DPI panel denies Decorah home schooling appeal
An Iowa Department of Public Instruction hearing panel dismissed the Sessions family appeal to continue home based education for two children. The ruling cites failure to meet the requirement that elementary students be taught by certified teachers and will go to the DPI board for review at the April 13-15 meeting in Fort Dodge.
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Decorah
Robert
Linda Sessions
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
DPI
Fort Dodge
Decorah Truancy Case Involves State Ed Rules
The DPI board may alter the panel’s ruling though it usually accepts it. Decorah argues the Sessions violate state truancy laws by not sending two children to a certified school. The panel found education could be equivalent but still unlawful. A prior non jury trial paused as parties agreed DPI would decide the issues.
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DPI Board
Decorah
Don Glee
Decorah Board
Sarah
Erik
DPI
Winneshiek County
Glee
County Roadside Slaughter Probed After Cow and Hog Killings
Jackson and Clinton counties investigate possible link among ten roadside butcherings over two months. Deputy Jim Streets says killed animals show common methods and may enter markets as economy stays weak. Four cases in Jackson, five or six in Clinton. Crimestoppers sought for tips.
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Clinton County
Streets
Jackson County
Jackson
Clinton Counties
Victims in Welton blast to settle claims by arbitration
Bettendorf will host a courtroom to arbitrate 23 injury claims from the 1981 Welton house explosion. Former Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice C Edwin Moore will decide how to divide a 2.85 million escrow funded by insurers among victims, including minors. The hearing at Jumer's Castle Lodge begins Tuesday.
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Bettendorf
Welton
Iowa Supreme Court
C. Edwin Moore
Donald Burzlaff
Iowa
Burzlaff
Francis Claeys
Corrin
Colette
Moore
Des Moines
George Davison
Lex Hawkins
Jumer’s Castle Lodge
Donald
Betty Burzlaff
Dewitt Farmland Cooperative
Grand Mound
Former prison worker arrested for parole violation in Burlington
Thomas L. Leffler, 38, a former Iowa State Penitentiary food service supervisor, was arrested on a parole-violation warrant after pleading guilty to fifth degree theft in Des Moines County. He had earlier admitted taking a bribe to sell shotgun shells tied to a 1981 riot that left a hostage death and over 1 million dollars in damages. He was released on his own recognizance and faces trial Monday.
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Burlington
Iowa State Penitentiary
Iowa
Bruce McDonald
Thomas L. Leffler
Des Moines
Leffler
William Cahill
Food Service
Kenneth Sheffy
Sheffy
Justices At Iowa Supreme Court Day Hear Arguments
Iowa City nine Supreme Court justices visit the University of Iowa for Supreme Court Day. They will hear oral arguments in a death case of a truck driver killed in a collision with a train at 2 p.m. in the Senate Chamber Old Capitol. The event is funded by a $10,000 gift from the family of the late Justice Henry K. Peterson.
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Iowa City
Supreme Court
University of Iowa
Senate Chamber
Old Capitol
U of I College of Law
Iowa Supreme Court
Henry K. Peterson
Council Bluffs
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