Dubuque NewsLocal news for Dubuque, IA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Garden show to be hosted- July 7, 2008 Five Dubuque area gardens are featured in the Dubuque County Master Gardener Tour of Gardens Sunday, July 13.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/garden-show-to-be-hosted?fromrss=1 Statewide schools tax erodes accountability- July 7, 2008 Dubuque Community School District voters don't enter into taxing agreements lightly.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/statewide-schools-tax-erodes-accountability?f... Panel urges City Council to drop blufftop plan- July 6, 2008 Dubuque loves its Fourth Street Elevator. Under the proposed Bluff Overlay District text amendment governing bluff development, if 75 percent of the elevator were somehow destroyed, it could not be rebuilt.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/panel-urges-city-council-to-drop-blufftop-pla... Disabled and Driven- July 6, 2008 The man looked at his middle-aged employee incredulously. She could not immediately complete a project and would need more time, she told her boss, because she is learning disabled.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/disabled-and-driven?fromrss=1 Picture this: What does freedom mean to you- July 6, 2008 Today, as we begin the second half of 2008 -- how are those New Year's resolutions coming -- I have an invitation and a couple of odds and ends from my "column notes" folder.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/picture-this-what-does-freedom-mean-to-you?fr... Cake, ice cream, easy on gas- July 5, 2008 Tate Billmeyer , 5, of Dubuque, Iowa, enjoys ice cream during the 44th annual Mathias Ham House Fourth of July Ice Cream Social Friday, July 4, 2008, in Dubuque, Iowa.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/cake-ice-cream-easy-on-gas?fromrss=1 Harkin secures $8.6M for eastern Iowa- July 5, 2008 U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, says he has secured more than $8.6 million for education and health-care initiatives in eastern Iowa.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/harkin-secures-8-6m-for-eastern-iowa?fromrss=... Man wins proposal contest, heart of his fiance- July 5, 2008 Interrupted by hugs, Candice Yelden, crying, made her way through the crowd to the events stage at the end of Kerper Boulevard Thursday night.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/man-wins-proposal-contest-heart-of-his-fiance... UD nursing program lands $430,348 grant- July 4, 2008 The University of Dubuque's nursing program will receive $430,348 from the U.S. Department of Education.http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/ud-nursing-program-lands-430-348-grant?fromrs... Council rectifies Habitat snafu- July 4, 2008 The Zoning Advisory Commission will hold a public hearing on proposed changes to the zoning ordinance to create a Bluff Overlay District during its regularly scheduled meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the ...http://www.topix.net/city/dubuque-ia/2008/07/council-rectifies-habitat-snafu?fromrss=1 |