Kirkwood superintendent gets raise beyond request
Kirkwood Community College boards approve a two part raise for Superintendent Bill Stewart totaling 4.5 percent retroactive to last Feb 1 and 6.6 percent next Feb 1 lifting his pay to 61 268.35. The board also approves a two year pact with the Kirkwood Faculty Association and a uniform salary package for administrators and staff. Stewart notes the raises align with state trends though he warned against higher increases.
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Kurt Rogalin
Azette
Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
Bill Stewart
Stewart
Des Moines Area
Kirkwood Faculty Association
Kirkwood
the Gazette
DMACC
Joseph Bergen
John Hawse
Hawkeye Institute of Technology
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
John Pichoda
Marshalltown Area
Jensen
Roy Wingate
Iowa City
Wingate
DOT crews paint lines on 42nd Street NE
Department of Transportation crews painted lane lines on 42nd Street NE and prepared the roadway ahead of the early afternoon opening of the I-380 interchange to traffic.
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Lawa Department of Transportation
42Nd Street
Parents seek changes to Mount Vernon Middle School math program
About 25 parents at Mount Vernon Middle School voiced concerns over team taught sixth and seventh grade math led by Darrell Ferreter and Glen Helble. They cited large class sizes, grading policies, heavy homework, and rapid progress, while officials pledged changes for next year and offered avenues for direct dialogue.
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Gretchen Sutherland
Izette
Mount Vernon
Darrell Ferreter
Glen Helble
Adrian Ringold
Ringold
Ferreter
Helble
Barbara Colehour
Tom Lass
Cedar Rapids to buy new fire engine this summer
Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen announced unanimous informal support for purchasing a Pirsch Co. pumper priced at 113000 with funds from the fire equipment replacement fund. The unit, with a redesigned ladder and greater capacity, should arrive around mid August at Noelridge station. Meanwhile, crews search for parts to repair an 11 year old truck’s blown piston.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Pirsch Co
Kenosha
Wis
Robert McMahan
Noelridge
Unwanted guest charged after assaulting woman and officer
A 27 year old man, David Love, was arrested for two counts of assault after allegedly striking a woman several times in her apartment and kicking a police officer who tried to remove him. He was taken to Linn County Jail on multiple charges including criminal trespass and public intoxication. Ernest Hemingway reference appears in error and not related to the incident.
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David Love
Fifth Ave
Linn County
Love
Cindy Hernden
10Th Ave. SE
Herndene
Sian
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B.A. Jensen
Kirkwood Board of Directors
Wayne Gugler
Tom Madsen
Gugler
Madsen
Davenport
Bettendorf
Colehour
Athi
Lond City R&d East
Sky Diver’s
Ernest Hemingway
Ketchum, Idaho
Hall Omerum
Cone Creek
Norwalk
Simmon
Simmons
Williams
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