Tipton man Brett Fitch to stand trial after competency finding
Brett Fitch, 38, facing seven federal counts for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana to under 21s, will proceed to trial after a court finds him competent. A competency hearing is set for Monday in Cedar Rapids. Also, Shane Clark of Anamosa received seven years for conspiring to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine.
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Brett Fitch
Fitch
Atlanta
U.S. Attorney’s Office
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Shane Clark
Anamosa
Clark
Tipton
New Iowa license plates required by day end
By day end new plates must replace old blue plates on Iowa vehicles. Sunday brings a 41 dollar fine for expired plates if ticketed. Applicants faced with penalties of 5 percent of annual registration fee, minimum five dollars, but January mailers are exempt from the penalty.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids Tutors Train Volunteers For Adult Literacy
A February workshop at Kirkwood Lincoln Center educates volunteers to tutor adults in basic literacy. The free 12 hour program runs 6 30 to 9 30 p m on February 3 5 10 and 12 at 912 18th Ave SW Cedar Rapids. Call 366 0142 for information or pre registration.
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Kirkwood Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center
18Th Ave
Barbara Stark
United Way in Johnson County Raises 1.31 Million in 1998
The United Way of Johnson County reports a record 1.31 million raised in the 1998 campaign, topping its goal. Fifty new businesses and 355 first time individual donors joined, with board recommendations on spending due March 11.
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United Way
Johnson County
Belle Plaine man sentenced in federal drug and guns case
Thomas Fisher Jr., 39, was sentenced to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute amphetamine and possession of firearms by an unlawful user of controlled substances. He must serve four years of supervised release after prison.
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Belle Plaine
Thomas Fisher Jr
U.S
Stephen Rapp
Fisher
Rapp
Improving behavior DSC program gives troubled students another chance
In Cedar Rapids, the DSC program helps probation youths like Ty reform behavior and raise grades. Led by Shelly Howe, it pairs daily classes with a point system and aftercare, guiding up to 30 middle school students through clear thinking, goal setting, and accountability to avoid residential treatment.
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Wilson Middle School
Shelly Howe
Far Right
Dinator
Howe
DART
Boyson Road
Iowa AG proposes juvenile court liaison program for schools
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller proposes a program to place Juvenile Court liaison officers in fifth through ninth grades to monitor at risk youth. The plan, modeled after the DART School Connection, would require 3 million dollars annually and aims to reduce truancy and provide after school structure. Shelly Howe of DART notes extending to Cedar Rapids high schools could help manage unstructured time and behavior problems.
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Joshua Nichols
Taft Alternative
Dart School Connection
DSC
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Judicial District
Tom Miller
Iowa
Gazette News
Tom
Shelly Howe
Miller
Howe
Marion man charged with sexual assault of a minor in Texas case
Scott Halverson, 34, of 1270 Country Club Dr., is charged in Linn County with sexual assault of a child for allegedly having sex with a 15 year old Texas girl met online. Bond set at $20,000. The incident reportedly occurred after meeting in Grapevine near Dallas Fort Worth. The case may be extradited to Texas for prosecution.
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Dave Goschuazette
Marion
Texas
Scott Halverson
Country Club
Linn County
Sue Hanley
Grapevine
Halverson
Iown
Hanley
Westlake
Dallas-Fort Worth
American Trans Air
Tarrant County
Prosecutor offers to drop theft charges over fake Tiffany lamp
Johnson County prosecutors ready to drop first degree theft charges against Mike and Sandra Hammes if they refund two men who allege the Hammeses sold them a non authentic signed Tiffany lamp. The case centers on two sales in January 1997 to buyers in New York and Connecticut.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Mike
Sandra Hammes
David Tiffany
Hammeses
Coralville
New York City
Connecticut
Tiffany
Connie Stannard
Stannard
Mike Hammes
Pennsyl
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