Linn-Mar considers graduation date shift and boundary changes
Linn-Mar administrators discussed public input on several proposed changes for the coming school year. Main items include moving the Class of 2008 graduation date to May 18, 2008 to ease overcrowding and advancing attendance boundary changes to this fall to push students toward Oak Ridge School.
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Marion — Linn-Mar
Oak Ridge
Bowman Woods
Linn-Mar
Marion Independent School
Marion
Navak
Indian Creek
North 10Th Avenue
Indian Creek Bridge
29Th Avenue
Linn Grove
Linnmar
Robins awards contract for Coach Circle makeover
Robins city council approved a $168 190 contract to Rathie Construction Co for paving curb and gutter sewer storm sewer and water main work on Coach Circle plus patching on Landau Street. Work scheduled April 15 to June 1 with nine property owners facing a $5 000 maximum assessment previously proposed but rejected.
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John Schweitzer
Robins
Rathie Construction Co
Marion
Coach Circle
Landau Street
Snyder and Associates
Cedar Rapids
Iowa rolls out Operation Hometown Link for Iraq families
Gov. Culver debuted Operation Hometown Link enabling videoconferences between Iowa families and soldiers in Iraq via ICN. The service uses excess bandwidth to connect 750 Iowa locations with bases in Fallujah Al Asad and Taji, free for soldiers and families, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, at about 300 per 30 minutes.
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Chet Culver
ICN
Iowa
Iraq
Fallujah
al Asad
Taji
Iowa National Guard
Freedom Calls Foundation
Culver
Michelle Brown
Osceola
Freedomcalls.org
Lowa Communications Network
Parole Denied in Iowa Child Beating Death Case
Velma Whiting 52 remains imprisoned after an Iowa Board of Parole review denied parole for the 1996 second degree murder of 6 month old Shauna Patrick. Whiting adopted the infant and admitted punching the child in the abdomen twice. Release date is tentatively set for June 2019.
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Iowa City
Velma Whiting
Iowa Board of Parole
Whiting
Iowa Correctional Institution For Women
Mitchellville
Clarence Key Jr
Key
Shauna Patrick
Rural Monticello man killed in skid loader entrapment
A Monticello area man died last night after becoming trapped in a skid loader on a farm near Monticello around 6 30 p m. Jones County sheriffs office reported the identity was not released. Eight thousand water customers faced outages after a Davenport water main break.
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Monticello
Jones County
Davenport
River Drive
Lisa Reisen
American Water
East Davenport
Reisen
Eastern Iowa Community College
Scott Community College
Scott County
Teen driver charged after leading police on chase
Derrick Wilson 17 of Oelwein was arrested after a chase that began when an officer tried to stop him for no headlights. He lost control near 105th Street in Buchanan County, the car rolled several times, and both he and passenger Samantha Wilson 17 of Maynard were treated for minor injuries before Wilson was charged with eluding leaving the scene of a personal injury accident and multiple traffic violations.
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Oelwhin
Derrick Wilson
Oelwein
Highway 141
Wilson
105Th
Buchanan County
Samantha Wilson
Maynard
Oelwein Mercy Hospital
Funeral Friday for Soldier Killed in Iraq
Funeral services for Army Reserve Corporal Stephen Shannon 21 of Guttenberg will be Friday at St Mary’s Catholic Church Guttenberg. He died January 31 in Balad Iraq from injuries a rocket caused while his vehicle was hit in Ramadi. Visitation Thursday from 2 to 8 pm at Tuecke Allen Funeral Home and Cremation Service Guttenberg.
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Stephen Shannon
Guttenberg
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Shannon
Balad
Iraq
Ramadi
Tuecke-Allyn Funeral Home
Gazette
Iowa Lottery Draws and Jackpot Totals
On Monday February 5 the Iowa Lottery posted results for Cash Game with a $100,006 prize and several Pick 3 and Pick 4 midday and evening numbers. Lite Lotto, Lotto, and a $3.5 million jackpot were also listed with specific winning numbers.
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Iowa
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