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Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors, Nathan Pattee, Lea Spitznagle & Nicholas Ahern from the A-H-S-T High School.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A western Iowa mother who posted comments about her bullied son possibly shooting up a school has been given a year of probation. Omaha television station KETV says Teri Pallat made a plea deal that includes community service. In December Pallat was arrested after posting a message on her Facebook page that talked about why “people shoot up schools.”
Pallat told the station that she regretted her comments but was only trying to draw attention to the bullying of her son, Collin, at Lewis Central High School in Council Bluffs. The school principal denied there was a problem.
Collin now attends another school, but he says he still gets bullied by Lewis Central students on social media.
Atlantic is in the market for a new head football coach. Nick Ross has submitted his resignation to the Atlantic School Board. He will be teaching and coaching in Waukee in the fall. His wife, Natalie, has also accepted a teaching position in Waukee. Ross visited with members of the football team Tuesday afternoon. The Atlantic School Board is expected to act on the resignation at it’s next meeting. Activities Director Matt Alexander said Ross talked to the school administration and the players now because the district needs to immediately begin the search to fill both the teaching and coaching positions. Alexander says Ross is still waiting for the Waukee School Board to approve his hiring. In his two years as the Atlantic head coach the Trojans posted records of 5-4 and 1-8.
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A district court judge in Council Bluffs says the trial for a physician accused of sexual abuse will stay in Pottawattamie County. The Omaha World-Herald reports Judge Richard Davidson denied a motion by prosecutors to move the trial of Dr. Dennis Jones outside Council Bluffs. Earlier this month the Iowa Attorney General’s Office requested a change of venue in the case of Jones, a pediatrician accused of sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl.
The A-G’s office said in court documents, that it would be hard to find a fair or impartial jury due to extensive media coverage and Jones’ 35 years as a doctor in the Pottawattamie County. Judge Davidson rejected that argument in a court document filed last week.
Jones’ trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday (May 65th). If convicted on the charge of second-degree sexual abuse, a Class B felony, he faces up to 50 years in prison.
A Special Education teacher at the Underwood Middle School has entered a plea of not guilty to charges of Pharmacy Prohibited Acts. The Omaha World-Herald reports 34-year old Samantha Telleen appeared in Pottawattamie County District Court on Monday. Telleen is accused of using stolen prescription pads to obtain pain medication. If convicted of the nine counts against her, the woman faces up to 90 years in prison and a maximum $90,000 fine.
Charges were dropped on April 4th against Telleen’s husband Heath, who teaches at the Underwood High School. Assistant Pottawattamie County Attorney Shelly Sedlak said an investigation revealed that Samantha Telleen, not her husband, took prescription pads from Underwood Family Practice.
Prosecutors say Samantha Telleen was given the key to the building last year to check mail and faxes while the owners were away.
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