Iowa City School Board Eyes Shifting SILO Funds To Elementary Schools
The Iowa City school board weighs reallocating 3.2 million dollars set aside for a planned high school under the SILO tax. Some members favor funding eastern area elementary schools and additions to ease overcrowding, while others push to keep the high school plan for 2015–2017. The policy sunset allows reallocation with three readings, amid community debate between east side needs and north Liberty concerns.
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Iowa City
Silo
Stephen Murley
North Liberty
Penn Elementary
Marley
Murley
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Hiawatha Elementary opens fitness trail with stations
The half mile loop around Hiawatha Elementary features five activity stations and a 9 foot climbing wall. Funds came from PTO fundraising donations and a $5000 Lowe’s grant, with the city donating sidewalk work and about $8000 in labor.
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Iawatha
Wendy Barron
Hiawatha Elementary School
Wendy
Hiawatha
PTO
Angie Cole
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Andrew Coulbourn
Trials set for Nov 6 in officer involved shooting near Iowa City
Three men arrested after a fatal officer involved shooting near Iowa City demand a speedy trial. Demarco Dudley Norman Dudley and John Mulbach plead not guilty to charges tied to alleged illegal drug activity during an undercover narcotics operation. Ivan Hardeman died at the scene. Dudley faces first-degree robbery with bonds set at 100000 while Mulbach and Norman Dudley hold 52500 and 25000 bonds respectively.
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Norman Dudley
John Mulbach
Ivan Hardeman
Breckenridge Estates
Johnson County
Mulbach
Man charged with invasion of privacy at The Rat Bar restroom
Richard A. Wessels 58 of Marion appeared in Linn County District Court after a warrant for invasion of privacy. He allegedly placed a video camera in the women’s restroom at The Rat Bar on Mount Vernon Road in April 2011 capturing an adult in partial or full nudity without consent. The charge is a serious misdemeanor with possible penalties up to one year in jail and a $1875 fine. He was later released from custody.
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Marion
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Iowa City enrollments rise as UNI falls
The University of Iowa and Iowa State University set fall enrollment records with 31,498 and 31,040 students respectively. UI up 2 percent, ISU up 3.9 percent, while UNI declines 6.8 percent to 12,273. ISU attributes growth to engineering and agriculture demand.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa State University
ISU
University of Northern Iowa
Darin Wohlgemuth
Iowa
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