Linn-Mar Scores Show Math Language Gaps in ITBS Results
Linn-Mar district reports ITBS and ITED results for grades 3-8 and 9-12 taken in September. While overall scores exceed state levels, concerns rise over persistent math weaknesses and language skill gaps, with fourth graders at Wilkins and Bowman Woods meeting math expectations but scoring higher overall in other areas.
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Linn-Mar
Iowa
Harold Hulleman
Wilkins
Bowman Woods
District grapples with uneven test scores and teaching focus
Officials explain why Indian Creek fourth graders lag in language while other areas rise. The district reports high mobility and bus schedules reducing school time for those in need, and notes shifts in math instruction and student attitudes at the high school. Percentile rankings for grades span from 68 to 98 across the system.
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John Botkin
Hulleman
Indian Creek
Glen Easterday
Dick Christie
Iowa
Linn-Mar
Marion council approves zoning and parking changes
Marion City Council gave first reading to an ordinance dissolving the swimming pool committee and placing the Legion Memorial Swimming Pool under Parks and Recreation. It also approved several rezonings including Armar Subdivision parcels and 25th 29th avenues and 31st 35th streets. Parking on the south side of Ninth Avenue from Second to Tenth Streets was eliminated by a 5 1 vote with Mayor Grundy opposed.
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Marion
Legion Memorial
Parks and Recreation Department
Orville Rust
David Frimms
Marion Community Center
Armar
Marion Boulevard
25Th
29Th Avenues
35Th
Knollicrest Drive
Ninth Avenue
Second
Tenth Streets
William J. Grundy
Shive, Hattery and Associates
Eighth Ave
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ames
Independence theft probed at Lucky 10 Lanes parking lot
Independence police reported a theft from a station wagon at the Lucky 10 Lanes lot. Entry was gained via a broken window, with Katherine J. Tudor of Independence identifying $1,689 worth cleaning equipment including vacuums, a rug shampooer, bags, hoses, and a generator stolen.
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Independence
Katherine J. Tudor
Parking removal debated again in Marion CBD plan
Marion City Council revisited removing parking from Seventh Avenue as part of the Central Business District project. Hurley Hall proposed an amendment urging removal, others opposed citing the need for the highway by pass and state concerns. The motion failed to advance after lack of support and information.
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Marion
Central Business District
Seventh Avenue
Hurley Hall
Charles Kraut
Mary Lou Pazour
Hall
Pazour
Carl Foster
Iowa Department of Transportation
Theft in Littleton Bores Looted Motor Home
Buchanan County sheriff's officers report a motor home owned by Leo Keilholtz of rural Jesup was broken into in Littleton on the night of November 23. Outside doors were pried, a gas cap stolen, and 32 gallons of gasoline taken, totaling $124 in damage and loss. The theft was reported Thursday.
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Littleton
Buchanan County Sheriff's
Leo Keilholtz
Jesup
Marion YMCA Saturday activity and busier notices
Marion briefs list YMCA schedules for non aquatic floor hockey open gyms and swim lessons with times, plus Christmas hours. Also advertisements for Home Furnishings curbside pickup and band and school staffing notices requesting crossing guard and bus driver vacancies with pay rates and phone numbers.
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YMCA
The
Marion Ymca
Marion Independent
Mentzer School
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Marion Council
Hermann Thompson Associates
Hennessey and Sons Construction Co
Thompson
29Th Avenue
Alburnett Road
A&h
7Th Avenue
Julie Harris
Wac.r. Glass Co
8Th Ave
Rockwell
Kubias
Builtin
Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Four Seasons Howe
Rubias Hardware
Lumberland, Inc
Warp Bros
Chicago
Ogden & Adams
Sandrol
OK Hdwe
Cavey’s
Olin
Clarence Hdwe
Clarence
Olsen
Lowden
North Liberty Lbr
North Liberty
Oxford
Palo
Walford Lumber
Walford Johnson
Keystone
J. Howard Reed
Lbr
Delhi
Shellsbrug
Hdwe
Shellsburg Solon
Solon
House of Home Furnishings
7Th Ave
Marion Band
Shell Motor Oil
Anamosa
Jones County Oil
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