Vernon eighth grader wins regional spelling bee crown
Sean Harrity of Vernon Middle School claimed the overall title at the Scripps Howard Area 10 Regional Spelling Bee at Kirkwood Community College. Seven of 21 finalists advance to the Iowa State Bee in Des Moines while six others, including Amanda Brase Solon Middle School and Shaun Meyer St Joseph Marion, move on to Des Moines in March. The event was co sponsored by the Des Moines Register Grant Wood Area Education Agency and Kirkwood.
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Sean Harrity
Vernon Middle School
Marion
Harrity
Scripps Howard
Kirkwood Community College
Des Moines
Amanda Brase
Solon Middle School
Shaun Meyer
St. Joseph School
Caitlin Savage
Williamsburg Community School
Allison Schneider
Taft Middle School
Cedar Rapids
Ed Taylor
Heritage Christian School
North Liberty
Madeline Young
Franklin Middle School
Des Moines Register
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Kirkwood
Snowy End to Week Expected in Eastern Iowa
KCRG-TV9 reports 5 to 6 inches in eastern Iowa with Cedar Rapids at 3 to 5 inches by Friday and Iowa City 4 to 6 inches. A winter weather watch covers counties south of Highway 20 and Faytte, Clayton and Allamakee. Snow starts light, then heavy this afternoon, with temperatures in the mid 20s and continuation into Friday morning before a light snow Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Kcrg-Tv9
Highway 20
Fayette
Clayton
Allamakee
Iowa Supreme Court weighs immunity in Monster Study suit
The Iowa Supreme Court will review a long running suit against the University of Iowa over the 1939 Monster Study stuttering experiment. State lawyers argue the study predates allowable damages and proceeding would be costly, raising questions of state immunity. The experiment involved 22 orphanage children to test environmental causes of stuttering.
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Iowa Supreme Court
University of Iowa
Davenport
Cedar Rapids Public Library closes Media Center amid budget cuts
The downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library Media Center shut after city belt tightening. The center offered viewing booths and listening stations for tapes and DVDs, with patrons losing in-library viewing but still able to borrow items. Staff note impact on low income users who relied on free access.
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Rick Smith
de Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Media Center
Tve
Tom Armitage
Armitage
Library Media Center
Soo Keun Kim
Kim
Alburnett water main break drains taps and disrupts day
A 4 inch water main near Moothart Street burst at 2 15 a m Wednesday flooding a driveway. The water was shut off for over three hours, schools dismissed at 11 30 a m, and service restored around 1 15 p m. Repairs by Kent Wright Mid way Well and Graham and Son Trucking fixed the issue.
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David Wallace
the Gazette
Larry Rowe
Midway
Weil
Moothart Street
Alburnett
Dalton Hawkins
Jacob Christopherson
Alburnett Elementary School
Dick Hogan
Sheriffs
Main
Joleen Trent
Kent Wright
Mid
Toddville
Graham & Son
Trent
Linn County
Patrol urged to trim duties for more troopers on roads
Iowa State Patrol should drop lesser duties to offset a 15 percent officer retirement and budget squeeze. Rep. Lance Horbach pressed that the top goal this year is to place as many troopers on state highways as possible.
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Horbach
James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa State Patrol
Lance Horbach
R-Tama
State patrol faces manpower strain amid retirements and funding shifts
Department of Public Safety Director Kevin Techau and Col. Robert Garrison defend annual bus and school vehicle inspections as troopers could drop from 433 to 387 since 2001. Horbach warns 20 to 30 troopers may retire this year with up to 40 lost if General Fund salaries are cut.
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Horbach
Tom Vilsack
Techay
Col
Robert Garrison
State Patrol
Lawmakers debate trooper staffing shifts and cost savings
The discussion compares tax refund loan spending to trooper budgets with Techau calling the issue a red herring. Horbach favors replacing state troopers at the Capitol with DPS cadets and increasing road patrols, a plan greeted more warmly despite small savings. Garrison and Techau support a shift that could free 10 to 12 troopers for patrol duty.
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Techau
Linn County approves 2.5% pay raise for officials
Linn County's eight elected officials will receive a 2.5 percent raise next fiscal year starting July 1. The Board of Supervisors unanimously cut the compensation board's 4 percent recommendation to 2.5 percent, saying the higher raise is unjustified given today’s economy. Sheriff Don Zeller and staff voiced disappointment, noting the cut affects about 11 employees tied to a percentage of his pay.
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Linn County
Board of Supervisors
Don Zeller
Zeller
Lu Barron
Jim Houser
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