Iowa schools face budget cuts as 650 jobs vanish
A survey by Iowa education groups shows more than 650 teaching, administrator and support positions eliminated with only half the districts responding. Forty percent cut books and materials, 36 percent cut supplies, 32 percent delayed bus purchases.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Angie King
Iowa State Education Association
Iowa Association of School Boards
School Administrators of
Iowa
Ted Davidson
School Board Associa
Iowans face longer waits for 1991 state tax refunds
State officials warn refund processing is delayed by 10 to 12 weeks due to late filers and reduced processor staff from budget cuts. Errors extend the time by 8 to 10 weeks. interest accrues at nine tenths of 1 percent monthly after June 1. About 1.27 million returns filed. 867,469 refunds issued so far.
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Limbo
Sherman
ISEA
Branstad
National Education Association
Iowa
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Fields
Husband charged in fatal stabbing in Story County
Steven Daniel Sager 36 appeared in a Story County court on first degree murder charges for stabbing his wife Carol Sue Sager 34 at their home after their separation. A neighbor saw a hatchet or large knife during the incident. Preliminary hearing set for July 2 with a $250000 bond. Autopsy completed and investigation ongoing.
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Sager
Story
Mary Richards
Steven Sager
Story County
Story County Sheriffs Office
Woman who caused fetus disposal found in Woodward
Dallas County sheriff officials identified the woman who placed a 5 month fetus in a trash bin near a Woodward convenience store. The unnamed Iowa woman said she miscarried and panicked. No charges have been filed. The fetus was discovered June 9.
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Woodward
Dallas County Sheriffs
Central
Iowa
Mississippi panel to rule on Connelly hotel casino bid
Mississippi Gaming Commission weighs whether riverboat owner John Connelly can run a casino at the Broadwater Hotel in Biloxi. Pratt challenges a Broadwater lease dispute as Connelly pursues arbitration and a state gambling license after the 1939 property sale.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
State Gaming Commission
John Connelly
Biloxi
Gaming Commission
Connelly
Dallas
Jack Pratt
Broadwater Beach
Connelly Group
Davenport
Pratt
Texas
Dorothy D. Brown
Pratt Hotel Corp
Atlantic City
N.J
Commission
Broadwater
Harrison County Chancery Court
Carter Lake man helps nab bank robber across street
John Sheard and neighbor David Erwin spotted a stranger near their homes in Carter Lake on Monday. They confronted the robber and alerted police, who arrested William David Kirtley of Omaha, Nebraska, charging armed bank robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon. The loot and the gun were found under a tree.
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Carter Lake
John Sheard
Sheard
David Erwin
Erwin
William David Kirtley
Omaha
Neb
Council Bluffs
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