Waterloo Man Trial Begins in Double Murder Case
Jury selection starts today for Martaves Deshone Keys charged with two counts of first degree murder in the 2007 deaths of Ronald Scullark Jr. and Anissa Schroeder in Waterloo. Trial could last three weeks with a larger pool of jurors and a knowledge questionnaire.
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Iowa shuts building housing mentally disabled workers
State inspectors closed a 106 year old Atalissa building that housed 21 mentally disabled men brought from Texas to work at Henrys Turkey Service in West Liberty. The Texas firm employed dozens since the 1970s and payroll records show monthly salaries as low as 65 dollars.
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Clinton man sentenced for letting child roam
Clinton man David A. Cervantes, 27, was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 160 suspended, fined 625, and 18 months of supervised probation for child endangerment after a 4 year old was found wandering unsupervised outside a Clinton home on June 13. His girlfriend left the child in his care at 7:30 a.m. and he later passed out after drinking. The girl said she had been outside about an hour.
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Environmentalist Edward O. Wilson to speak at UI Iowa City
Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson, father of modern environmentalism, will lecture at the University of Iowa on Wednesday and Darwin Day events on Thursday. He promotes the Encyclopedia of Life, a Smithsonian-based project cataloging Earth’s species, and discusses savannas, biodiversity, and the need to curb environmental destruction.
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Marion council keeps property tax rates unchanged
Marion City Council after budget review kept the residential property tax rate for fiscal 2010 at last year’s level rather than a proposed 3.47 percent hike. The levy remains $644.56 per $100,000 of assessed value, up $21.34 from 2009, with an estimated $41 more annual tax on a $200,000 home.
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