Elkader Keystone Arch Bridge receives concrete facelift
Workers from Taylor Construction Co of New Vienna nearly finish tuckpointing and replacing the concrete facia on Elkader's Keystone Arch Bridge over the Turkey River. The Iowa Department of Transportation awarded a 75000 dollar contract to repair the 1889 historic bridge.
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Elkader
Turkey River
Taylor Construction Co
New Vienna
Iowa Department of Transportation
Craig Deutmeyer
Dyersville
Judge revokes former Vinton woman's probation
Judge L. Vern Robinson revoked the three year probation of Judith Eisenbacher and ordered she serve a prison term not to exceed five years. Eisenbacher pleaded guilty in 1981 to involuntary manslaughter in the July 1980 death of her 13 month old son Christopher by carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Vinton
L. Vern Robinson
Benton County District Court
Judith Eisenbacher
Judith Burkhart
Eisenbacher
Christopher
Minnesota
Shakopee
Minn
Hastings
Oakdale
Change of venue hearing for Elledge scheduled
A change of venue hearing for former Delaware County Sheriff Bert Elledge Jr is set for 10 am Wednesday at the Delaware County Courthouse in Manchester. The Iowa attorney general's office sought the hearing after requesting last May that Elledges first trial be moved away from Delaware County due to publicity. He faces two counts of perjury and one count of obstructing justice for allegedly tampering with fingerprints and lying under oath.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Bert Elledge Jr
Iowa
Elledge
Nebraska Theatre Presents A Christmas Carol at Luther College
The Nebraska Theatre Caravan brings a stage musical adaptation of Dickens to Luther College Center for Faith and Life at 8 p.m. on Tuesday November 30. The cast of 35 performs carols woven into the Scrooge story with score by John Bennett and adaptation by Charles Jones. Admission is 4.50 for adults and 3 for 18 and under. tickets at the venue. A Hardee’s Family Restaurant grant supports the production.
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Decorah
Charles Dickens
Center For Faith and Life
Luther College
Nebraska Theatre Caravan
Ebenezer Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
Tiny Tim
Charles Jones
The
Omaha Community Playhouse
John Bennett
Luther's Center For Faith and Life
Hardee
University of Iowa Museum of Art to Close for Repair
The University of Iowa Museum of Art will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Friday for an electrical shutoff to connect a new loop to the new Communication Facility under construction. Regular hours resume Saturday. hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
University of Iowa Museum of Art
Freedman rules U of I tenure denial mishandled
University of Iowa President James O Freedman ruled that the Anatomy Department did not follow adequate procedures in denying tenure to Asa Black in 1980. He appointed Richard Remington to investigate charges involving Terence Williams and two department faculty and to oversee revised promotion and tenure procedures with the Anatomy Department. If Black is not promoted after reforms, he may be reconsidered two years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Walsh
Iowa City
University of Iowa
James O. Freedman
U of I
Department of Anatomy
Asa Black
Freedman
Richard Remington
Terence Williams
Williams
Black
Remington
College of Medicine
John Eckstein
Anatomy
Freed
Man
Board of Regents
Professor Black
Cedar County approves road budget and reserve officer
The Cedar County Board of Supervisors approved the 1983 secondary road budget totaling 3,158,832 dollars with estimated expenditures of 2,872,500 dollars. Ron Olinger of Mechanicsville was approved as a reserve officer for the Cedar County Sheriff's Department with a token salary of 1 dollar per year after certification by the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy and firearms training. Sheriff Keith Whitlatch noted additional trainees are pursuing reserve officer qualifications.
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Cedar County Board
Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Ron Olinger
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Ment Academy Council
Keith Whitlatch
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Nebraska Theatre Presents
Luther
the Gazette
Henry David Thoreau
Debbie Randie
Boyson Road
Cedar Rapids
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