Branstad proposes $90.8 million plan to raise teacher pay
Gov. Branstad unveils a four year plan to lift Iowa teachers to the national average of 39,953 by 1995. He argues higher pay attracts talent while opponents call the price inflated and misleading, claiming the total cost reaches about 253 million with compounding effects.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Don Avenson
Oelwein
Avenson
U.S
Iowa State Education Association
Detonator Loss Triggers Alert on Clayton County Highway 13
Lonnie Zingula reports lost detonators near Elkader through Strawberry Point raise safety concerns along Clayton County Highway 13. Local authorities urge caution as they assess the potential hazard and coordinate with responders.
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Clayton County
Elkader
Strawberry Point
Detonator Caps Missing After Truck Spill in Clayton County
Clayton County officials search for two boxes of detonator caps dropped from a Bennett Explosives truck between Gunder and Strawberry Point. A box was found near Elkader and another near the Elkader Golf Course. two boxes remain unaccounted for. Authorities warn to avoid radios and car phones nearby and to contact police if found.
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Clayton County
Gander
Strawberry Point
Bennett
Elkader
Highway 13
Gunder
Fisherman Drowns Near Bellevue After Night Outing
Kenneth J. Droessler 55 of Dubuque went fishing north of the Bellevue dam Thursday and did not return. Bellevue Fire Department and Jackson County authorities searched until 10:45 p.m. and found the boat, later locating his body about five feet away in the Mississippi River cave on the Illinois side. An autopsy by Dr. Paul Koob of Maquoketa is underway as the investigation continues.
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Bellevue
Dubuque
Jackson County
Kenneth J. Droessler
U.S. Coast Guard
Illinois
Mississippi River
Droessler
Paul Koob
Maquoketa
Anonymous donors fund suit to block Prairie Meadows aid
In Des Moines an anonymous donor pledge of 50000 dollars finances a lawsuit against using tax money to aid the Prairie Meadows horse racing track in Altoona. The complaint seeks class action status for all Polk County property taxpayers.
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Des Moines
Prairie Meadows
Altoona
Polk County
Chewning murder trial set to begin in Coralville
Frank Chewning 41 of Monmouth Illinois faces a second degree murder trial for the strangling death of his wife Dianne Chewning in a Coralville University Inn motel room on October 5 1989. Jury selection starts Monday at 9 a.m. in Johnson County District Court with about 20 witnesses expected. The trial may conclude by week’s end.
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Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Frank Chewning
Coralville
Chewning
Monmouth
Dianne
University Inn
Johnson County
William Eads
Lynne Brady
Laywer
Utah
Iowa
Kirkwood awards contract for Iowa City facility expansion
Kirkwood Community College directors awarded a 2 101 961 dollar contract to McComas Lacina Construction of Iowa City for a two story addition and a 215 car parking lot at the Iowa City campus on Lower Muscatine Road. The 26 000 square foot addition adds 10 classrooms a computer lab a science lab and a library with work to finish by fall 1991. A 9 000 square foot child care center will be built on the Cedar Rapids campus to house 88 children with an observation room and priority for students children of staff. Construction starts immediately.
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Kurt Rogahn
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa City
Lower
Muscatine Road
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
Iowa nursing study secures 420000 grant for standard terms
The University of Iowa College of Nursing receives a 420000 grant from the National Center for Nursing Research to create a data base of standardized terminology for nursing interventions. Professor Joanne McCloskey says the project will link treatments to patient outcomes and aid research.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Nursing
National Center For Nursing Research
Joanne McCloskey
U of I
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines Bureau
Lonnie
McComas-Lacina Construction
Williamsburg
U of Nursing
First National Bank
Towncrest
Smulekoff
Pearl &Piamon
Piamond Pear
Orig
Mulekoff
Third Ave
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