Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) back issues from January 2008:
TH will reflect on city's 175 years
Jan 01, 2008 ... When the Black Hawk Purchase Treaty went into effect on June 1,1833, miners in the area were allowed for the first time to settleon a strip of land on the western bank of the Mississippi River.That began the official pioneer settlement of the city of Dubuque.This year, Dubuque celebrates ...
February chronology
Jan 01, 2008 ... February Mediacom, Sinclair agree to deal Cable operator Mediacom Communications Corp. and SinclairBroadcast Group reached an agreement that will end a standoff thatleft 700,000 cable subscribers without some local channels. Mediacom said it had reached a deal with ...
Year end trends
Jan 01, 2008; ... It's an annual sport - making New Year's predictions. So whichones were the winners, and which were the losers in 2007? And whatwill be the entries for 2008? A look back and ahead: Fashion 2007 prediction: The year of the dress. 2007 reality: It was, indeed the ...
6 county supervisors not running again
Jan 01, 2008 ... DARLINGTON, Wis. - The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors willhave a turnover of almost 40 percent as six of the 16 board membershave filed non-candidacy papers. The incumbents who decided not to seek re-election are GeorgeWilliams, of ...
2 members of Grant County Board file papers to not run for re- election
Jan 01, 2008 ... Two members of the Grant County Board of Supervisors haveindicated they will not be running for re-election. Velma Weadge, of Boscobel, and Bob Acton, of rural Platteville,have both filed non-candidacy papers with the county clerk's office. Weadge has served on the board since ...
community briefs
Jan 01, 2008 ... Illinois Sheriffs'Association will award scholarships GALENA, Ill. - The Illinois Sheriffs'Association announced thatit will be awarding more than $53,000 in college scholarshipsthroughout Illinois to students wishing to pursue higher educationduring the 2008-09 academic ...
Staff vacancies filled
Jan 01, 2008 ... The East Dubuque School Board recently hired new staff to fillvacancies. Nathan Kass is the new junior high boys basketball coach,Erik Aalund will be the strength and conditioning coach, KeleanWilliams will work as part-time kitchen help and Lilly Sprengelmeyerwill serve as a ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 01, 2008 ... In mid-December my wife and I made the trek to Dubuque with ourson Matt (along with 350-plus others) for him to audition for theColts Drum & Bugle Corps. It was a wonderful three-day experienceas the staff and leadership of the Colts put these young hopefulsthrough the paces of a ...
Letters to the editor
Jan 01, 2008 ... We don't need the continual harping at our president, and theimplied insults directed at all of us who elected and re-electedhim. And he has the fortitude to deal with terrorists and relatedproblems in Iraq and Afghanistan when the opposition would cut andrun when the going got ...
Byway plan gets early approval
Jan 01, 2008 ... A proposal to designate Wisconsin 60 as Wisconsin's first "ScenicByway" under a new program administered by the state Department ofTransportation has received preliminary approval from the DOT'sScenic Byways Committee. Mark Cupp, Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board ...
Tech board acts on intent resolution
Jan 01, 2008 ... Eight of the nine members of the Southwest Wisconsin TechnicalCollege District Board recently convened telephonically for aspecially called meeting to act on a resolution of intent toundertake various capital projects to expand and renovate campusfacilities at a total cost of $31.9 ...
National briefs
Jan 01, 2008; ... Drunken driver kills 5, injures 3 TOLEDO, Ohio - A drunken driver went about four miles down ahighway in the wrong direction before his pickup truck slammed intoa minivan, killing a woman and four children and injuring threeothers, police said Monday. Michael Gagnon, 24, ...
Special election set
Jan 01, 2008 ... A special election has been set for Tuesday, Jan. 22, to fill theSabula City Council seat vacated by Sandra Figie ....
Program provided to high schools
Jan 01, 2008 ... High school students now have the opportunity to gain hands-onexperience in manufacturing technology at the University ofWisconsin-Platteville Center for Plastics Processing Technology inthe Department of Industrial Studies. The new program is provided to high schools free of ...
