Loras College Names Joseph Gower Next President
Joseph Gower, 55, named successor to Joachim Froehlich as Loras College president after a national search. Gower, current Mercyhurst College official, will start July 1 and relocate with his family to Dubuque. He spoke of building on the college’s achievements and was praised for his Catholic education background.
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Mercyhurst College
Erie
Dubuque
Loras College
Joachim Froehlich
Froehlich
Woerdehoff
Loras
UI in Talks to Buy Old Brick Church in Iowa City
The University of Iowa explores purchasing the 136 year old Old Brick building and surrounding property from the Old Brick Episcopal Lutheran Corp. If bought the UI would not raze it and would lease back to campus ministries while restoring the exterior and interior for community use.
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Judy Gerlitz
Episcopal Lutheran Corp. Board
UI seeks guidance on factory rights violations in Mexico
University of Iowa considers actions after a Worker Rights Consortium report alleging child labor abuse long hours below Mexican law, physical abuse, wage violations, and unsafe cafeteria conditions at Kukdong factory in Puebla. The plant made licensed apparel for Big 10 schools but not UI as per university.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Human Rights Committee
Mexico
Nike
Reebok
Worker Rights Consortium
Puebla
Mark Schantz
Kukdong
Indiana University
University of Michigan
Marcella David
David
Counseling offered to rescuers after fatal Highway 1 crash
Washington County deputies plan counseling for rescue workers who responded to a Friday accident on Highway 1 that killed five people. The Delta family of four and a friend in a minivan died when it collided with a jackknifed semi truck amid bad weather. Rex A. Pitchford of Raymond Illinois, 52, drove the semi.
UI professor lands $1 million defense grant for ship research
University of Iowa mechanical engineering professor Frederick Stern and co investigators Robert Wilson and Joe Longo receive a three year grant from the U S Department of Defense Office of Naval Research to study ship performance under pitch, heave and roll. The work uses computational fluid dynamics and towing tank tests with the Italian Towing Tank of Rome. Stern joined UI in 1983 and is a noted leader in computational ship hydrodynamics.
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Iowa City
Frederick Stern
University of Iowa
The
College of Engineering
Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research
U.S. Department of Defense
Defense Department
Office of Naval Research
Stern
Robert Wilson
Joe Longo
Institute of Hydraulic Research
Linn Court actions in Linn District Court in Cedar Rapids
Several defendants pleaded guilty to burglary and forgery charges with with deferred judgments and probations. Notable outcomes include Bruce D. Strain and Shannon G. Washburn receiving up to five years, while Beltz and Brown faced jail terms for failure to comply and burglary related offenses. Cases span Marion Cedar Rapids and Independence with dates in 2000.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn
Michael L. Cortez
Marion
Justin L. Millard
Independence
26Th Avenue
Corey T. Bush
Winfield
EZ Money
Edgewood Rd
Bush
Jennifer C. Sokol
St. Luke’s Hospital
Trevor L. Nortmann
Jessica A. Ralston
Wells Fargo Bank
First Ave
Ralston
Bruce D. Strain
Firstar
Strain
Correctional
Shannon G. Washburn
Washburn
Donald T. Jackson
Jackson
Pamela Dixon
Fourth Avenue SE
Russell Beltz
Beltz
Neilson R. Brown
Hunters Ridge
Court rejects appeal to cut meth maker Honken sentence
Dustin Lee Honken 32 from Mason City, convicted meth manufacturer and murder suspect, will not have his federal sentence reduced from 27 years. The Eighth Circuit affirmed, noting Honken’s appeal of the enhanced sentence was unsuccessful. Angela Johnson, 36, of Klemme, faces aiding and abetting charges in the five deaths tied to the case. Prosecutors have said Honken will be charged in the murders.
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Angela Johnson
Klemme
Honken
District of
Iowa
Mount Mercy Hosts February Student Visit Days
Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids schedules several February visit days for high school students and parents. Activities include campus tours, academics and student life overviews, and a financial aid presentation, plus meals with faculty and current students. Scholarships up to $2000 are awarded on Music and Art Scholarship Days.
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Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy College
Mount Mercy Financial Aid Department
Mount Mercy
Mtmercy
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