Iowa students struggle with geography say UNI prof
University of Northern Iowa assistant professor Robert Clark says Iowans lack global geography knowledge and even misplace regions like the Great Plains and Canada. He cites a National Geographic study on U S geographic illiteracy and argues geography belongs with social studies, not taught as mere memorization.
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Uhls resigns from Environmental Protection Commission
Des Moines attorney Keith Uhl resigns from the state Environmental Protection Commission. He owns 17 rental properties with cited substandard conditions and reportedly owes over 20000 in delinquent taxes. Uhl is married to Nancy Norman, head of the Department of Human Services, and cited public service as a challenging task. Governor Branstad lauds his environmental law expertise as missed.
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Man charged in D M death at Des Moines airport
Ronald Griffey III, 22, surrendered with his lawyer to Des Moines police and was charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Russell D. Ogle, 19. Ogle was killed after attempting to break up a fistfight in a parking lot near Des Moines International Airport as about 100 onlookers watched airplane traffic.
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Jones murder autopsy pending
Jennifer Lynn Jones a 24 year old Platteville Wisconsin woman was found dead in a shallow grave near a gravel road northwest of Dubuque. Autopsy was performed but results are not expected for a week to ten days. Perry Scott Baker 27 of Dubuque was arrested and confessed to strangling Jones with a shoestring and is held on 400000 bond.
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White to manage Amana Colonies Visitors Center
Elaine Miller White of Cedar Rapids has been named manager of the Amana Colonies Visitors Center/Convention Facility in Amana. She previously led convention sales for the Cedar Rapids Convention Bureau as the Amana center, at highways 151 and 220, opens, is owned by the Amana Society and marketed nationally for outdoor conventions.
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