Executive: Jobs agency salaries under probe spark questions
Former Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium executives told lawmakers the agency exceeded performance expectations while defending salaries totaling 1.8 million dollars over 30 months. They attributed pay to CEO Ramona Cunningham and board head Archie Brooks as inquiry widens to federal authorities and state oversight.
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Bargman
Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium
David Vaudt
Legislative Oversight Committee
U.S. Department of Labor
Office of Inspector General
FBI
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Iowa
Ramona Cunningham
Archie Brooks
Ramona
Archie
ISU Students Join Tornado Research Storm Chase
Iowa State University researchers led by Partha Sarkar join Tim Samaras in a $1 million NOAA funded project to deploy probes and measure wind speeds near tornado bases across the Midwest this summer. Samaras will lead field data collection with students while Sarkar stays mostly in the lab.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Midwest
Iowa State
Partha Sarkar
Sarkar
Colorado
Tim Samaras
ISU
Samaras
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bill Gallus
Gallus
Memorial honors Iowa veterans fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan
The ceremony honored 40 Iowa service members who died in Iraq and Afghanistan. Governor Vilsack presented families with framed state flags and unveiled a memorial with their photos. Laws signed include 950000 for wounded veterans recovery, tax relief for veterans, cemetery material cataloging, a veterans trust fund checkoff, and discounted lifetime hunting licenses for disabled veterans.
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Michelle Briggs
Iraq
Afghanistan
Vilsack
M.E. Ward
Council Bluffs
Thomas Houser
Larry Ward
The Log from The Gazette collects Public Safety data
The Log aggregates notices from public safety agencies and county attorney offices in Eastern Iowa as compiled by The Gazette.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Johnson City Man Arrested for OWI Third Offense
Chester Rhodes, 54, of 1956 Broadway St Apt 2B Iowa City, arrested at 11 10 p m Sunday at 10 N Van Buren St Iowa City on a third or subsequent offense operating while intoxicated charge.
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Chester Rhodes
Broadway St
Apt
Iowa City
N. van Buren St
Local Assault Charges Filed Against Six Residents
William Stephens 26 of 1440 Third Ave SE faces assault causing bodily injury in a domestic context for an alleged May 2 incident at their residence. Katharina Showman 45 of 2439 Ave NW is charged with domestic assault at 10:30 p.m. Friday at their residence. Kenneth Robinson 38 of 504 Second St SW is accused of injuring James Seals at Robinson's home at 12:50 a.m. Saturday. Maverick Gibbs 21 of 1115 Second Ave SE is charged with domestic assault for an alleged 2:16 a.m. Sunday attack on his wife Decia Gibbs at 1115 Second Ave SE. Ashley Vesey 19 of 1409 Bever Ave SE faces assault causing bodily injury for an alleged Sunday attack on Britney Westberry at Vesey's residence. William Perkins 60 of 720 Fourth Ave Pt Apt 10 Coralville is accused of domestic abuse assault racking a woman's face at his residence Sunday.
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William Stephens
Third Ave
Shaneal Daniel
Katharina Showman
Ave. NW
Michael Bruns
Kenneth Robinson
Second St
James Seals
Robinson
Maverick Gibbs
Second Ave
Decia Gibbs
Second Ave. SE
William Perkins
Fourth Avenue Pt
Apt. 10
Coralville
Jonathan Taller Arrested on Marijuana Charges
Jonathan Taller, 21, of Iowa City, was arrested at 11:24 p.m. Sunday on possession with intent to deliver and delivery of marijuana. Police say he sold $60 worth of marijuana at Clinton and Fairchild streets and had two containers of the drug.
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Jonathan Taller
Currier Hall
Iowa City
Clinton and
Fairchild
Cedar Rapids Property Bargain and Weekend Burglaries
A Linn County Cedar Rapids apartment at 1820 A Ave NE lists an Xbox and 25 games valued at 910 dollars for Saturday pickup between 1 and 4 p.m. A residence at 868 21st St SE reports a camcorder a CD player three coats baseball cards and money valued at 800 dollars for Saturday pickup between 5 45 and 10 30 p.m. Cedar Rapids police received a sexual assault report from Sunday involving a girl in southeast Cedar Rapids in 2004.
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A Ave. NE
21St St. SE
Cedar Rapids
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