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Funeral Mass for James Jauron, age 76, of Indianola, who passed away Sunday will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Indianola. Cremation will follow services and burial of cremains will be in the Iowa Veterans Cemetery at Van Meter at a later date. Visitation will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. prior to services at the church. Memorials may be directed to St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

Biden teams multibillion-dollar school testing plan takes shape The proposal under consideration calls for the federal government to cover the cost of providing tests to K-12 schools throughout the country. Jackie Sato, a teacher at Yung Wing School P.S. 124, wears a mask and teaches remotely from her classroom on Sept. 24, 2020 in New York City. | Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Link Copied President-elect Joe Biden is weighing a multibillion-dollar plan for fully reopening schools that would h...

Print Continue to article content Jackie Sato, a teacher at Yung Wing School P.S. 124, wears a mask and teaches remotely from her classroom on Sept. 24, 2020 in New York City. | Michael Loccisano/Getty Images Biden eyes frequent testing to reopen nations schools President-elect Joe Biden is weighing a multibillion-dollar plan for fully reopening schools that would hinge on testing all students, teachers and staff for Covid-19 at least once a week, according to four people with knowledge of the ...

Praise for Big Girl, Small Town "A sensational debut . . . Gallens effortless immersion into a gritty, endlessly bittersweet world packs a dizzying punch." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "I loved Majella from the first page. Our relatable heroine jumps off the page like an old friend. Utterly brilliant and deliciously hilarious! With humor, wit and beauty, Gallen subtly unveils a violence and conflict that lies beneath, exploring the legacy of the Troubles and the deeply felt effects thro...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: How will the election affect life sciences in 2021 and beyond? What’s ahead for the regulatory and policy environment? In this session, our elite group of policy analysts reviewed the election results and the far-reaching effects for dealmakers, executives and investors. Eric Zimmerman, global head of McDermott’s Health Industry Advisory Practice Group, moderated this discussion that featured insights from Susan Van Meter, execut...

HEATHER ZIEGLER Life Editor Photo by Heather Ziegler Salvation Army volunteer Donna Davis can be found ringing the bell for the annual Red Kettle drive in front of the Hobby Lobby store at The Highlands. WHEELING — A young boy with a generous heart gave up $200 of his own money to help strangers this holiday season. The youngster, who remains anonymous, dropped $200 in dollar coins into a Salvation Army red kettle located in front of the Hobby Lobby store at The Highlands on Tuesday. Accordi...

The Toys in the Attic exhibit at the Barns of Rose Hill features more than 50 toys collected by three generations of the Van Meter family. The exhibit is on

>> important update on an important story. defense secretary ash carter ordered the pentagon to suspend all efforts to collect reimbursements of re-enlistment bonuses erroneously given to thousands of california national guard members. earlier this week, we heard from two soldiers who were forced to repay their bonuses. sergeant suzanne haley and captain christopher van meter join us again now. so, lets see, whats the right way to discuss this. you know, mark herting made a point that i want to ...

Nearly 10,000 soldiers are being asked to return at least $15,000 each. the pentagon says the bonuses were mistakenly paid to these thousands of california guardsmen. faced with shortage of troop, they were faced with pressure to increase recruitment. van meter says he felt betrayed when he was ordered to pay the money back. >> its gut-wrenching because you have to decide what youre going to do and how youre survived. i had a young family. i was ordered to pay $46,000 back. i called the californ...

Former army captain and iraq war veteran christopher van meter. he had to refinance his home to get the $46,000 the pentagon said he owed. chris, welcome to "new day." >> hi, good morning. how are you? >> im well. so lets give people a little bit of your history. >> sure. >> in 1995 you went into the army. you served three deployments, you went to bosnia, you went to iraq. you went to kosovo. you got the purple heart. for your injuries. in iraq after you were thrown from an armored vehicle. >> t...