Prisoners Improve Lives Through Learning Program
Iowa Central Community College runs a literacy GED and work readiness program at Fort Dodge Correctional Facility with a licensed librarian and 150 GED graduates annually since 1998. Inmates Elgin Grant, Randal Brown, and Andrew Wallace study for tests. many aim for college or trade careers after release.
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Sioux City
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Des Moines
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Minneapolis
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Family sues bar after drunken driving death
The McFarland family sues A K O Connors bar after Clarann McFarland was killed by Mary Donnelly Glumac. Donnelly Glumac had a 0.118 percent BAC and three beers reported. The Walkers seek 400000 while Donnelly Glumac paid 5000 to settle. Trial set for October in Polk County District Court.
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Clarann McFarland
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John Walker
A.K. O’connors
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Bar
Joseph Happe
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Cedar Rapids woman pleads guilty in meth conspiracy case
Kerry Burdick, 44, was sentenced in U S District Court to five years and ten months for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and amphetamine and for involving a minor in drug trafficking. Her sister Jody Schulte received the same sentence. Blough, 17 at arrest, faces two ten year terms for child neglect and meth delivery. Sean O Geary, the alleged supplier, is serving life for first degree murder of Bloughs baby Mercedes.
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Jessica Blough
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Jody Schulte
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Mercedes
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State Receives Another Tobacco Settlement Payment
The state received a wired settlement payment of 35,485,025.34 dollars as part of its share of a lawsuit against the tobacco industry. The funds fund anti smoking programs and health initiatives, with total receipts since 1998 totaling 125,693,944.76 dollars and an expected eventual total around 2 billion dollars through 2025.
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Newborn Arrival Featured in Milestones Section
New parents invited to share a newborn photograph and birth announcement in the Milestones section of Sundays Gazette. Call 368 8873 or 1 800 397 8212 for details.
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