Driver sentenced to 12 years in Cedar Rapids fatal crash
Jermonda Pledge, 29, pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide reckless driving and driving while barred for a March 2012 crash that killed Angela Kuehl. He received 12 years in prison, with $150,000 to Angela Kuehl's estate and $7,432 to the Iowa Crime Victims Assistance Program. Angela was ejected when Pledge ran a red light at County Home Road and C Avenue Extension.
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Amy Kuehl
Sissy
Angela Kuehl
Verna Kuehl
Angela
Jermonda Pledge
Pledge
Alburnett
County Home Road
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Ing
Kuehl
Linn County
Nick Maybanks
Maybanks
Iowa Crime Victims Assistance Program
Fewer Iowa community college students as enrollment drops
The 2013 Condition of Iowa's Community Colleges reports 94,234 fall enrollments across 15 schools, a 6.3 percent drop from 2012 and 11.6 percent from 2010. Kirkwood Community College alone fell 8 percent to 15,345 as tuition rose to cope with shrinking demand.
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Iowa Board of Education
Kristie Fisher
Kirkwood Community College
Fisher
Kirkwood
Eastern
Des Moines
Minnesota
South Dakota
Cliff Jette
Tne
Catherine Vanarsdale
Marion
Benton Hall
Cedar Rapids
Legislature splits over K-12 funding and preschool expansion
Iowa Senate Democrats push to set a fiscal 2016 K-12 state aid level and boost 4-year-old preschool funding. Leaders say an allowable growth increase for 2015-16 will be sought while they delay until 2015 on some measures. Republicans warn against overspending and stress cautious budgeting.
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Pam Jochum
D-Dubuque
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