Pederson to Visit Johnson Elementary for Education Funding Talk
Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson will visit Johnson Elementary at 355 18th St. SE at 10 a.m. to meet students and promote Gov. Vilsack's plan to boost K-12 funding by 108 million as part of a 4.77 billion education budget.
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Attorney seeks juror interviews in Hill case
Hakim Hill's attorney moves to interview jurors individually before the Johnson County District Court trial on February 11. The 19 year old former Iowa City High star faces a third degree sexual abuse charge involving a 15 year old girl at the school in April. A pretrial conference is set for Thursday at 2 p.m. Hill is attending Arizona State University and will miss the conference.
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Iowa City Manager to Work Olympic McDonald’s Crew
Lisa Costolo, 34, a McDonald’s manager from Iowa City, will join the 2002 Winter Olympics media center foodservice team in Salt Lake City. She was named 2000 Outstanding Manager in the Minneapolis region and was one of 400 chosen from 1.3 million employees. She departs Feb 15 and returns Feb 27 for 12 days of duties including managing her crew and serving items from fries to Chicken Parmesan sandwiches.
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Iowa City
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McDonald’s Olympic Foodservice
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Dubuque boy mails back transmitter in bluegill
A 7 year old Dubuque boy found a radio transmitter inside a bluegill on Jan 5 and mailed it to the DNR. DNA technicians traced the missing device through Cedar Rapids post offices and recovered it after coordinating with postal officials.
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Gazette
Fisheries Station
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Maurie Anderson
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
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Vinton
Dustin Nelson
Mississippi River
Judge urges safer Linn County Courthouse entry
Sixth Judicial District Chief Judge Da vid Remley asks the Linn County Board of Supervisors to direct Sheriff Don Zeller to restrict courthouse entry to one door on Fridays. Zeller cites staffing and funding limits with 13 deputies unavailable due to training, leave, and military duty. The move follows a Jan. 18 knife attack that slightly injured Assistant County Attorney Harold Denton. suspect Robert J. Northrup, 60, is charged with willful injury.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
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Linn
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Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
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First major storm heads to Eastern Iowa with heavy snow
Forecasters warn of a winter blast arriving from the west-southwest bringing 6 to 8 inches in Cedar Rapids and 8 to 10 inches in Iowa City with up to 14 inches in far southeast Iowa. Snow to start light today and intensify this evening through Thursday. DOT closes 23 of 140 maintenance garages to save about 5 million dollars, but 926 plows and the same number of operators remain ready. officials say snow removal will continue and roads will stay open despite shifted routes.
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