Monticello’s 1930s morals drive strict local ordinances
The town of Monticello, in 1931, enacted a broad ordinance book targeting youth behavior and public morality. It barred minors from billiard halls and bowling alleys, restricted liquor in such venues, set closing hours, and outlawed obscene language and impropriety in public. The marshal enforced these laws, with provisions tying arrests to the mayor for trial and prohibiting gatherings near churches during services.
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Monticello
Meredith Willson
Supreme Court
Maquoketa Valley teachers seek raises amid court dispute
Board leader Rohwedder discusses salary steps tied to a court ruling on teacher pay. He notes 116 area schools. 14 at or above their lane and 102 below. Top earners could gain about 8 percent per year. superintendent's salary rises from 25,500 to 28,000.
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Des Moines
Rohwedder
Pounds
Public Employer Relations Board
Maquoketa Valley
Iowa Association of School Boards
Monticello Airport Ranks Low in Iowa Sufficiency Study
Iowa DOT study rates Monticello municipal airport at 39.8 sufficiency with 57.2 basic and 44.8 tolerability. Built 1967, runway to be resurfaced. plans seek 90 percent federal funding with 10 percent local. Elmegreen notes non permanent runway surface, past reseals, and limited land for expansion.
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Monticello
Iowa
Paul Elmegreen
Elmegreen
DOT
Enrollment Decline Reported Across Monticello Schools
Enrollment figures released show 1 430 students in the Monticello public system and 152 at Sacred Heart this fall. Public schools list 296 Carpenter 334 Shannon 758 Central. alternative 18. special education 22. Grade counts span kindergarten through twelfth with varied totals. Sacred Heart reads 18 through 30 across grades. Public system enrollment fell from 1 477 last year by 47. Sacred Heart down from 156 to 152.
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Monticello
Sacred Heart School
Carpenter
Shannon
Central
Sacred Heart
District meeting ends early over school board election call
Pounds urged school supporters to vote in the Sept. 14 school board election. He argued the issue should not be dragged through courts and that TV urged voters to participate in what he called an important election in the school's history.
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ISEA
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