Branstad signs bonding plan for university projects
Iowa Governor Branstad signed a bonding package authorizing 41.3 million in bonds for construction and fire safety work at regents universities. The plan, approved by lawmakers, totals 74.5 million in debt service and funds a new University of Iowa undergraduate business college, remodeling at ISU and UNI, and fire life safety upgrades.
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University of Iowa
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Brandstad
Regents Universities
Iowa State University
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University of Northern Iowa
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Missing Iowans rise in state reports and clearhouse data
Gazette wire service reports Iowa has seen a 32 percent rise in missing person figures since 1986, with 8,900 cases last year. Officials attribute increases to improved reporting and a broader list, noting most are runaways or juveniles and most cases are resolved quickly. Longest unknown since 1975 involves Iowa City teacher Jane Wakefield. County rates for juvenile missing per 1,000 vary across eastern Iowa towns.
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Nerem
Iowa City
Jane Wakefield
Craig Lids
Pottawattamie
Scott County
Woodbury County
Decatur County
Iowa
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Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Jackson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Muscatine
Poweshiek
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Security guard charged in mall burglary spree
William A. Harris, 27, of 2535 Bartlett Rd., is accused of entering the downtown Iowa City Old Capital Center mall through a back service door with a security key and stealing more than $9,000 in athletic apparel from stores including The Athlete's Foot. Four burglary counts filed after investigations began March 21. Harris allegedly entered on at least two occasions in March. other stores reported minor thefts prior to the big caper.
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Aazette Gurreczont
Iowa City
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Bartett Rd
Mike Brotherton
Brotherton
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Two Plus Two
Benetton
Johnson
Waterloo murder trial moved again
The trial of Kenneth Hardy, 25, charged with first degree murder in the August 1989 death of Rochelle Lea Berry, has been relocated for the third time. It will be tried in Knoxville starting May 9 after moves from Waterloo to Knoxville and then Winterset due to publicity and space issues. Berry’s body was found at sand pits near Waterloo Labor Day weekend.
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Charles City
Kenneth Hardy
Knoxville
Winterset
Hardy
Rochelle Lea Berry
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