Clara E. Jochum
Jan 01, 2008 ... Clara E. Jochum, 87, of Green Island, Iowa, formerly of Dubuqueand Sabula, Iowa, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, at Harmony House,Clinton, Iowa. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter's CatholicChurch, ...
Clifton D. Finney
Jan 01, 2008 ... Clifton D. Finney, 66, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., for a month,formerly of Baton Rouge, La., and Dubuque, died Thursday, Dec. 27,2007, at home. Services were held Sunday, Dec. 30, at Caruth Village FuneralHome, 4623 North Highway 7, Hot Springs Village. He was born on April ...
Russell R. Mindham
Jan 01, 2008 ... BOSCOBEL, Wis. - Russell R. Mindham, 85, of Boscobel, diedSunday, Dec. 30, 2007, at the Boscobel Area Health Care. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at United Methodist Church,Mt. Zion. Burial will be ...
Ferdinand A. Nesler III
Jan 01, 2008 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Ferdinand A. "Bud" Nesler III, 91, of 560 12thAve. SW, Dyersville, formerly of Dubuque, died Sunday, Dec. 30,2007, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St ....
Michael C. Schulte
Jan 01, 2008 ... WAUKON, Iowa - Michael C. Schulte, 52, of 443 E. Main St.,Waukon, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, at Veteran's Memorial Hospital,Waukon, following a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Patrick's CatholicChurch, Waukon, where friends may call after 9 a.m ....
School takes step to catch students from Mexico
Jan 01, 2008; ... CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) - Children are more likely to shield theirfaces than to smile when Daniel Santillan points his camera. Santillan's photos aren't for any picture album or yearbook -they help prove that Mexican youngsters are illegally attendingpublic schools in this California ...
A career volunteer
Jan 01, 2008; ... Wallace Brown Born: Dec. 11, 1936, in Lawson, Mo. Family: Wife, Barbara; son Jeff, 41, daughter Laura St. John, 39,both of Scottsdale, Ariz.; son Jonathan, 6, deceased; stepson DavidHash, 41, Dubuque; stepdaughter Lori Koberg, 38, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;11 grandchildren ....
Horace A. Fetterolf
Jan 01, 2008 ... MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. - Horace Adin Fetterolf, 100, of MountCarroll, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, at Big Meadows NursingFacility, Savanna. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at First Evangelical ...
Kathryn M. James
Jan 01, 2008 ... THOMSON, Ill. - Kathryn M. James, 77, of Thomson, died Monday,Dec. 31, 2007, at the home ...
Council, couple reach tentative pact
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Maquoketa City Council recently reached a tentative agreementto sell the property that includes the Clinton Engine cafeteriabuilding to Brent and Sheila Nugent, of Maquoketa. The council would sell the 1.1-acre parcel for $10,000 ....
Timothy J. Miller
Jan 01, 2008 ... Timothy J. Miller, 57, of Minnesota, formerly of Dubuque, diedMonday, Dec. 31, 2007, after a long illness. Services will be at 11 a.m ....
Late-night TV coming back Wednesday, writers or not
Jan 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK (AP) - What's gonna happen Wednesday night? Five late-night hosts will return to work. But there's a twist.Thanks to an agreement with the Writers Guild of America forged justlast week, two of the hosts - David Letterman and Craig Ferguson -will be accompanied by their ...
4-H members to receive awards
Jan 01, 2008 ... 4-H members from throughout Grant County will receive awards atthe annual 4-H Awards Night at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, in theYouth & Ag Center, in Lancaster. 4-H members completed a 4-H record book and turned it into their4-H leaders for possible consideration for county ...
Existing home sales nudge higher
Jan 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Sales of previously owned homes nudged up inNovember, but that didn't improve the broader picture of a feeblehousing market racked by record-high foreclosures and harder-to-getcredit. The National Association of Realtors reported Monday that salesof existing ...
