Free National Parks Day at Hoover Site Highlights Historic Birthplace
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site offers free entrance on National Parks Day with tours at 9 30 a m 10 30 a m 2 00 p m and 2 45 p m from the Visitor Center A National Park Service program about the site and birthplace cottage runs at 1 and 7 p m The 50th anniversary of the cottage restoration ties to Hoover born in 1874 and noted as completed in a 1938 West Branch Times report The site lies in West Branch one half mile north of I 80 exit 254 with the cottage and Hoover Presidential Library Museum among its buildings
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Hearing set on Iowa rain insurance case against Chubb subsidiary
An administrative law judge scheduled a December 5 hearing in Des Moines over a complaint by Iowa regulators against Federal Insurance Co. for selling rain insurance to farmers without issuing policies. The case follows near record drought and delays from complex issues. Separately, some farmers have filed a lawsuit against the company.
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Westerbeck wins West Des Moines council seat as Gosch finishes last
Kenneth Westerbeck, 68, a retired Equitable of Iowa CFO, won the special West Des Moines City Council seat with 1 437 votes or 52 percent of 2 745 ballots. Ted Ohmart was second with 29 percent, Mary Francis Rodish 15 percent, and Noreen Gosch 3 percent. Gosch, mother of missing carrier Johnny Gosch, has long criticized police handling of the 1982 case. Rodish had been serving temporarily. the seat was vacated after Gary Davidson quit in May over a Bryan firing dispute.
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Iowa teachers pay outlook may widen national gap
The Iowa State Education Association forecasts Iowa teacher salaries will rise about 4 percent to 25,865 this year, lagging the national 5.5 percent rise to 29,573. ISEA says $40 million in new state money for top performers and extra duties is not counted as salary, potentially dropping Iowa from 30th toward the mid-30s in rankings.
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