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TOLEDO, Iowa (AP) — A Marion teacher acquitted of not reporting that a classroom volunteer sexually abused her students is returning to work. Station KCRG reports that Marion Schools Superintendent Chris Dyer says Diane Graham will be back in a classroom Thursday at Vernon Middle School.
Graham was found not guilty Jan. 11. Prosecutors alleged that Graham was teaching at Starry Elementary in Marion when two students told her in August 2016 that they were being abused by the volunteer. Prosecutors said Graham didn’t report the abuse, allowing it to continue for two more months. Graham testified that she never saw or heard of any abuse.
The teen has been convicted of sexual abuse.
The Month of February, here in Atlantic, was cooler and wetter overall, than the average. The Average High was 31 degrees, while the average Low was 11. We received 1.19” of precipitation during the month (both in the liquid form, and melted snowfall/sleet/ice).
The warmest day was on the 27th, when we topped out at 62 on the thermometer. The coldest morning was -13 on two consecutive days, Feb. 5th and 6th. The greatest amount of precipitation occurred on Feb. 5th, at .53”. The heaviest snowfall happened on February 9th, at 2.8 inches.
The normal High for the month is 35, while the normal Low is 15. Precipitation for the month is normalled .96 of an inch. Looking ahead to the month of March in Atlantic: The normal (average) High is 48 and the Low is 26. And, we typically receive around 2.38 inches of precipitation.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Court documents show the adoptive father of a 16-year-old girl who starved to death will enter a new plea later this month. Forty-seven-year-old Joseph Finn II already has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, child endangerment and neglect or abandonment. His former wife, Nicole Finn, was convicted Dec. 14 of murder and other crimes in the October 2016 death of Natalie Finn.
Medical examiners say Natalie Finn died from emaciation due to denial of critical care.
Polk County court records say the March 21 plea hearing was set Wednesday at the request of Finn’s lawyers. The records don’t say whether a deal with prosecutors has been reached.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a 2012 law that made it illegal to get a job at a livestock farm through misrepresentation to conduct an animal cruelty undercover investigation. The ruling was filed Tuesday. A coalition of public interest groups challenging the law called the ruling a big win.
The groups say Iowa’s law violates their constitutional free speech and equal protection rights. The lawsuit names the governor and the attorney general. Eric Tabor, Iowa’s chief deputy attorney general, told The Des Moines Register that it’s early in the case’s litigation and declined to comment further.
Class 5A Semifinals
10:00 a.m. – Johnston (21-3) vs. Iowa City High (24-0)
11: 45 a.m. – Iowa City West (17-7) vs. Indianola (21-3)
Class 4A Semifinals
1:30 p.m. – Center Point-Urbana (22-3) vs. Marion (24-0)
3:15 p.m. – Grinnell (22-2) vs. LeMars (18-6)
Class 3A Semifinals
5:00 p.m. – Crestwood (24-0) vs. North Polk (22-3)
6:45 p.m. – Monticello (20-5) vs. Sioux Center (25-0)
Red Oak Police report making two arrests late Wednesday morning. 37-year old Rose Amber Lopez, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 11:16-a.m., after Red Oak Police, assisted by Montgomery County Sheriff’s Deputies, responded to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital, where Lopez was allegedly making “A loud and raucous noise,” causing hospital occupants “unreasonable distress.” She was charged with Disorderly Conduct and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where bond was set at $300.
While on that call, and at about the same time, Red Oak Police and Montgomery County Deputies could hear a male yelling. The noise lead officers and deputies to the 300 block of E. Valley Street, where 24-year old Jesse Dean Uhlmann, of Red Oak, was located, and subsequently arrested for Serious Domestic Abuse Assault. Uhlmann was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond.
STEVEN R. ANDERSON, 65, of Massena (& formerly of Exira), died Feb. 19th, at home. A Celebration of Life Memorial service for STEVEN R. ANDERSON will be held 10-a.m. Saturday, March 3rd, at the Exira Christian Church. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Visitation, with the family present, is from 9-a.m. until the time of service, Saturday, at the Exira Christian Church.
Burial will be held at a later date.
STEVEN R. ANDERSON is survived by:
His son – Michael (Katie) Anderson, of Omaha.
His daughter – Katherine (Andrew) Sorensen, of Shelby.
His parents – James Owen Anderson and Laurine Ann (Jensen) Anderson, of Des Moines.
His sisters – Linda (Jerry) Glazier, of Kansas City, MO., & Kay Anderson, of Apple Valley, MN.
3 grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
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