Deal leads to 4 salons, 2 fitness centers
Jan 01, 2008 ... East Dubuque, Ill.-based Captain Merry Salon & Spa on Mondayannounced its merger with Westside Fitness Salon & Spa. Bob Johnson, Captain Merry co-owner, said the merger adds to anexisting partnership with The Gym, formerly downtown Dubuque'sPhoenix Fitness, and two Dubuque hair ...
Stocks end 2007 up, despite late downturn
Jan 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street ended the year with a steep lossMonday as investors anticipate that 2008 would bring more of theuncertainty and turbulence of 2007. Thanks to a big first-half advance, stocks managed to finish 2007with a respectable increase of 6.43 percent - not as ...
Sign of the times: Digital democracy
Jan 01, 2008; ... News You can Billboard bulletins slated Billboards at the following Dubuque locations will be displayingcaucus results: *University Avenue and Asbury Road. * Kennedy Road and Asbury Road. * U.S. 20 and Cedar Cross Road. * U.S. 20 and Century Drive ....
Plowing of alleys city job?
Jan 01, 2008 ... Question: Why does the city of Dubuque not plow the alley betweenPennsylvania Avenue and Finley Avenue? For several of us residentswho live in the 2400 block of University and the residents ofPennsylvania, there is no parking in front of our homes. Therefore,this alley is our only access ...
135 dead in post-election violence
Jan 01, 2008; ... NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's president threatened a toughcrackdown Monday as rioters rampaged for a third day to protest whatthey called his sham re-election - a bloody convulsion threateningwhat has been East Africa's most stable and prosperous democracy. At least 135 Kenyans ...
Romney courts some undecided voters
Jan 01, 2008; ... Mitt Romney practically begged his local audiences to caucus forhim, and many of those who came to hear him Monday promised theirsupport on Thursday. The Republican presidential candidate packed Potter's Mill inBellevue and a banquet hall at the Midway Hotel in Dubuque on a ...
UW-Platteville buys 5 Meade telescopes
Jan 01, 2008 ... The University of Wisconsin-Platteville has purchased five newMeade telescopes to aid the astronomy program on campus. The purchase is funded by the university's chemistry and physicsdepartments. The new telescopes will supplement the six reflectorunits, and the older Meade ...
No reports of injuries in propane leak
Jan 01, 2008 ... Quick action by a pipeline company reduced potential risks tohomes in rural Dubuque County following a propane leak discoveredSunday night, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. A drop in pressure alerted workers at Enterprise Products to apinhole leak in a propane ...
Man plunges into another New Year
Jan 01, 2008; ... MILWAUKEE (AP) - Garth Gaskey does not think warm thoughts duringthe holidays. No roasting chestnuts, no fires. Instead, he thinksabout frigid Lake Michigan and how he's going to jump in, again. On New Year's Day, at noon sharp, the 78-year-old will jump intothe lake for the 56th ...
Oil prices taking toll on economy
Jan 01, 2008; ... NEW YORK (AP) - Oil's run to nearly $100 a barrel this yearjacked up the cost of travel, clothing, beauty products and milk,and many analysts think fuel prices will remain at historicallylofty levels throughout 2008. But record energy prices could sow the seeds of their ...
Boy wears Favre jersey since 2003
Jan 01, 2008; ... GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - The boy who hasn't stopped wearing hisBrett Favre jersey since Christmas four years ago finally attendedhis first Green Bay Packers game. David Witthoft, 11, of Ridgefield, Conn., traveled with hisfamily to Lambeau Field to watch the Packers'34-13 victory ...
International briefs
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chavez pardons suspects in coup CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez granted amnesty Mondayto those accused of involvement in a failed 2002 coup that brieflydrove him from power. Chavez said he signed an amnesty decree that would also pardonothers accused in suspected ...
