panel shares ideas on educating Iowa's future workforce
Cedar Falls roundtable discusses reaching Gov Branstad's 70 percent post high school education target by 2025. Lt Gov Reynolds and UNI and Central College leaders stress communication gaps, diverse career paths, guidance counseling needs, and long term coordinated efforts to build a skilled workforce in Iowa.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Kim Reynolds
University of Northern Towa
Towa
Reynolds
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Ruud
Microsoft
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Lori Schaefer-Weaton
Fairfield
Agri-Industrial Plastics Co
Linn County to spend 825830 on voting scanners for 2016
Linn County will buy 90 ballot scanners plus backups and a high speed counter for 86 precincts and four backups. The purchase from Election Systems and Software aims to replace obsolete equipment. The board may issue bonds to finance the $825,830 project with three or five year payback options.
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Linn County
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Auditor’s Office
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Black Hawk County
Election Systems and Software
Omaha
Neb
Johnson County
Linn auditor to launch ads on voter registration
Iowa official Joel Miller announces radio ads to encourage registration updates before the Feb caucuses. He cites glitches from wrong or outdated registrations causing lines and confusion at precincts and city elections.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Joel Miller
Iowa
Miller
Judge grants public money for defense in mall shooting
A Iowa judge approved spending public funds for a mental evaluation of Alexander Kozak, charged with killing 20 year old Andrea Farrington at Coral Ridge Mall in June. Kozak’s attorney requested the evaluation to assess competency and possible diminished capacity. The $5,000 order allows the defense to hire an expert and for the state to review results.
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Coral Ridge Mall
Alfredo Parrish
Des Moines
Kozak
Johnson County
Janet Lyness
Parrish
Christopher Bruns
6Th Judicial District
Bruns
Story County
Andrea Farrington
Coralville Mall
Farrington
Iowa
Woman posed as NYC officer to steal from cab in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police charged Christina Horn with third degree burglary and impersonating a public official after she stole an iPod and iPad mini from a taxi while claiming to be an undercover New York City police officer. Horn, 39, had no listed address.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue
Iowa Lottery Pick 3 4 Iowa Numbers Drawn
Iowa Lottery results list midday and evening draws for Pick 3 and Pick 4 along with All or Nothing numbers. Midday and evening sequences include Pick 3 as 6 6 7 and 8 0 5. Pick 4 as 3 7 6 3 and 7 3 5 7. All or Nothing as 1 2 3 5 8 12 and 4 5 6 8 10 11.
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