Iowa County to Place Billboards Along I 80 to Promote Tourism
Iowa County will spend 16800 annually for three years to rent billboards along Interstate 80 promoting Amana Colonies and other county attractions. The 5 percent hotel motel tax, in effect since April 1, is projected to generate 250000 yearly with at least half for tourism. Signs planned near Newton Wilton and Annawan with a possible additional site, aiming at six million annual viewers and 29 extra motel rooms daily.
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Iowa County
Iowa County Board of Supervisors
Frank Thurkettle
Amana
Iowa
Newton
Wilton
Annawan
Ill
Des Moines
Omaha
Thurkettle
Waterloo teacher acquitted on sex charges
Hoover Gephardt, an Iowa junior high industrial arts teacher, is found innocent of 11 charges that he touched four teenage girls in his class. Jurors acquitted him, though the case prompts debate on classroom contact and teaching methods as district prepares for fall.
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Waterloo
Hoover Intermediate School
James Gephardt
Gephart
James D. Coil
David Dutton
Teachers’ Union
Roger White
Iowa State Education Association
White
Dutton
Cheryl Weber
Black Hawk County
Phil Krejci
Weber
Iowa
Voyager to traverse Iowa in historic wide load display
Voyager the world looping airplane travels 17 feet four inches wide strapped to a 42 wheel trailer along Highway 18 in Iowa. The fragile craft will be covered for protection en route to Oshkosh Wisconsin for an EAA convention then to the Smithsonian in Washington D C. Iowa officials warned visibility will be limited and route kept on state highways for safety.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Voyager
Globe
Evanston
Wyo
Pacific States Transport
Odrem
Utah
Ehlert
Meeting on Iowa waste and groundwater contamination
State and federal environmental officials will attend a Boone public meeting on groundwater contamination and hazardous waste in Iowa. Sponsored by Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement the session starts at 10 30 a m Saturday at the Episcopal Center in Boone. Information is available from the Iowa CCI office.
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Boone
Iowa
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
Episcopal Center
Iowa CCI
Iowa study at home program for mandatory reporters
The University of Iowa Institute of Child Behavior and Development launched a study at home training program for Iowa reporters required by law to report suspected child abuse. Up to 125000 Iowans including teachers doctors paramedics and counselors must receive training and comply with mandatory reporting.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Institute of Child Behavior and Development
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Dole
Hall Furnishings
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