Paula Mick opposes film on Cooper children custody
Paula Mick and her husband Larry oppose NBC plans for a movie about the Cooper custody battle. They fear inaccuracy and worry the film will depict them unfairly. The Micks will not cooperate, while the children live in Cedar Rapids foster homes and Karen Cooper remains the legal mother.
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Iowa
Cooper
NBC
Micks
Mick
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids rec center bond defeat worsened by error
A recount found a transcription error in Precinct 42 Kenwood School, adding 200 no votes. The unofficial result shows 7,158 against and 1,270 for the $7.75 million recreation center, turnout 13.2 percent, defeating the issue which needed 60 percent. The result is the worst city bond defeat since 1969.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Kenwood School
Linn County Supervisors
Lois Keller
Civic Center
UFCW targets 11 IBP plants for union elections
UFCW official says 10,000 IBP workers at 11 non union plants may vote in upcoming elections. Interest shown at six or seven plants. 30 percent sign up needed to trigger NLRB action, with 60 to 80 percent support preferred. Plants mentioned include Iowa Council Bluffs Denison Storm Lake Columbus Junction Madison West Point Nebraska Laverne Joslin Boise Garden City Emporia.
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IBP Inc
Kevin Williamson
Ufcw International
IBP
Williamson
National Labor Relations Board
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Dakota City
Texas
Washington
Teamsters Union
Council Bluffs
Denison
Storm Lake
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Madison
West Point
Nebraska
Laverne, Minn
Joslin, Ill
Boise
Idaho
Garden City
Emporia
Kansas
School chiefs seek higher pay for administrators
A group representing Iowa's largest districts plans to lobby the Legislature for more money for school administrators. They cite teacher salary increases narrowing the gap and harming morale, said Thomas Brown, Sioux City schools superintendent and Urban Education Network chair.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Iowa
Thomas Brown
Sioux City
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