Eastern Iowa voters approve two bonds and 12 local items
Voters in Solon and Benton approved bonds while Sigourney rejected a 115000 vocational agriculture addition. Solon's 990000 remodel bond passed 522 to 338. Benton approved new facilities for the district. Traer, Bennett, Allamakee votes approved related property sales and facility plans. Local outcomes reflect 12 of 14 measures in favor.
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Iowa
Solon
Benton
Sigourney
Sigourney High School
Benton Community School
Iowa district votes approve bond and tax measures across counties
Across Allamakee and neighboring counties voters approved a mix of sales, levy, and tax measures. Key actions include a $5.1 million junior high bond in Benton County, extension of 20.25 cent NITI or Kirkwood Hawkeye Tech levies for 10 years, and district authority to levy tax for schoolhouse maintenance. Defeats included several NITI levy extensions and district tax requests. Leaders and districts such as Arlyn Fosson and Linus Rothmeyer appear in results with varied margins.
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Kenneth Lippart
Leigh Rekow
Northeast Iowa Technical Institute Board
Linus Rothmeyer
Vivian Crowbaugh
Don Krug
Kirkwood Community College
Wayne Newton
van Horne
Kirkwood
JoAnn Elmer
Earl Fosselman
Herbert Hoepfner
Dennis Salmon
Eldon Schoephoerster
Jim Albright
Jane Hagenow
Mary Klotzbach
Hawkeye Institute of Technology Board
Richard Machacek
James T. Martin Sr
Hawkeye Tech
Bennett
Joe Barloon
Carl Kuehner
Iowa Technical Institute Board
Donald Anderson
Jerome Schultz
Roger Mohning
Sherie Dawson
Nicholas J. Hayes
James H. Lee
Stephen F. Thacher
Anne Gallagher
Harlan Rohwedder
Kimbal Gates
Gary Keast
Richard Faust
Thomas Allyn
Eldon Koenek
Robert Hildebrand
Howard Steffen
John Hacke
Bob Turney
LaVerne Swenson
Jerry Propert
Fran Batterson
Doug Elysworth
Brad Mattocks
George Fettkether
Northeast Iowa Technical Institute
William Albrecht
LaVerne Bachman
North Fayette County
Alpha
Eldorado
Hawkeye
West Union
Franklin W. Reyner Jr
Robert F. Miller
Notable World Events From Early 20th Century Headlines
Summary of events include the 1917 Vanguard explosion at Scapa Flow killing 800 sailors, the 1947 announcement of Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatten engagement, Dreyfus acquittal in 1906 after prison on Devil's Island, and the suppressed evidence of another officer selling secrets to Germany leading to Emile Zola's denunciation imprisonment for J Accuse.
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Princess Elizabeth
Philip Mountbatten
Alfred Dreyfus
Devil's Island
Germany
Emile Zola
Amana Community election results for tax levies
In Amana Community at large, voters elected three for the tax levy. Stacey Howell received 100 votes, William Leichsenring Jr. 82, and George Schaerer 86. Kirkwood levy for 10 years passed 69 to 3. In Deep River Murllersburg East District Carroll Shaull ran opposed, 137, not to exceed five years, with 136 to 20 and tax levy for 10 years passing 112 to 38.
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John P. Tremain
Colleen Maynard
Sharon Beatty
Kirkwood Community College
Wayne Newton
Kirkwood
Carl Lehne
Sharon Kromminga
Larry Fett
William Holst
Boyd R. Bader
Kirkwood Community College Board
Stacey Howell
William Leichsenring Jr
George Schaerer
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Waukon
Allamakee County
Allamakee Community
Dorchester
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Arlyn Fosson
Lansing
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Postville
Frankville
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Benton County
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LeRoy A. Hoskey
Clarence F. Douglas
Norway
Watkins
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Urbana Community Schools
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Bremer County
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Oran
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Don Bowden
Lynn Poster Jr
LaVerne Lentz
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Independence
Rowley
Brandon
Jesup Community
Roland Cayouette
Suzanne Duroe
Michael Eder
Robert Junker
William “Bill
Robert Schmitz
Robert Shatzer
Rosemary Zummak
Bennett Community
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Jerry Bolton
Roger Wiese
Clarence-Lowden
Roger Freese
Albert Cooperider
Durant
Durant, Stockton, Sunbury
Dale Lilienthal
Lincoln Community
Mechanicsville
Stanwood
James Brendes
Duane Jurgensen
Vance Haesemeyer
Kathryn Hill
Tipton
Keith Chapman
Mary L. Crock
Richard J. Foens
John E. Heaton
Rose Marie Thumm
West Branch
Jack Pinckett
Chickasaw County
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Littleport
Garber
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Jerry Everitt
Robert Sage
Mary Klink
George Leonard
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Helen Farmer
Gary Kriegel
Walt Webster
Marquette
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Dan Kinley
MFL
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William Peters
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Fayette County
Fayette Community
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Peg Wulfekuhle
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Oelwein
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Robert Berry
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Howard County
Howard-Winneshiek
Chester
Cresco
Elma
Lime Spring
Ridgeway
Allyn Linderbaum
Denis Wemark
John Grube
Patrick Lentz
Emil Platte
Vanguard
Scapa Flow
Iowa County
Amana
Homestead
E. Amana
H. Amana
M. Amana
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Millersburg
Carroll Shaull (i
Schrancks
Creme DE
Creme DE Cacao
Schrancks Blackberry
ARS
Schranck
Schranck & Shalco
Schranck 2
Annisette Liqueua
California
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Chicago
Ili
Ted
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Cedar Rapids
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