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www.thegazette.com · Bettendorf, IA

Photos: Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand campaigns in Bettendorf

Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Democratic candidate for governor Rob Sand and his running mate Dave Muhlbauer campaigned at Bettendorf's Crawford Brew Works Friday in a blitz across eastern Iowa. 103026-qc-nws-sand003.JPG Rob Sand speaks with supporter during October campaign stop 103026-qc-nws-sand003.JPG 103026-qc-nws-sand.JPG 103026-qc-nws-sand0001.JPG 103026-qc-nws-sand002.JPG 103026-qc-nws-sand0003.JPG Rob Sand speaks with supporter during October campaign stop 103026-qc-nws-sand004.JPG Lee-iowa Politics Legislature Special Session Leadership Pat Grassley Iowa Legislation Iowa Legislature Iowa Politics Rob Sand United States House Of Representatives Governor Gubernatorial Campaign Gubernatorial Elections Gubernatorial Race Election Bettendorf Iowa Davenport Iowa Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Election News +2 Special Sections ConnectCR Trending Now Grace KingThe Gazette Althea Cole Jeff LinderThe…

Cleveland Scene · Cleveland, IL

Nearby: Cleveland, IL

Ohio’s Laws Make It More Difficult to Right a Wrongful Conviction

Tim Montgomery looked down and sighed as he tried to explain why he lied to police decades ago about the 1992 murder of two elderly sisters in Cleveland. “I was not there. I said that thousands and thousands of times, but nobody will believe me. So I told them what they wanted to hear,” Montgomery testified at a hearing last year. A prosecutor continued to press him about his past statements implicating him and Terry Ferrell in the home invasion and murders of Mary Mosberger, 82, and Loretta Fallat, 77. “You want the truth?” Montgomery shot at the prosecutor from the witness stand. “I’m trying to give it to you. Nobody wants to hear the truth.” Ferrell, stone-faced until then, leaned back in his seat and shot an approving glance at his wife, Jessica, in the gallery of the stuffy Cuyahoga County courtroom. The hearing was a milestone in Ferrell’s two-decade-long effort to prove his innocence, which still isn’t over.

Princeton Clarion · Princeton, IA

Nearby: Princeton, IA

NGSC to re-bid middle school renovations

PRINCETON — A low bid of about $14.91 million for a wide-ranging package of renovations to Princeton Community Middle School won't leave enough money left from North Gibson's original $40 million bond issue to see a must-do parking lot project completed, so trustees Thursday rejected that bid and plan to re-advertise with multiple alternate projects.Superintendent Eric Goggins told school board members in Thursday's special meeting that Danco Construction's $14.97 million bid (with a deduct option) was the lowest of three submitted, with a nearly $15.29 million bid as the highest.The projects include HVAC work in the middle school gym and renovations to the auditorium, as well as classroom upgrades.Goggins said the bids came in significantly over the projected budget for the projects.The original $40 million bond issue, with interest, gave the school district abut $43.1 million to fund capital projects across the learning campus and at Gil Hodges Field.

Princeton Clarion · Princeton, IA

Nearby: Princeton, IA

Glancing Back

Excerpts from the Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1936 editions of The Princeton Clarion-News:• Many masqueraders are expected to participate in the Hallowe'en free street dance sponsored by the WPA recreational department, in West State street between Hart and West Streets.It is the only public Hallowe'en celebration in Princeton. In case of rain, the dance moves to the building across the street from the Princeton Theater.• Peoples American National Bank will pay a 10% dividend to depositors within the enxt few days, making a total of 65% on original deposits paid out. There are some 1,041 depositors of the bank who will receive checks, representing the third dividend in a period of 31 months. The first dividend was for 35% on April 27, 1934 and the second for 20% on Nov. 20, 1935. Salary cuts have been invoked and expenses held to an irreducible minimum in the liquidation and every effort is being made to accelerate the liquidation.• Capt.

Quincy Herald Whig · Stockton, IA

Nearby: Stockton, IA

Culver-Stockton College to showcase eight original student-written plays

CANTON — The Culver-Stockton College Department of Theatre will showcase eight original, student-written works during a four-day run of staged readings beginning Thursday, Nov. 12, on the Canton campus. Performances are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, through Saturday, Nov. 14, followed by a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, Nov. 15. All readings will take place in the Mabee Foundation Little Theatre, also known as the Black Box, inside the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center. Admission is free and open to the public. According to Haidee Heaton, professor of theatre at Culver-Stockton, the production highlights original 10-minute plays developed by students enrolled in her spring 2026 playwriting course. “From the complexities of relationships and the challenges of growing up to unexpected twists, mysterious circumstances, and even ‘feline appearances,’ the collection promises audiences an entertaining and varied theatrical experience,” Heaton said.

Chicago Reader · Albany, IL

Nearby: Albany, IL

Cold, hard (ethically and righteously acquired) cash

One wet fall night about ten years ago, I was at Yummy Buffet in Albany Park, shoveling glossy shrimp fried rice into my piehole beneath a red lantern as round and fat as a paper moon. A pack of flushed college boys barreled through the front door, high-fiving and shouting over one another as they […]