Kirkwood faces contested trustee race amid unopposed seats
Elaine Harrington challenges Wayne Newton in District 6 for Kirkwood Community College Board. Greg Bosch and Stacey Iben run unopposed in Districts 9 and 1, respectively. Newton, chair since 1984, seeks to curb funding cuts while Harrington pushes education funding and budgeting lessons from her school board work.
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Tom Owen
Gazette
Kirkwood Community College Board of Trustees
O.J. Simpson
Elaine Harrington
Watkins
Wayne Newton
Blairstown
Benton County
Linn County
Iowa County
Board of Trustees
Stacey
Iben
Monticello
Jerry Pearson
Texas
Greg Bosch
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood equipment levy seeks 10 year renewal
Voters in the seven county Kirkwood Community College service area will decide on extending the renewable instructional equipment levy. The levy funds computers and lab gear at six cents per $1 000 and costs a $3.06 yearly tax on a $100 000 home.
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Kirkwood Equipment
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Iowa
Bob Sierk
Citizens Committee
Sierk
Governor to hold reception in Chicago for former Iowans
Governor Tom Vilsack will host a Chicago reception on September 25 to lure former Iowans back to the state. The event promotes Iowa’s quality of life and education as part of the Human Resource Recruitment Consortium, targeting IT engineering manufacturing scientific research finance and managerial careers. Since 1995 Iowa has seen large outmigration and the program has already helped about 1,000 families relocate.
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Des Moines
Tom Vilsack
Chicago
Vilsack
New York
Washington
Iowa
Alden man’s kidnapping conviction upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the life sentence of Larry Dean White 45 of Alden for first degree kidnapping and burglary. He was convicted in 2002 after breaking into Heather Nelson’s home and holding her at gunpoint. The court rejected claims of improper evidence and ineffective counsel.
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Hampton
Iowa
Larry Dean White
Alden
Franklin County
White
Supreme Court
Stephen Carroll
Iowa Supreme Court classifies Swanson as sexual predator
Des Moines, AP — The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a letter and suggestive phone calls can qualify a repeat sex offender for designation as a sexual predator. The decision upholds that the law aims to prevent attacks, allowing preemptive intervention without an actual assault. The case involved Robert E. Swanson, recently released to a Des Moines halfway house, with a long record of violent sex crimes dating to 1964.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Robert E. Swanson
Swanson
High
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