Bomb threats disrupt Fort Dodge High amid frequent evacuations
Thousands of students at Fort Dodge Senior High faced lockdowns and bag checks as bomb threats prompted five evacuations in two weeks. Cell phone calls traced to threats complicate tracking. two youths faced consequences last year. A $2,500 reward spurred leads as staff tightened security and limited access to the building.
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Jennifer Whittlesey
Fort Dodge Senior High School
North Central Correctional Facility
Whittlesey
Lisa Bartusek
Iowa Association of School Boards
Iowa
Iowa State Patrol
Cedar Falls
Francis
David Haggard
Haggard
Linn-Mar Board to Discuss 15 Acre Land Purchase
The Linn-Mar school board will discuss buying 15 acres in northeast Marion for future use at 5 p.m. The site lies north of 21st Avenue in the Prairie Hill Addition and could host an elementary school. Eldon McMillan offers $5 000 per acre with a three year payment plan plus a $55 000 street assessment. Funds would come from the districts levies. A joint work session with Marion Independent schools follows at 7 p.m. Both meetings are at the Educational Services Center on North 10th Street.
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Wrews
Linn-Mar School Board
Marion
21St Avenue
Prairie Hill
Eldon McMillan
Linn-Mar
50Th Street
10Th
29Th Avenues
Marion Independent School Board
Linn-Mar’s Educational Services Center
N. 10Th St
Volunteer opportunities from multiple Iowa organizations seek help now
LIV United Way and United Way of East Central Iowa invite volunteers for community projects. RSVP matches seniors 55 plus with placements. Halloween Fairy Tale Trail needs volunteers for child activities Oct 30 to Nov 7. Various organizations list calls for ushers, receptionists, thrift shop help, fashion shop volunteers, bike repairs, and nature program leaders with training provided.
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LIV
United Way
East
Iowa
Call
Olivet
New Providence heist attacker jailed for long federal term
Ira J. Moore, 33, of Vidalia Georgia, received 17 years for conspiracy to commit bank robbery and related counts after an effort to rob the Hardin County Savings Bank in New Providence. He must also serve three years of supervised release and pay 528 in restitution plus a 300 special assessment. Moore and Terry W. Fisher had stolen cars in Georgia and Arkansas before the failed bank job 35 miles northeast of Ames. Fisher got 7 years after pleading guilty.
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Ira J. Moore
Vidalia
Hardin County Savings Bank
New Providence
Moore
U.S
Mark Bennett
Terry W. Fisher
Georgia
Arkansas
Ames
Fisher
Iowa University Receives Hughes Grant for Science Education
The University of Iowa wins a four-year 1.6 million dollar How ard Hughes Medical Institute grant for undergraduate biology education. It continues a line of Hughes awards fueling teacher training, internships, Upward Bound expansion, equipment purchases, and hands on labs in Eastern Iowa schools.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
U of I
The
Princeton
Yale
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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