Linn County Officials Limit Work Release Amid Abuse Concerns
Linn County judges prefer weekend or vacation jail sentences over weekday work release for misdemeanor offenses like drunken driving assault and theft. They cite job loss and income as factors and note a $10 daily fee and cap of 50 hours away weekly. Sheriff Blome supports reduced weekday work release to cut contraband risk. A dedicated work release unit with 11 beds underscores tighter control.
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Linn County
John Liebenmann
Robert Sosalla
Losalla
Dennis Blome
Blame
Iowa teachers face master’s degree requirement proposal
Tilp of the Iowa State Education Association argues new teachers must earn a master's within 12 years and that teacher education programs should gain NCATE accreditation. The plan would apply to those earning certificates after Oct 1, 1990, excluding veterans, with 32 percent of Iowa teachers already holding master’s degrees. The ISEA represents about 35,000 teachers.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ken Tilp
Iowa State Education Association
Tilp
National Council For the Accreditation of Teacher Education
NCATE
David Bechtel
Roses on show highlight Cedar Rapids exhibitors
Bessie Everts Irma Binko and Mary Jepson from Cedar Rapids enjoy the American Rose Society Central District 1988 Rose Show at the Sheraton Inn. About 140 exhibitors displayed 1350 roses with top honors awarded to Bob and Doris House from Ava Missouri.
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Bessie Everts
Cedar Rapids
American Rose Society
Sheraton Inn
Everts
Irma Binko
Mary Jepson
Bob and
Doris House
Ava, Mo
88 Boats Pass Through Keokuk Lock Sets World Record
Organizers claim a world record as 88 boats carrying 473 people moved through Lock 19 on Friday night during the Keokuk Hamilton Water Power Project Weekend. Guinness agreed to consider the feat as the most boats locked at once, with 83 boats locked through on the return passage. The vessels ranged from 11 foot fishing boats to a 45 foot yacht, and one boat was decorated as a 17 foot green dragon.
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Keokuk
Misssissippi
Hamilton
Ill
Gerald Moughler
Moughler
Keokuk-Hamilton
Longtime criminal found guilty of first degree murder
Ralph B. Reynolds, 63, with a criminal record dating to 1937, was found guilty of first degree murder for the April stabbing death of Denise Nickens, 21, in Des Moines. Jurors linked Reynolds to a matching knife wound. sentencing is Sept. 28 with a life without parole mandate. He is jailed in Polk County.
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Ralph B. Reynolds
Polk County District Court
Reynolds
Denise Nickens
Nan Horvat
Nickens
Horvat
Chris Odell
Iowa
Toledo
Eldora
Judy Corbin
Chamberlain
Polk County
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