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Weekend Highlights: May 24-27

What's coming up this Memorial Day Weekend?

365 Lunchtime Jam • 22nd Annual Catfish Festival • Kickoff to Summer • The Stupid Economy • 4th Annual Grey Ribbon Crusade 5k, 1 Mile and Kids Race • We Will Be Back “The Lake Delhi Story” • Galena Memorial Day Parade • Hookstock Bluz Fest • Linwood Cemetery Activities • Dubuque Memorial Day Parade • B.B. King in Concert • Show Me the Monet and the BUDWEISER LIVE MUSIC CALENDAR

Memorial Day Events

May 24, 2013

Galena Memorial Day Parade – Sunday, May 26
At 1:00 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Park, Commerce St. and Main St., Galena, IL, the parade begins on Commerce St. by the Old Market House and travels north to Franklin and south on Main St. to Veterans Memorial Park for a Memorial Day program. The park is located on S. Main St. outside flood gates.

Linwood Cemetery Activities – Monday, May 27

At 10:00 a.m. on Memorial Day Monday, 2735 Windsor Ave., Dubuque, people gather at Linwood Cemetery for a Memorial Day Service. The Memorial Day service is held as a special salute to those who have gone before us. Each year the service includes a guest speaker. A moving part of the Memorial Day Service includes the reading of the names in the Avenue of Flags. The ceremony also includes local area bands and soloist performances. For more information, call (563) 582-1289.

Dubuque Memorial Day Parade – Monday, May 27
At 1:30 p.m., the Dubuque Memorial Day Parade will be held. The parade route will begin at Jackson Park, travel down Main St. to 9th, up 9th to Locust, and disband in the Washington Park area. Charlie Brimeyer, Executive Director of Veterans’ Affairs for Dubuque County, will be a guest speaks. Tayolor Manders, Wahlert High School student, is a featured soloist. The Colts Drum and Bugle Corps will play their summer debut concert. For more information, contact Mary Reuter, Parade Coordinator, at (563) 556-6746.
22nd Annual Catfish Festival

May 24, 2013

May 24-26 at 
A.Y. McDonald Park

The Catfish Festival returns to Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, in beautiful A.Y. McDonald Park at the end of Hawthorne Street.

Pride Dubuque 2013

May 24, 2013


Call em’ gay, alternative-lifestyled or just extremely well-dressed, Dubuque’s LGBT community is out and proud in the river city and celebrating it the weekend of May 28th.

Dubuque Bomb Squad Roller Derby


May 24, 2013

Home debut: Saturday, June 8 at 
Courtside Bar & Grill

Local roller derby fans disappointed that this winter’s season would be the last for Dubuque’s adopted team, the Eastern Iowa Outlaws, should not despair. Those hard skating and even harder hitting skaters with the crazy names are not about to disappear. In fact, there’s a new team in town and they mean business. Ladies and gentlemen, may we present the Dubuque Bomb Squad.

Curtain to rise again on 
UW-Platteville’s Heartland Festival

May 24, 2013

Following a one-year hiatus due to renovations of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s Center for the Arts, the 2013 Heartland Festival is set to bring up the curtain June 7. This year will mark the 12th season for the Heartland Festival.

Hometown Honeymoons

May 24, 2013

This is not your Mother’s honeymoon. That can be said about most any post-wedding travel plans these days. The rules are off and the situations vary so much that what was traditional is no longer traditional.

Dr. McCracken's Horrorscopes

May 24, 2013

Get your bi-weekly dose of horrorscopes from resident nutcase, Dr. McCracken.

Trixie Kitsch: Bad Advice For the Stupid

May 24, 2013

Life can be hard sometimes. Trust in Trixie Kitsch with all your worries and woes. She's here with another round of bad advice for the stupid.

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National News

As border tightens, some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence

Sat, 25 May 2013

NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United States.

What Detroit crisis? Pension fund trustees hang out in Hawaii

Sat, 25 May 2013

HONOLULU (Reuters) - The city of Detroit may be facing a deepening financial crisis but that hasn't stopped four trustees of its public pension funds from spending $22,000 of retirement system funds to attend a conference in Hawaii this week.

Judge rules against 'America's toughest sheriff' in racial profiling lawsuit

Sat, 25 May 2013

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, a federal judge found on Friday, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions.

Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse: officials

Sat, 25 May 2013

MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge that collapsed in Washington state and sent two cars plunging into the Skagit River, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was knocked down by a truck that crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday.

Federal agency accepts Nevada hospital's plan to curb patient-dumping

Sat, 25 May 2013

(Reuters) - Federal authorities approved a Nevada hospital's proposal on Friday for correcting deficiencies that led to newly discharged psychiatric patients being bused out of state without adequate plans for continued care.

Associate of arms dealer Viktor Bout extradited to New York

Sat, 25 May 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S-Syrian citizen accused of conspiring with jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has been extradited to New York from Australia to face charges he conspired to buy aircraft in violation of economic sanctions, federal prosecutors said on Friday.

Truck crash caused Washington state bridge collapse: officials

Fri, 24 May 2013

MOUNT VERNON, Washington (Reuters) - A bridge collapse that sent cars and drivers plunging into the frigid Skagit River in Washington state, raising concerns about the safety of the nation's aging infrastructure, was caused when a truck crashed into at least one girder, officials said on Friday.

Judge rules against Arizona sheriff in racial profiling suit

Fri, 24 May 2013

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday found hardline Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio had violated the constitutional rights of Latino drivers in his crackdown on illegal immigration, and ordered him to stop using race as a factor in law enforcement decisions.

Obama awards top U.S. honor to girls killed in 1963 racial bombing

Fri, 24 May 2013

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor on Friday to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing 50 years ago, saying their tragic deaths ultimately "helped to trigger triumph."

Bail denied to Massachusetts teen accused of Facebook terror post

Fri, 24 May 2013

BOSTON (Reuters) - A judge denied bail on Friday to a Massachusetts teenager who was arrested on terrorism charges after posting lyrics on his Facebook page suggesting he could do worse than the Boston Marathon bombers.

Entertainment News

Oklahoma singer Shelton to headline May 29 tornado relief benefit

Fri, 24 May 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton said on Friday that he will headline a concert to benefit the victims of the Oklahoma tornado that swept through the city of Moore earlier this week, leaving 24 dead and thousands homeless.

Actress Amanda Bynes denies bong-throwing charges

Fri, 24 May 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American actress Amanda Bynes appeared in court on Friday and denied charges of possessing marijuana and tossing a bong out of the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

Actress Amanda Bynes denies bong-throwing charges

Fri, 24 May 2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - American actress Amanda Bynes appeared in court on Friday and denied charges of possessing marijuana and tossing a bong out of the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.

Fox executive Darnell to leave TV network after ratings slump

Fri, 24 May 2013

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Longtime Fox television executive Mike Darnell, who helped shepherd "American Idol" to the top of U.S. TV ratings, will leave the network, Fox said on Friday, after the network lost its lead among the younger audience most appealing to advertisers.

Unhappy with how your fave series is faring? Amazon gives you a say

Fri, 24 May 2013

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon is once again shaking up traditional publishing models. This time, it's giving fans a chance to add their own personal touches to their favorite fiction - and get paid in the process.

Iran filmmaker gets standing ovation for secret film at Cannes

Fri, 24 May 2013

CANNES (Reuters) - An Iranian director who was jailed for anti-government propaganda in 2010 emerged at the Cannes film festival on Friday to premiere a new film about state oppression that he shot in secret in his home country.

Period dramas premiere on day 10 of Cannes film festival

Fri, 24 May 2013

CANNES (Reuters) - America's immigration debate finds echos in a period drama that premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday about a Polish woman who arrives at Ellis Island and fights to survive in 1920s New York.

Elizabeth Taylor's first wedding dress up for auction

Fri, 24 May 2013

LONDON (Reuters) - The wedding dress worn by film star Elizabeth Taylor for her first marriage to hotel heir Conrad Hilton in 1950 will go up for sale next month, auction house Christie's said on Friday.

Forget Michael Douglas, Liberace's poodle is top dog at Cannes

Fri, 24 May 2013

CANNES (Reuters) - A white poodle with cataracts stole the limelight from Hollywood star Michael Douglas by winning the Palm Dog award during the Cannes film festival on Friday.

Psy imposter caught living the high life at Cannes film festival

Fri, 24 May 2013

CANNES (Reuters) - A man pretending to be South Korean rapper Psy talked his way into glitzy parties at the Cannes film festival and posed with fans until he was spotted drinking champagne by the real Psy's manager.