Eagle Grove drama misleads students in drunk driving warning
In Eagle Grove Iowa a mock drunk driving drill led students to believe a classmate was dead. Aaron Kay disappeared after track practice and was later revealed as the victim in a staged event to emphasize drinking and driving dangers. Families and MADD debated the hoax and the drill’s impact.
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Eagle Grove
Kay
Aaron Kay
Elaine Kay
Jason
Jeremy Hogrefe
Grim Reaper
Susan Alborn-Vilek
Albarn-Vilek
Bill Shackelford
West Des Moines
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Shackelford
Seventh grader earns ACT score of 28 honors
A Cedar Rapids seventh grader Taft Middle School student Kelsey Landhuis 14 received recognition at the Belin Blank Center ceremony for an ACT score of 28 achieved as a seventh grader. She thanked her fifth grade teacher Carolyn Holveck for influence on her academics.
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The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Taft
Kelsey Landhuis
University of Iowa
Belin-Blank Center
Kelsey
Tammi
Kent Landhuis
Iowa
Carolyn Holveck
Truman Elementary School
Former General Mills CEO McFarland Dies at 90
James McFarland, who rose from regional sales in Great Falls to lead General Mills as chairman and CEO, died at age 90. He steered the Golden Valley company through a 1970s expansion nearly tripling sales from 885.2 million in 1969 to over 2.6 billion by 1976 and added units like Talbots and Parker Brothers.
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Golden Valley, Minn
James McFarland
General Mills
McFarland
Golden Valley
Wheaties
Total
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Tuck Business School
Dartmouth College
General Mill
Great Falls
Mont
Shirley
McFarlands
Twin Cities
Talbots Clothing
Parker Brothers Games
ISU journalism school vows to heal after resignations
Iowa State University officials and a five member committee vow to address strife at the Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication after three junior professors resigned amid racial tension. Provost Rollin Richmond suspended two leaders May 3 over a contentious atmosphere.
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ISU
AMES
Iowa State University
Sors
Cindy Christen
Steve Coon
Barbara Mack
Lulu Rodriguez
Rollin Richmond
Richmond
John Eightey
Greenlee School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Joel Geske
Fairfield pair charged in meth cases over ammonia theft
A Fairfield man Michael Warren Fisher, 42, and Julie Ann Cook, 37, were charged with conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, conspiracy to possess anhydrous ammonia as a precursor, and possession of ethyl ether. They allegedly tried to steal ammonia in Stockport, a 284 resident community about 15 miles southeast of Fairfield.
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Stockport
Fairfield
Michael Warren Fisher
Julie Ann Cook
Daily Notebook Linn County Meeting Schedule
A dense list of Linn County and area government meetings with times and venues. Include boards of supervisors planning zoning and school boards across Cedar Rapids Marion and surrounding towns plus county and city council sessions. Also lists markets events and notices with locations and start times.
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Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Board of Review
Linn County Local Homeless Coordinating Board
Witwer
Cedar Rapids School Board
Hiawatha Board of Adjustment
Linn County Planning & Zoning Commission
Linn County Administrative
Marion Public Library Board
Coggon City Council
Fairfax Library Board
Lisbon City Council
Marion Independence School Board
North Linn School Board
Troy Mills
Ely City
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Fort Dodge
Kristina Daniels
Laurie Legvold
Catherine Peters
Shueyville
Noelridge Park
By Janet Borholm
Iowa City West
Daniel Goffstein
Golfstein
Cherry Hill, N.J
Jason Juett
Linn-Mar High School
David Rocklin
I Iowa City High School
David Kummer
Iowa City High
Des Moines
Jen Nebraska
Jay Vincent
David Tiede
Janet Borholm
Janetrafyiowa.com
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Greenlee
Eric Abbot
Eighmey
Geske
Eightey
Linus Abraham
Osei Appiah
Spiro K. Kiousis
Abraham
Appiah
Fairfield Pair
Daily Notebook
C.R
Boyson
C Avenue
Ground Transportation Center
Rotary
Kenwood Park Neighborhood Association
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Oakhill Jackson Neighborhood Association
Jane Boyd Community Center
Keokuk
Decorah
Clayton County Board of Supervisors
Supervisors
Elkader
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
Manchester
Postville School Board
Postville
Northeast Iowa Community College Board of Trustees
Calmar
Marengo
Sigourney School Board
Tama County
Tama
Anamosa
Central School Board
Clarence
Mechanicsville
Oelwein
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Stormont School Board
Arlington
Toledo
Walford
West Delaware
Western Dubuque School Board
Drexler
Wilton
Cedar County Conservation Board
Gamaville School Board
Guernsey
Monticello
South Winneshiek
West Central School Board
Williamsburg
Farmers Markets
Collins Road
Council Street
Julie Thomas
Reynaldo
Northland Ave
Denny Heath
Clinton
Ann Hutchinson
Bettendorf
Dave Nagle
Cedar Falls
Sullivan Brothers Convention Center
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Public Library
First St
J. Elizabeth Powell
Kava A Knidy
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
16Th Ave
Jan Novak
Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic
Jane Boyd
14Th Ave
Call
Illinois
the Gazette
42Nd St
Old Oak Drive
Sixth St
Chapel Drive
Johnson County
Christopher Lyn Hernandez
Clinton and
Washington Streets
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