Police Beat
Jan 01, 2008 ... Dubuque police reported the following: * Lori J. Block, 37, 2205 Woodlawn St., was arrested at 3 p.m.Sunday at her residence on a charge of domestic assault causinginjury. She is accused of assaulting Curt D. Block, 47, of the sameaddress. Block was ...
Florian M. Timmer
Jan 01, 2008 ... DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Florian M. Timmer, 93, of Oakcrest Manor,Dyersville, formerly of Farley, died at 9:25 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31,2007, at Mercy Medical ...
Aide: Bhutto planned to expose plot to fix election
Jan 01, 2008; ... NAUDERO, Pakistan - The day she was assassinated last Thursday,Benazir Bhutto had planned to reveal new evidence alleging theinvolvement of Pakistan's intelligence agencies in rigging thecountry's upcoming elections, an aide said Monday. Bhutto had been due to meet U.S. Sen. Arlen ...
Revelers ring in 2008
Jan 01, 2008; ... PARIS (AP) - A million revelers cheered fireworks in Sydney.Beijing started the year with singing and dancing displays hosted bySummer Olympics organizers. And rare celebrations resounded in war-torn Baghdad. Across the globe, people gathered for parties, shot off fireworksand ...
Driver, passenger cited after accident
Jan 01, 2008 ... A Dubuque driver and passenger were given multiple citations andarrested on charges of interference with official acts afterswitching places following an accident Saturday morning. The driver, Nathan D. Peterson, 21, of 838 Air Hill St., andpassenger, Heather E. Wiezorek, 21, of ...
Suspect might have jumped bail
Jan 01, 2008; ... APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - A man accused of doctoring his girlfriend'sdrink with an abortion drug in an attempt to kill her fetus failedto show up for required check-ins last week and may be gone,according to his lawyer. Businessman Manishkumar Patel, 34, had posted a $750,000 ...
Teenager accused of 2nd attack at pharmacy
Jan 01, 2008; ... ALTON, Ill. (AP) - Ronda Wiegand at first thought the teenagestranger hit her from behind with a brick while she checked herblood pressure at the CVS pharmacy. But the warm trickle of bloodand the pharmacist's grim confirmation that a knife was buried toits handle in her back left her ...
Officials hope ban helps smokers quit
Jan 01, 2008; ... CHICAGO (AP) - New Year's resolution or not, health experts arehoping Illinois'new smoking ban provides smokers the kick-start theyneed to ditch the habit. Starting Jan. 1, the Smoke-Free Illinois Act will make it illegalto light up in virtually any public place in the ...
Iowa/Wisconsin/Illinois briefs
Jan 01, 2008; ... Off-duty officer fires at vehicle DES MOINES - A man who police say drove his car at an off-dutypolice officer is being sought after the officer fired shots at hiscar. Sgt. Dave Murillo was on his way home from an off-duty shift atMercy Medical Center Saturday night when he ...
Births
Jan 01, 2008 ... Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007 LaFayette - Tolisa LaFayette, Dubuque, girl at The FinleyHospital, Dubuque. Monday, Dec. 31, 2007 Rausch - Scott ...
Delaware County forms disaster recovery committee
Jan 01, 2008; ... News You can use Applications for Delaware County DisasterRecovery funding relief will be accepted until Friday, Feb. 29. Toreceive an application, call Operation New View at 563-927-4629. Donations to help meet the unmet needs in the area are beingaccepted by F&M Bank in Manchester at ...
Avalanche danger strands travelers in Colorado
Jan 01, 2008; ... DENVER (AP) - Wind-whipped snow and avalanche danger closed themain highway through the Colorado mountains for hours on Monday,stranding thousands of travelers as they headed to New Year's Evecelebrations. A 60-mile stretch of Interstate 70 was shut down for almost 24hours west ...
