Valley levy returns to voters for school upgrades
The Valley Community School District asks Elgin and nearby residents to approve a 77 cent per 1000 assessed valuation property tax increase to fund four new classrooms and science renovations. If approved, the 1.10 mill levy would raise about 1.1 million over 10 years and enables matching funds from a state grant. Polls open 7 am to 8 pm at Clermont Larrabee Building Clermont Elgin and Wadena libraries.
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Gazette
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Valley Community School District
Valley
Cathy Molumby
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Clermont
Elgin Library
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Wadena
Amma draws crowd on Iowa Wesleyan tour stop
Mata Amritanandamayi known as Amma, revered spiritual teacher, meets about 1,000 at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant. She grants personal audiences with embraces and answers, noting cultural unity beyond Hinduism. She tours the United States explaining her mission.
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Mata Amritanandamayi
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Audrey Silverman
Fairfield
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mount Pleasant
Amritanandamayi
United States
Carter
Mother of Immortal Bliss
Amma
Sabin
Vortex
Iowa City
Probe continues into body found in burning minivan
Detectives pursue leads to identify a man found in a blue 1992 Mitsubishi minivan after a Tama County fire along Highway 30. Toledo firefighters found the body about 12:30 am Wednesday, 20 miles west of Toledo. Sheriff Dennis Kucera said investigators await the medical examiner and fire marshal reports on cause.
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Highway 30
Tama County
Dennis Kucera
Kucera
Briefs from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns
A Cedar Rapids woman, Sue Dietz, 60, was discharged from St Luke's Hospital after a traffic crash at Buffalo Road and Edgewood Road NE where her car allegedly ran a red light. A Quasqueton man, Robert Hill, 31, remained hospitalized in critical condition after a Tuesday pickup-semi crash north of Independence on Highway 150. Marcus A Herrmann, 18, of New Hampton, was jailed on four counts of third degree sexual abuse with bonds set at 50 000 each in Chickasaw County.
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Iowa State Patrol
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Hill
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Iowa City
Turner
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New Hampton
Marcus A. Herrmann
Chickasaw County
Herrmann
Iowa
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