Corbett outlines G R budget and transition steps
Mayor-elect Ron Corbett plans early talks with City Manager Jim Prosser and aims to learn from Mayor Kay Halloran’s transition. He questions council timing on library siting and budget decisions and urges postponing new tax powers and not increasing the 1 percent franchise fee as the new council prepares to take office January 4.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Jim Prosser
Brian Fagan
Corbett
Prosser
Kay Halloran
Iowa
Education majors rise while journalism declines in recession
Breona Darr, a University of Iowa sophomore, studies English and French amid a slowing economy. The piece notes shifts in student majors with business up and journalism down as unemployment fears loom, asking which fields weather the downturn and which remain recession proof.
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Anna Lothson
Gazette
Owa City
Breona Darr
University of Iowa
Darr
Top University of Iowa Majors by Field Years 2007 and 2008
The 2007 and 2008 listings show the top majors at the University of Iowa. Business leads with about 2,274 in 2007 and 2,156 in 2008, followed by Engineering and Psychology among the most enrolled, with English, Biology and other fields trailing.
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University of Iowa
Pigs in Indiana Herd Test Positive for H1N1
The USDA says four tissue samples from a commercial Indiana hog herd tested positive for H1N1 in its swine surveillance program. The samples were collected in late October and the pigs and handlers have recovered. Four more Iowans died of H1N1 and the virus was detected in an Iowa cat.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Indiana
USDA
Iowa
Little change where no one seeks office in Clayton County hamlets
In four Clayton County villages the status quo mostly held with blank ballots. Write-in winners returned mayors to Elkport Garber and Osterdock. In Millville six write-ins shuffled roles as the mayor and council member swapped seats. Gerald Kinnicker, 69, veteran councilor, won Millville mayor with four write-in votes.
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Gazette
Clayton County
Elkport
Garber
Osterdock
Millville
Gerald Kinnicker
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