Grant Woodhead charts cutting edge AEA leadership
Grant Wood Area Education Agency installs Ron Fielder as chief, aiming for open door policy and a free flow of ideas. He oversees 39 districts in seven counties with 380 staff, focusing on three divisions Media Educational Services and Special Education while balancing public visibility and cooperative district ventures.
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Gacette Education Wii
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Ron Fielder
Grant Wood
Fielder
Kansas
Dwight Bode
Kathy
Shueyville
Aeas
Iowa
Three area bankers vie for Iowa banking superintendent post
Eastern Iowa bankers Edward Tubbs William Logan and Edward Johnstone emerge as leading candidates to replace William Bernau as Iowa super intendent of banking. Governor Branstad aims to name a successor by month end amid a fight with out of state banks for Iowa ownership.
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DES Moines
Iowa
William Bernau
Terry Branstad
Edward Tubbs
Maquoketa State Bank
First Central State Bank of de Witt
William Logan
State Central Bank of
Branstad
Bernau
Logan
Johnstone
Tubbs
Autopsy Finds Head Injuries In Des Moines Death
Des Moines 33 year old Theodore Wilt was found dead in his basement apartment on the north side. Medical examiner Dr. Thomas Bennett ruled massive head injuries as the cause of death and said the weapon could not yet be identified. Police Sgt. Thomas Van Baale noted a co worker found the body after Wilt failed to appear for work.
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Des Moines
Thomas Bennett
Theodore Wilt
Thomas van Baale
Wilt
North Side
Man Shot and Killed in Sioux City
A Macy Nebraska man Leslie Troy Parker Jr aged 22 died of gunshot wounds at Marian Health Center after a 3 a.m. shooting at a Sioux City intersection. DeWayne Wabashaw 16 was listed in fair condition. Police found a white pickup truck used in the attack but had not located suspects by Sunday night.
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Sioux City
Macy, Neb
Leslie Troy Parker Jr
Marian Health Center
DeWayne Wabashaw
Parker
Wabashaw
Glenn Miller Orchestra Sparks Nostalgia in Cedar Rapids
The Glenn Miller Orchestra directed by Dick Gerhart delivers a packed Paramount Theater concert as Cedar Rapids kicks off the Community Concert Series. The 18 piece band steers through 1940s standards from Chattanooga Choo Choo to In the Mood with vocalists Julia Rich Harvey Turner and the quintet Will Campbell Randy Crawford, evoking the era with Satin Doll and Moonlight Serenade.
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Cedar Rapids
Nostalgiaville
Chattanooga
Glenn Miller
Miller
Gerhart
Julia Rich
Ellington
Burglary and Assault Charge in Linn County
Police arrested Warren Mundy 18 of 1212 Ninth St NW at 10 50 p m Saturday on second degree burglary assault and possession of a controlled substance charges after an alleged break in at Doris O Connell residence. Mundy was held in Linn County Jail on 12210 bond. A purse billfold JC Penney card $100 cash and a gold wedding ring valued at 300 were reported stolen from Bine Ha at 329 19th St SE while she did laundry at Coin Kleen Laundry on Center Point Rd NE at 10 30 a m Sunday.
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Doris O’connell
Ninth St. NW
Warren Mundy
Linn County
Mundy
O'Connell
O’connell
Bine Ha
19Th St. SE
Coin Kleen
Center Point Rd
Fire Calls Weekend Report
Fire department logs list events from Saturday and Sunday including a false alarm at 3323 Sixth St SW a medical emergency at 2000 Mount Vernon Rd SE a needless call at 163 Belvedere Dr NW a trash fire at 1227 Fourth Ave SE and other incidents.
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Sixth St
Mount Vernon Rd
Belvedere Dr. NW
Fourth Ave
Former Cedar Rapids man shot in domestic dispute
Stanley Boots 43, formerly of Cedar Rapids, was shot in the left hip during a domestic dispute in Spokane. He underwent five hours of surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center and remained in stable condition. His wife Catherine E. Boots 37 faces charges of reckless endangerment simple assault and domestic violence and was released.
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Spokane
Wash
Cedar Rapids
Stanley Boots
Sacred Heart Medical Center
Edna Boots
Eighth St. NW
Boots
Catherine E. Boots
More tuition hikes ahead Eaton warns
Iowa State University President Gordon Eaton said tuition will rise again as public colleges pursue cost cuts through an organizational audit. He noted state funding declines and greater reliance on student tuition, with further increases tied to inflation and long term reforms at Iowa State, Iowa City, and Northern Iowa. He also warned WOI-TV must become profitable or be sold within three years.
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Eaton
State Board of Regents
Iowa
Iowa Public Television
Iowa State University
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Woi-Tv
Unions win unemployment eligibility for Morrell strike
The Iowa Department of Employment Services rules that John Morrell & Co. plant strikers in Sioux City are eligible for unemployment pay. About 200 to 300 workers filed claims. Sioux Falls workers in a sympathy strike had claims rejected. An appeal is under review.
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Sioux City
Morrell
Iowa Department of Employment Services
John Morrell & Co
Bill Buckholtz
The
United Food and
South Dakota Labor Department
Sioux Falls
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AEA
By Kurt Rogahn
Area Bankers
Edward Johnstone
Keokuk Savings Bank
Princeton
Standard
Lotto
Marvin
Connie Morrill
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Harvey Turner
Will
C.R. Man
U Burris
Gordon Eaton
Commercial Workers Union
Eastern
Hearing Aid Service
Firestone
2Nd Ave
S.E
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