Plea bargain in Iowa City traffic death case
West Des Moines man Thomas H. Eldridge pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2003 death of 20 year old University of Iowa student Amanda Skolnick. He faced two counts of vehicular homicide but plea deal reduces potential prison time by 30 years. Sentencing set for April 20 with victim impact statements.
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Fire destroys Custom Cabinets and Millwork in Cedar Rapids
Investigators closed the case on the February 11 blaze at 9309 18th St. SW, Cedar Rapids, determining the fire started in the basement. Co owner Chuck Barnes expressed relief no employee negligence was found while owners seek a Cedar Rapids area location and arrange insurance working capital. The business now operates from Swisher and Central City sites, with a Marion shop offered for staining and painting.
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Bequest UI Be Dell Gives $1 Million to UI Programs
Barbara Bedell of Deer Harbor Washington donates one million dollars to the University of Iowa. The gift funds the English Department and the Ophthalmology Department at Carver College of Medicine. It creates an endowed professorship and an endowed fellowship for non fiction writing. Brooks London says the gift immediately boosts the English program’s prestige.
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Iowa
Court upholds dismissal of discrimination claim
A federal appeals court in Cedar Rapids affirmed a magistrate ruling denying Nancy Kratzer’s promotion complaint against Rockwell Collins. The Eighth Circuit held Kratzer failed to prove harassment or discriminatory conduct and did not show Rockwell acted illegally in denying a May 2002 promotion due to disability or gender.
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