Provost Loh to Lead Maryland University as President
The University of Iowa will launch a national search for a new provost after Wallace Loh resigns to become University of Maryland College Park president starting November 1. Loh, 65, accepted a $450,000 salary, saying timing and opportunity influenced his move.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Wallace Loh
University of Maryland College Park
Loh
Maryland
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Lor
Iowa
Sally Mason
Mason
Lori
Waterloo council debates traffic camera proposal
Waterloo city leaders heard Gatso USA Inc promote traffic cameras to reduce crashes and issue speeding and red light citations. Mayor Buck Clark and several council members voiced support citing safety, while others warned the plan is a revenue grab and a privacy issue.
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Ine Courier
Waterloo
Gatso USA Inc
Beverly
Mass
Cedar Rapids
Buck Clark
Clark
Paul Bazzano
Gatso USA
Ron Welper
Steve Schmitt
Wesper
One in ten Iowans use food aid as need climbs
New figures show in Linn County 23,148 residents received federal food assistance from July 2008 to July 2009, up 9.3 percent, with area agencies noting rising demand and more working families seeking help. The article cites Salvation Army and local pantries and explains eligibility at 130 percent of the poverty level.
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Nadia Crow
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Candie Edmonds
Salvation Army
Angie Cedillo
Cedillo
Lawmakers Push Branstad Critique Of Flood Response
Iowa lawmakers Rob Hogg and Bill Dotzler invite residents to compare former Gov. Branstad’s 1993 flood response with Gov. Culver’s 2008 actions. They cite I-JOBS as aiding recovery and note Branstad’s reluctance to take on debt, contrasting it with rapid local labor and bridge replacement funded by the program.
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Tne Gazette
Rob Hogg
Bill Dotzler
Terry Branstad
Chet Culver
Hogg
Cedar Rapids
Loo
Culver
Branstad
I-Jobs
Dotzler
D-Waterloo
Iowa Northern Railroad
Elimi
Iowa
United Way of East Central Iowa
Human Services
Eighth Avenue SE
Eve Gravelle
Ca2namm
Burr Oak supervisor seeks re election as independent
Dean Darling of Burr Oak seeks another four year term on the Winneshiek Board of Supervisors as an independent after losing the Republican primary by 12 votes to Lonnie Pierce. He plans to circulate nominating papers once petitions begin and needs 27 signatures from district residents.
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Winneshiek
Aygrent
Burr Oak
Winneshiek County
Dean Darling
Board of Supervisors
Lonnie Pierce
Bluffton
Darling
Decorah
Man convicted murder charged with courthouse assault
Michael Mayton, a 41 year old convict, is charged with felony willful injury after allegedly striking Dubuque County Attorney Ralph Potter with cuffed hands as he left a murder trial. Potter was treated and released from a hospital. The new charge carries up to 10 years. Mayton already faces up to 50 years for the August 2009 stabbing death of David Tate. The Iowa Attorney General's Office will prosecute.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Michael Mayton
Mayton
Ralph Potter
Potter
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