Belle Plaine mayor resigns over council friction
Belle Plaine Mayor Ray Wiese resigns citing lack of cooperation with five newly elected council members. The council will appoint a replacement March 15 or possibly hold a special election. A petition with 680 residents urged him to stay.
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Dave Rasdall
Iowa
Belle Plaine
Ray Wiese
Wiese
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Dennis Appelgate
Gene Severson
Pyburn
Helen Uchytil
S and W Home and Auto Supply Co
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Dave Baumann
Cattle buyer found liable in Tama County suit over steers
A Tama County jury ruled for Rich ard Albertsen and son Douglas of Dysart and Elberon against Don C. Miller, awarding $5,000 after a Feb. 22 trial alleging breach of implied warranties on 101 head of steers bought Oct. 10, 1980 for $41,364. The case, moved from Benton County, cited bovine disease and false sourcing claims.
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Toledo
Tama County
Benton County
Richard Albertsen
Dysart
Douglas Albertsen
Elberon
Don C. Miller
Tama
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Miller
Kansas
Tama County pleas in Toledo court including theft and drunk driving cases
One man pleaded guilty to driving with a suspended license and received a suspended sentence with probation. Three others pleaded innocent to charges including second degree theft and drunk driving, with jury trials set for May and June. A fifth defendant faces a district court drunken driving charge with arraignment slated for March 4.
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Toledo
Tama County District Court
Larry Conrey
Richard Prendergast
Emmetsburg
Conmey
Prendergast
Department of Correctional Services
Jeffrey Paul Nickel
Reinbeck
Waterloo
Grant Township
North
Tama
Keith Allen Sherman
Beaman
Jody Lee Asmussen
Chelsea
Sherman
Asmussen
Gary Laverne Fairbanks
Gladbrook
Fairbanks
Iowa students protest proposed federal aid cuts
University of Iowa students organized by the Student Senate stage campus events for National Student Awareness Day to oppose Reagan era cuts to federal student aid programs. A 12:30 p.m. rally features Lynn Cutler, with a 7:30 p.m. panel in Van Allen Hall including John Moore and Roger Hughes among others, urging letters to lawmakers and stressing the impact on education and energy policy.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I’s
Iowa
Tim Dickson
Student Senate
America
Lynn Cutler
Cooper Evans
Waterloo
Iowa Memorial Union
Cutler
van Allen Hall
John Moore
U of I’s Financial Aids Office
Roger Hughes
Roger Jepsen
Charles Grassley
Rep
Evans
Iowa College Aid Commission
Judicial nominating commissioners named for 13 districts
Gov. Robert Ray named 21 members to 13 district judicial nominating commissions for six-year terms from Feb 1, 1982 through Jan 31, 1988. Eastern Iowa appointees include Mary Jo Saxton Decorah Paul Schutte Postville Leila Young Oelwein Larry Rolfstad Vinton Sharon Timm Washington Kristi Livingston Hedrick. In 1945 U S 9th Army units reached the Rhine opposite Dusseldorf Germany.
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Des Moines
UPI
Robert Ray Monday
Iowa River Rises. Flooding Possible Across Iowa
The National Weather Service said the Iowa River stayed well above flood level as warming melted snow and ice jams swelled streams. Beak and Black Hawk creeks stayed just below flood risk, Marshalltown river stage near flood level with more rises expected from snowmelt over the next three days.
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Des Moines
UPI
National Weather Service
Iowa River
Weather Service
Beaver
Black Hawk
Marshalltown
Iowa
Fitness class begins today in Iowa City
A five week women’s recreational fitness class offered by the Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department begins this morning and runs on Tuesdays and Thursdays through April 1 from 9 30 to 10 30 a m. The program features calisthenics jogging rope jumping and aerobic dance with a 3 dollar fee. Sessions take place at the Iowa City Recreation Center 220 S Gilbert St.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department
Iowa City Recreation Center
S. Gilbert St
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