Students push for evaluation of teachers in Cedar Rapids
Past and present Cedar Rapids students pressed the school board to consider reforms. They urged teacher evaluations, improved counseling, better class placement, and more relevant courses while acknowledging budget limits and the need for student responsibility. Public dialogue sessions are scheduled for Jan 18, Feb 15, and Mar 15 at 7:30 p.m.
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Hubacek
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Lisa Cash
Dairydale Court SE
Karen Kellenberger
Grande Ave
Jeff Pigott
E Ave
Pigott
Lisa Smith
White Pine Dr. NE
Kellenberger
Greg Gerstner
Towne House Drive
Cash
Valerie Loupee
B Ave
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Loupee
Convertible top theft and multiple burglary cases across towns
A 2008 Jeep convertible top was stolen in Decorah with a $450 value. Nicholas Spencer, 29, faces second degree burglary charges for a Dec. 18 incident at Justin Albright's residence and earlier Dec. 22 burglary of Lee Steinbach's garage. In Decorah a two-vehicle crash caused $1,500 in damages. In Waukon, Dean E. Russell was arrested Christmas Day for stealing an out-of-town visitors’ truck and awaits court. Blair J Grieman, 16, in Mason City is ordered to stand trial as an adult for kidnapping, rape, and attempted murder of a Mason City woman.
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Nicholas Spencer
Spencer
Justin Albright
Lamplight Lane
Lee Steinbach
E Ave
Linn County
Waukon
Dean E. Russell
Robert Dundee
Edgewood
Russell
Bill Campbell
Campbell
Allamakee
Mason City
UPI
L.L Boomhower
Blair J Grieman
Garner
Two Held in Linn County Drunk Driving Arrests
Melvin D. Barfield 51 of 1438 Fifth Ave SE was arrested at 6:35 P.M. in the 1000 block of 12th Ave SE and charged with drunken driving and failure to maintain control. Robert P. Ireland 36 of 1310 Highwood Dr NW was arrested at 7:55 P.M. in the 1700 block of 20th St NW and charged with drunken driving and speeding.
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Linn County
Melvin D. Barfield
Fifth Ave
12Th Ave
Robert P. Ireland
Highwood Drive
20Th St
Petersburg pickup rollover injures no one near Petersburg
David J. Becker of Dyersville escaped injury when his pickup truck rolled in a ditch after swerving to avoid a southbound car on County Road X-47 four miles south of Petersburg. Damages were about 3900 dollars to the truck and 100 dollars to a fence owned by Harold Fitz of Earlville.
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Petersburg
David J. Becker
Dyersville
Delaware County Sheriff's Department
Becker
Harold Fitz
Earlville
Nashua man in critical condition after accidental gunshot
Phillip Kies, 20, of Nashua remains in critical condition at a Rochester Minnesota hospital after being hit by a ricocheting .22 caliber bullet on Christmas morning while hunting in a remote area near Nashua.
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Nashua
Phillip Kies
Rochester, Minn
Kies
Santa gift mystery near Decorah
The Winneshiek County Sheriff's Department seeks the giver or recipient of a Christmas package found on a gravel road north of Decorah. The unopened parcel, tagged for Randy, is available for pickup at the Sheriff's Department.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
Clinton High School Choir Wins Gold Medal in Washington
Clinton High School A cappella Choir of 91 singers under Joan DeHaan earned a gold medal at a world class competition in Washington beating US and international choirs. The group, which also won gold two years earlier, visited the White House and met Jimmy Carter, but did not see President Reagan who was away in California.
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Clinton
UPI
Clinton High School
Washington
Joan DeHaan
United States
White House
Jimmy Carter
Reagan
California
Hills man burned in garage explosion
Hills resident Nick Miller 27 is listed in serious condition in the University of Iowa burn unit with second degree burns to his legs and hands after an explosion in his home garage on Third Street. Fire Chief Gerald Mellecker said Miller extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived at 10 30 Sunday and Miller was taken to Mercy Hospital in Iowa City by his wife.
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Iowa City
Hills
University of Iowa
Nick Miller
Third Street
Gerald Mellecker
Miller
Mercy Hospital
Mellecker
Iowa City man faces cocaine delivery charge
Randall W. Williams, 23, of 13 North Dodge St., is scheduled for a preliminary hearing January 4 in Johnson County District Court on delivering cocaine to an undercover agent on May 9. He posted a $2,500 bond and was released from jail.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Randall W. Williams
North Dodge St
Williams
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