ISU Faces Budget Cuts Hit on Faculty Pay and Programs
State budget reductions shrink general education support for Iowa State University and other regents universities by 14.6 million below 2019 goals amid stalled campus construction. ISU delays maintenance, trims programs, and hints at temporary losses to the honors program and Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching as enrollment stays high. Wintersteen highlights faculty salary concerns and salary competitiveness, with pay below AAU peers. The Leopold Center funding ends, and the new Diagnostic Veterinary Lab faces tight funding despite its farming significance.
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Cliffette
the Gazette
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Regents
Early voting shifts as Iowa primary influx rises across campaigns
The report notes campaigns urging early voting with over 100 rallies in a week while several major figures such as Boulton Glasson and Hubbell abstained from Monday voting. Andy McGuire cast her ballot and advocated extending early voting while Iowa’s election law changes reduced early voting days. Absentee requests are due by May 25 with ID requirements now in effect.
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Hubbell
Andy McGuire
Democratic Party
Polk County Auditor’s Office
McGuire
Iowa
Secretary of State
Auditor’s Office
VoterReadylown.org
Ex-con DeWitt plotted killings in Muscatine case
Court records show DeWitt conspired to have an Iowa DPS agent and a North Liberty couple killed in December 2016. He met an undercover agent posing as a hitman, agreed to pay 25000 dollars with 500 down, and faces 25 years on each of three counts of attempt to commit murder.
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DeWitt
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the Gazette
Muscatine County
Iowa Department of Public Safety
North Liberty
Johnson County
Waverly men plead guilty in carfentanil pill case
Two Waverly men admitted distributing counterfeit pills containing carfentanil and other drugs after buying hundreds of prescription pills via a dark web market. Authorities seized 800 blue pills, cash over 20000 dollars, 30 grams of cocaine, 600 grams of marijuana and a .32 caliber handgun. The men face up to 20 years on the drug charge with Sage’s sentence possible to run consecutively.
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Cedar Rapids
Cameron J. Lensmeyer
Evan P. Sage
Lensmeyer
Sage
Cedar Falls
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
U.S
Peter Deegan Jr
High school teacher charged with sexual exploitation
Tiffany Marie Ranweiler-Oblander, 29, a Decorah educator, was charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee after allegedly engaging in sexual conduct with a Howard-Winneshiek Community School District student on four occasions at the student's home. Bail set at 5000 dollars. no-contact order issued. faces up to five years in prison. She taught English and communications at Crestwood High School in Cresco. district serves about 1100 students.
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Tiffany Marie Ranweiler-Oblander
Decorah
Winneshiek County
Ranweiler-Oblander
Howard-Winneshiek Community School District
Howard County Sheriff's Office
Howard-Winneshiek
Ted Ihns
Crestwood High School
Cresco
Iowa Board of Educational Examiners
Howard
Iowa Lottery Draw Results May 7 2024 Card
Iowa Lottery numbers for Monday May 7 show Pick 3 Midday 6 7 6 and Pick 3 Evening 3 0 9. Pick 4 Midday 0 8 6 7 and Pick 4 Evening 1 7 8 5. Lucky for Life 2 15 40 and Lucky Ball 16.
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