Rivals racing toward caucuses
Jan 01, 2008; ... DES MOINES (AP) - Presidential contenders squeezed a final fewhours of campaigning out of the old year on Monday in a race markedby exhausting personal appeals, anonymous phone calls and a negativecampaign commercial that vanished into thin air. "I'm taking a risk, I know I am," ...
NASA releases information on survey of pilots
Jan 01, 2008; ... NASA grudgingly released some results Monday from an $11.3million federal air safety study it previously withheld from thepublic over concerns it would upset travelers and hurt airlineprofits. The data reflects hundreds of cases where pilots flew tooclose to other planes, plunged from ...
U.S. gave Bhutto 'steady stream' of threat info, security advice
Jan 01, 2008; ... WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States provided a steady stream ofintelligence to Benazir Bhutto about threats against her before theformer Pakistani prime minister was assassinated and advised heraides on how to boost security, although key suggestions appear tohave gone unheeded, U.S ....
Old Man Winter takes toll on delivery
Jan 01, 2008; ... Today begins a new month and a new year, and that is none toosoon for the hundreds of folks associated with delivery of yourTelegraph Herald. December 2007 was one to forget. The month was jammed with challenges and adverse conditions.There were the winter storms. Then, even ...
Balltown creates 'Gathering Place"
Jan 01, 2008; ... News You can use Donations for Breitbach's rebuilding fund are being accepted atarea US Bank and American Trust and Savings Bank locations. BALLTOWN, Iowa - The fire destroyed his family restaurant; itdidn't destroy his spirit. The day Breitbach's Country Dining ...
Gladys M. Sterr
Jan 01, 2008 ... Gladys M. Sterr, 86, of 10241 Timothy St., formerly of McCook,Neb., died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, at ManorCare Health Services. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Carpenter Breland FuneralHome, McCook. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, McCook. TheBehr Funeral Home, 1491 ...
John F. Gschwendtner, MD
Jan 01, 2008 ... BELLEVUE, Iowa - John F. Gschwendtner, MD, 68, of 2145 St.Catherine Road, Bellevue, died suddenly on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007,at home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Raphael'sCathedral, Dubuque. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, KeyWest, Iowa. Friends may ...
Sister Mary deLourdes Verhey, PBVM
Jan 01, 2008 ... Sister Mary deLourdes Verhey, PBVM, 104, of Mount LorettoMotherhouse, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2007, at Mount LorettoMotherhouse. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Loretto, withburial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West, Iowa. Friends may callfrom 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday ...
Lorraine M. Schuster
Jan 01, 2008 ... Lorraine M. (Ryan) Schuster, 80, of 1659 South Grandview Ave.,died at 7:40 am Sunday, Dec. 30, 2007, at Ennoble Manor. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's CatholicChurch, Key West, Iowa, with the Rev. Donald Bakewell officiating.Burial will be in Mount Olivet ...
Woman who tried to shoot Ford freed
Jan 01, 2008; ... SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot atPresident Ford in a bizarre assassination attempt just 17 days aftera disciple of Charles Manson tried to kill Ford, was paroled Mondayafter 32 years behind bars. Moore, 77, was released from the federal prison in Dublin, ...
Hearing planned on dairy proposal
Jan 01, 2008 ... A public hearing on the proposed dairy operation planned for NoraTownship will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, in the WarrenHigh School gym. The Jo Daviess County Board requested that the IllinoisDepartment of Agriculture hold a public hearing for the projectafter hearing ...
Main Street makes architects'list
Jan 01, 2008 ... The American Institute of Architects, Illinois Chapter, recentlyannounced its picks for the 150 great places in Illinois. Amongthose noted was Galena's historic Main Street. Each of the places ...
Sports Briefs
Jan 01, 2008; ... Billick dumped by Baltimore OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - Brian Billick was fired as coach of theBaltimore Ravens on Monday, less than a day after his team concludeda disappointing 5-11 season. Billick won the 2001 Super Bowl in his second season with theRavens, and led the team ...