North Liberty Driver Faces Charges After Belle Plaine Crash
One killed and two injured in a two vehicle head on collision on Highway 30 near Belle Plaine. Laine R. Dennison 47 of North Liberty drove a westbound pickup into the path of a Toledo man Joseph E. Starits 26. Starits died at the scene. Passengers Elizabeth Starits 24 and infant Tristan Starits were taken to Marshalltown Medical. Charges are pending as the investigation continues.
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Belle Plaine
North Liberty
Toledo
Iowa State Patrol
Laine R. Dennison
Joseph E. Starits
Starits
Elizabeth Starits
Teen drowns after breaking through ice in Iowa pond
In Bloomfield Iowa a 17 year old boy Tyler Steele drowned after breaking through a frozen pond while retrieving arrows. Police say he went into the water around 435 pm and his body was recovered at 610 pm. He and friends were shooting arrows in a backyard when arrows landed on the ice.
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Bloomfield
Iowa
Sean Armstrong
Tyler Steele
Steele
Armstrong
Man charged with murder in Waterloo fire
Waterloo man Glen Jackson faces first degree murder charges after a fatal house fire that killed Sandra Jo Nash. Investigators say an autopsy found blunt force injuries. a hammer and blood were found, and Jackson had gasoline on his clothes. Bond set at $1 million.
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Waterloo
Glen Jackson
Sandra Jo Nash
Nash
Tim Pillack
Jackson
Black Hawk County
Andrea Jordan Dryer
Former Waterloo man jailed for child pornography offenses
William Seal, 40, now of Wyoming, was sentenced in U S District Court to more than 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of possessing child pornography. He was ordered to pay a $3000 fine and must join the sex offender registry.
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Cedar Rapids
McGregor
Travis Matthew
U.S. District Court
David Matthew
Waterloo
U.S
William Seal
Wyoming
Seal
Gazette
Associated Press
Students Rally Against State Funding Cuts in Iowa
About 300 students from the University of Iowa, Iowa State, and the University of Northern Iowa gathered in the Capitol rotunda to protest funding reductions they say harm education quality. They cited fewer programs, larger classes, and higher debt as costs rise under Branstad’s 2012 budget plan and House targets. David Miles noted a $141 million aid drop over two cycles.
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Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
Lee Henely
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Capitol
David Miles
State Board of Regents
Regent Universities
Terry Branstad
House
Scott Raecker
Urbandale
House Appropriations Committee
Capitol Digest: School funding impasse and union quote
The Senate Education Committee voted 8-5 to amend House bills seeking no spending increases for K-12, approving a 2 percent allowable growth for fiscal 2012. House Files 184 and 185 move to the Democrat-led Senate. Danny Homan of AFSCME Council 61 decried changes to Iowa’s collective bargaining law.
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Senate Education Committee
House
Senate
Wisconsin
Danny Homan
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 61
Iowa
State to cut spending as revenue stays tight says official
A state official warns there will be broad budget reductions next year as government spending must align with limited revenue. Education is among likely targets, with only a few areas spared from cuts. Public comment line provided.
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Physicians’ Clinic OF Iowa
Hematology & Oncology
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PCI Cancer Services
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Asco.org
Physicians’ Clinic of
Iowa—Hematology & Oncology
Iowa Blood & Cancer of
Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa, PC
Pcofiowa.com
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