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Obituary: Gordon Kirk, 101, believed in living a life of service

Pioneer Press 02 Apr 2025
His legacy will be the example that he set for many of us.” ... “The conductor comes up and says, ‘You boys will have to ride in the Jim Crow car,’ ” he recalled ... National Legion commander to address suicide prevention in Forest Lake, Apple Valley talks.
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FLASHBACK 1997: The District Attorney botched the Giftgate probe but now says maybe Deedee should ...

Salt Lake City Weekly 31 Mar 2025
Even though he’s trying to keep the affidavit from The Salt Lake Tribune in a suit now at the Utah Supreme Court, Gunnarson willingly detailed the secret affidavit’s contents to City Weekly, saying it ...
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Rivers are increasingly being given legal rights. Now they need people who will defend these ...

The Conversation 28 Mar 2025
As further rivers, lakes, forests and more are granted rights like the Ouse, we’ll need to train up an army of people willing to represent the rights of nature.
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Capitol Notebook: Iowa lawmakers pass bill increasing penalties for assaults on first responders

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 28 Mar 2025
The State Capitol in Des Moines on Jan ... John Wills, of Spirit Lake, said the legislation would create another treatment option for veterans with PTSD ... Larry McBurney, of Urbandale, said he believes it will create another path to treat veterans’ PTSD ... .
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Lake Orion fireworks show at risk of ending without donations

The Lake Orion Review 26 Mar 2025
This year’s show will cost the Lake Orion Fireworks Foundation (LOFF) $40,000, according to Bob Krefski, one of the organizers who is trying to raise awareness for the show ... Lake Orion’s DDA has offered to donate $1,000 according to Krefski.
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Iowa House lawmakers consider legalizing psilocybin for PTSD treatment

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 26 Mar 2025
John Wills, R-Spirit Lake ... John Wills of Spirit Lake, who served in the U.S. military for 25 years, said it will help create another form of treatment for veterans experiencing PTSD. “I know a lot of my guys that are still suffering,” Wills said.
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Editorial: As discrimination protections erode, a Virginia housing rights case stands out

Daily Press 26 Mar 2025
Last month, a jury in Franklin County awarded $750,000 to two families subjected to egregious racial discrimination by a campground owner at Smith Mountain Lake, about 225 miles west of Norfolk ... Smith Mountain Lake is for everyone.”.
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Great Barrington budget cuts spare town dump, veterans and lifeguards at Lake Mansfield

The Berkshire Eagle 26 Mar 2025
Some of the proposed cuts would have shut down the transfer station and removed lifeguards from Lake Mansfield — something town officials weren't willing to do ....
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The high cost of fixing Tahoe: Famed alpine lake still murky after decades of efforts

Reno Gazette Journal 24 Mar 2025
Regional planners say the trail will reduce pollutants that wind up in the lake ... buildings, traffic patterns around the lake and, ultimately, how much more growth the high alpine bowl will accommodate.
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Paid parental leave for state workers, a Reynolds priority, advances with bipartisan vote

Des Moines Register 21 Mar 2025
I am hopeful, as I've said throughout the process too, that the governor will be able to use her considerable influence to get this through the Senate this year." ... John Wills, R-Spirit Lake, was one of two Republicans to oppose the bill.
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Why are all these birds on Lake Okeechobee? Why lake releases are helping

News-Press - Fort Myers 20 Mar 2025
"I think (the Army Corps) is more than willing to help the lake at this point," said Barry Rosen, a water quality professor at Florida Gulf Coast University ... The concern is that the lake will drop below 13 feet above sea level, to 12 feet or lower.
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House bill would bar Iowa's 4 largest counties from receiving economic development funds

Des Moines Register 20 Mar 2025
John Wills, R-Spirit Lake, were in favor, and Rep ... He pointed to last year's announcement that Daisy Brand will locate a $700 million sour cream and cottage cheese plant in Boone that is projected to create 255 jobs.
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Bill proposes to cut state economic development funding to Iowa's four biggest counties

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 19 Mar 2025
John Wills, a Republican from Spirit Lake, argued rural areas need economic incentives while the foremost populous areas are already well-developed ... John Wills, R-Spirit Lake ... development,” Wills said.
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The high cost of fixing Lake Tahoe: Famed alpine lake still murky after decades of efforts

East Bay Times 19 Mar 2025
Regional planners say the trail will reduce pollutants that wind up in the lake ... buildings, traffic patterns around the lake and, ultimately, how much more growth the high alpine bowl will accommodate.
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