Branstad seeks retired troopers to aid driver education
Gov. Terry Branstad said Iowa may use retired State Patrol troopers to bolster driver education as part of a plan to help young drivers. He wants DPS to explore collaboration with retired officers to share driving expertise and potentially implement a graduated license system amid concerns over limited behind the wheel instruction.
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Branstad hints on expanded driver education program
Bran stad said Iowa could invite instructors for extra behind the wheel time. He noted officers might be contracted by state or local schools to offer driving instruction. Bolstering driver education could pair with a graduated license to boost safety.
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Fiveyearold Minnesota boy dies in Iowa crash
A Minnesota boy, Nicholas Witte, 5, died when the sport utility vehicle he rode in overturned on ice near the Iowa Minnesota line in Worth County. His mother Melanie Witte, 34, and his three brothers had minor injuries. The driver and another family's three members were unhurt.
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TV Station says septuplet birth delayed by doctors
DES MOINES AP doctors plan to delay labor for the woman pregnant with septuplets until next week a TV station reports. Iowa Methodist Medical Center says no confirmed plan and notes the case is day by day with staff on call. no surviving septuplet set known.
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