Members of the CAM School District’s Board of Education met Tuesday morning during a Special Session. CAM Superintendent Dr. Casey Berlau told KJAN News the primary reason for the meeting was to approve contracts for some late new hires. The Board approved contracts for Don Daily, Middle School Special Education Teacher; Rachel Hill, 3^rd Grade Teacher at CAM North Elementary. There were also two Cook positions and a Para-Educator positions filled. Sadie Frederickson and Bridget Clayton were hired as Cooks. Amanda Wheatley was hired as Para-Educator.

Berlau said also, he discussed with the Board, but no action was taken, with regard to facility improvements. He said he provided an update to some previously held discussions about the exterior walls at the CAM Middle School, in Massena. Some of the bricks have been detiorating, he said, so they’ve been looking into possible solutions to solve the issue. Berlau provided the Board with information from a company that might be able to help.

CLARE, Iowa (AP) — A trial has been scheduled for the second defendant in the slaying of a Fort Dodge woman. The Messenger reports that Phillip Williams, of Lafayette, Indiana, on Monday pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder. He and Mackenzie Knigge are accused of killing 26-year-old Jessica Gomez, on or about Aug. 5 last year in Knigge’s apartment in Clare. Williams’ trial is set to begin Sept. 11.

Knigge and Gomez, who were once described as friends, were publicly reported missing on Aug. 9, 2017. Knigge was arrested with Williams on Aug. 10 in Lafayette, Indiana. Gomez’s burned body was found in a ditch near Clare on Aug. 12.

Knigge also has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. Her trial is scheduled to start Nov. 26.

ELKADER, Iowa (AP) — A northeast Iowa man has been given 25 years in prison for a crash that killed two teenage boys. Clayton County Court records say 21-year-old Kory Doeppke, was sentenced Tuesday in Elkader. He’d pleaded guilty to two counts of vehicular homicide. Authorities say Doeppke, of Elkader, was driving west when he didn’t halt at a stop sign near Edgewood on Feb. 16 and collided with a northbound pickup. The two fatally injured boys were in the back seat of Doeppke’s car. Officials identified them as 16-year-olds Brady Edwards and Izaiah Drinkwater.

The pickup driver suffered minor injuries.