Linn-Mar candidates clash over growing enrollment and class sizes
Three Linn-Mar school board hopefuls discuss rapid enrollment growth and classroom size limits. They favor keeping classes in the low to mid twenties, with plans to add a new high school, upgrade facilities, and pursue tax strategies to balance growth with property tax relief.
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Kristina Andino “de Garttte
Marion
Linn-Mar
John Hanson
Linn-Mar Education Association
Daniel Schinke
Barry Buchholz
Cedar Rapids
Bob Gilchrist
Hanson
Buchholz
Gilchrist
Schinke
Iowa
Iowa City social worker given probation for unethical conduct
Celia Dunnington, a social worker in Iowa City, will serve one year of probation under a settlement with the Iowa Board of Social Work Examiners. She developed and maintained a dual relationship with a former client and must complete 10 hours of ethics education and propose a practice mentor within 30 days. The board cited multiple instances of therapy followed by ongoing personal and business arrangements with the client from 2002 through 2006.
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Iowa City
Celia Dunnington
Iowa Board of Social Work
Dunnington
Henderson to donate council pay raise to Cedar Rapids library
Cedar Rapids District 2 Council member Sarah Henderson donates her $150 salary raise to the Public Library and asks colleagues to do likewise. She notes the raise originated with a 2 percent increase, part of a $300 total, half paid in the first half of the fiscal year. The move follows prior budget cuts and library funding battles.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Sarah Henderson
Henderson
Robin Tucker
Monica Vernon
Brian Fagan
Kris Gulick
Jerry McGrane
Justin Shields
Car Crash Near Shueyville Injures Cedar Rapids Woman
Carol Morgan, 56, of Cedar Rapids, was injured Monday when her car was hit from behind on 120th Street east of Shueyville while waiting to turn onto Naples Avenue. Chase Samek, 17, of Solon, was behind Morgan and struck her after briefly looking away to adjust his radio. Morgan was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids for treatment. no condition update was available.
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Carol Morgan
Cedar Rapids
Shueyville
Mercy Medical Center
Iowa State Patrol
Morgan
120Th Street
Naples Avenue
Chase Samek
Solon
Samek
Threat case settled in Johnson County court
Edward W. Poggenpohl 36 pleaded guilty to tampering with a witness and was fined 1001.50 plus fees. He received 90 days in jail already served, a five-year no contact order, and must write apology letters to Monica and Thomas Babcock. A first-degree harassment charge was dropped as part of the plea. He faces potential release Oct 5, 2009.
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Iowa City
Edward W. Poggenpohl
Iowa State Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Johnson County
Janet Lyness
Poggenpohl
Monica Babcock
Thomas Babcock
Thomas
Larry Babcock
Larry
Tim Becker
Becker
Arrest in Cedar Rapids biker death in Wyoming
Sheridan Wyoming State troopers arrested Russell Desantis, 34, of Sheridan, at the scene on Highway 14 west of Dayton after his eastbound pickup crossed the center line and struck Cedar Rapids rider John A. Lindgren 61 in the Big Horn Mountains. Desantis is charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and alcohol use is under investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Wyoming
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Big Horn Mountains
Newyo
Russell Desantis
Highway 14
Dayton
Desantis
Lindgren
Wyoming Highway Patrol
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