Afghan troops had about 250 of the ...
Escaped inmates, ex-guard caught
Nov 01, 2007; ... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Two fugitives and the former prisonguard who might have helped them escape were arrested Wednesdayafter a short-lived struggle that involved shots fired at theofficers, authorities said. The arrests ended a search for Steven A. Ford, Jesse L. Bell ...
Philadelphia police officer shot during holdup
Nov 01, 2007; ... PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A patrolman on his morning coffee run walkedin on a holdup at a doughnut shop and was shot in the foreheadWednesday, authorities said, the city's third officer in four daysto be wounded by gunfire. The hooded robber spun from the counter at the Dunkin'Donuts ...
Iraq aims to keep out Kurdish rebels' supplies
Nov 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq will set up more checkpoints along itsnorthern frontier to keep out supplies for Kurdish rebels, who havebeen striking the Turkish military in raids across the border, theIraqi foreign minister said Wednesday. Hoshyar Zebari said Iraq would set up the ...
Basra to revert to Iraqi control
Nov 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - The British defense secretary said Wednesday thatthe level of violence in the oil-rich southeastern province of Basrawas not acceptable but had reached a point where only the Iraqiscould improve the situation. Defense Secretary Des Browne, who was on his seventh ...
Melvin E. Luttenberg
Nov 01, 2007 ... Melvin E. Luttenberg, 93, of Stonehill Care Center, diedWednesday, Oct. 31, 2007, at the care center. Services will be at 11 a.m ....
Dorothy Schadl
Nov 01, 2007 ... Dorothy Schadl, 65, of 943 Mount Loretta Ave., died Wednesday,Oct. 31, 2007, at home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Nativity ...
State panel studies emergency radio systems
Nov 01, 2007; ... DES MOINES (AP) - A new state panel is examining how to makeemergency communications systems effective across state departments -a move that could cost taxpayers as much as $261 million. The 15-member Statewide Interoperable Communications System Boardstarted examining the state's ...
Diplomatic revolt rages over forced postings to Iraq
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Several hundred U.S. diplomats vented anger andfrustration Wednesday about the State Department's decision to forceforeign service officers to take jobs in Iraq, with some likening itto a "potential death sentence." In a contentious hourlong town-hall meeting, ...
Lawmakers tie military bill to condemned one
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats neared a spendingshowdown with President Bush on Wednesday, tying a must-passmilitary bill to a labor-education measure that Bush has vowed toveto. With many Republicans backing the White House, the plan appearedunlikely to resolve ...
Pentagon helping Turkey find rebels
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. acknowledged Wednesday it hasundertaken military moves against Kurdish rebels in Iraq afterasserting for weeks that their strikes in Turkey were a diplomaticmatter. Pentagon officials are now starting to say publicly that the U.S.is flying manned spy ...
Parents taking more active role in raising children, report says
Nov 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Teachers and politicians have been clamoringfor years for parents to get more involved with their children. Themessage appears to be getting through - at least to some. Parents are setting greater restrictions on TV watching andreading more to youngsters than they ...
Wisconsin briefs
Nov 01, 2007; ... Psychiatrist charged with sexual assault WAUKESHA - A psychiatrist who is serving four years of probationfor having a collection of child pornography in his Milwaukeeapartment has been charged with sexually assaulting a young patient. Eric B. Schwietering, 41, was charged ...
Deaths in Iraq ebbing
Nov 01, 2007; ... BAGHDAD (AP) - Violent deaths of U.S. troops and Iraqi civilianshave fallen sharply in Iraq in October, according to the latestAssociated Press tally. The AP's figures mirror other reports that the levels ofbloodshed are falling. But experts generally agree that the strugglefor ...