Weipert and Slockett Neck and Neck in Fundraising: Iowa City Daily News Links, May 22

I had no idea before this morning that Boys II Men were still performing.

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Boys II Men are indeed still going, and they are performing as one of the free shows at the Iowa State Fair. See the full performance schedule for the fair .

City and West High Schools both made it on Newsweek's top 1,000 high schools list. See .

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For our readers' choice contest this week we're asking where people where they love to go to find in Iowa City.

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Campaign finance reports are in before the upcoming June 5 primary. Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette writes that the Johnson County auditor fundraising race is tight, with the challenger Travis Weipert actually receiving more donations, and the incumbent, Tom Slockett, having more money due to a sizeable loan he made to his own campaign.

Tara Bannow of the Iowa City Press-Citizen also has a nice article featuring other local fundraising amounts.

A City High School student has already been accepted to Northwestern Medical School. Not too shabby.

President Barack Obama will be back in Iowa again this week, and his supporters have been working to drum up enthusiasm for the visit, writes Josh O'Leary of the Press-Citizen.

The city of Iowa City is considering whether to provide a community development block grant to a new boxing and kickboxing establishment that wants to come to Iowa City.

The University of Iowa Foundation has denied an open records request made by the Des Moines Register.

Jill Kasparie of KCRG writes about the importance of keeping children active tihs summer for their future development.

Meredith Hines-Dochterman of the Gazette writes about the virtues of Dutch Ovens.

Iowa City West High School's championship boys basketball squad girls received some nice distinctions.

The search has been called off for the apparent drowning victim in the Cedar River.

The search warrant for a Manchester teen accused of shooting his grandparents revealed that both victims were shot in the head.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Dvorsky, who said he was the first state senator in Iowa to endorse Obama before the 2008 election, said winning Iowa will be essential for the president to reach the 270-electoral-vote threshold needed to secure a second term.

“There’s really not any scenario going to 270 without Iowa included, so you’re going to see the biggest grassroots effort for a presidential race ever in Iowa this year,” Dvorsky said.

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