Finalists Selected for Iowa City City Manager Post
Iowa City announces two finalists for city manager: Michael Matthes of Des Moines and Art Chaudry of Union Station Kansas City Missouri. They join three other candidates and will interview again on March 1 after last week’s initial round.
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Iowa City
Susan Stanton
Largo
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Marketa Oliver
Windsor Heights
Lawrence Delo
Chaudry Declines Post At Union Station KC
M A Art Chaudry declines to take the executive vice president and chief financial officer role at Union Station in Kansas City Missouri. He holds a civil engineering degree from Illinois Urbana Champaign earned 1969 and an MBA from Loyola Chicago earned 1973.
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Des Moines Assistant City Manager Michael Matthes Joins Post
Michael Matthes, 38, serves as assistant city manager in Des Moines with a salary of 127373 dollars. He holds a bachelor’s in American history from Graceland College earned in 1992 and a master’s in public administration from Iowa State University earned in 1996.
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Graceland College
Iowa State University
Modern Life Driving Pet Peeves on I 380 Corridor
Diane Heldt reports Corridor travelers cite frequent bad driving on Interstate 380 between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Complaints include cell phone use tailgating improper merging and expectations that others move over. The piece notes heavy traffic and winter conditions as possible factors.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Gazette invites I‑380 travel stories on TV broadcast
Gazette readers are invited to share Interstate 380 travel experiences via GazetteOnline.com. Diane Heldt of Gazette staff will discuss the piece on KCRG-TV9 at 11 a.m. today.
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Tragedy in St Donatus as Man and 2 Children Die
In St Donatus Iowa Andrew Voss 36 and his children 4 year old Isaac and 19 month old Rachel were found dead in the garage of their home near 296th Street. Authorities wait autopsy results at the State Medical Examiner's Office Ankeny to determine cause and foul play has not been ruled out.
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Gazette
ST. Donatus
Jackson County
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Judy Lochner
Kalmes Store
Isaac
Rachel
Voss
296Th Street
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Iowa Department of Public Safety
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Ankeny
Kettmann
Bruiser Woodpecker Dominates At Meekers Feeder
A red headed woodpecker nicknamed Bruiser terrorizes birds at the Meekers’ feeder on A Avenue in Benton County. The immature male lurks in trees around the feeder waiting to drive away starlings and pine siskins and seize seeds.
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Gazette Newhall
Meekers
Benton County
Bruiser
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Pat Meeker
Tom
Newhall
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