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The Glenwood Community School District’s Board of Education has terminated the contract of Glenwood High School Principal Kerry Newman. The unanimous decision came during a two-hour closed session, Tuesday. According to the Daily NonPareil, Newman had been on paid administrative leave since Jan. 18th. No official reason for the action was given,but during Tuesday’s meeting, the board listed five reasons to terminate Newman’s employment with the district: an inappropriate relationship with a district employee, unprofessional conduct, poor judgement, inappropriate use or misuse of district resources and being a poor and ineffective role model. Newman has five days to request a hearing contesting the termination. Assistant principal Rick Nickerson has taken over in the interim.
Newman denied all the allegations, and she told the newspaper that she would fight to keep her job. Newman, an Omaha native, was a finalist for the School Administrators of Iowa 2012 Secondary Principal of the Year award. She took over as principal in 2003.
Firefighters from across the state traveled to Des Moines Tuesday, to pickup hundreds of free smoke alarms. State Fire Marshal Ray Reynolds purchased the alarms with money from a $245,000 federal grant and a $50,000 grant from State Farm Insurance.
Firefighters and other dignitaries receive and look-over the new fire detectors in Des Moines, Tues. (Radio Iowa photo)
Reynolds has a goal to install smoke alarms in every Iowa home with children. “We’re well on our way to doing that,” Reynolds said. “We have 36,000 smoke alarms installed to date in this two year old project and our goal is to have 50,000 smoke alarms installed by the end of the year.” The grants will eventually cover the cost of roughly 11,600 smoke alarms in 2013. And there’s plenty of demand for those alarms.
“There were 5,000 structure fires in Iowa last year and of those, one in five homes did not have working smoke alarms,” Reynolds said. Firefighters from 18 Iowa cities picked up a total of 3,000 smoke alarms today (Tuesday) as part of Reynolds’ project. Among the firefighters who came to pick up alarms, were those from Denison, Carroll, Breda and Harlan.
Denison Fire Chief Cory Snowgren says the new detectors will help continue his department’s efforts to keep citizens of the community safe. He says they’ve installed over 4,000 detectors in the community, but because there are still some requests to fill, they were happy to pickup more in Des Moines, on Tuesday. The Denison Fire Department received 200 new detectors.
Snowgren says they won’t have any problem finding homes to place them in. He says they have a list of families waiting to receive the potentially life-savings alarms. The Chief says in 2012, Denison had the distinction of having the first two lives saved in the State by fire alarms. The alarm awoke a family at 2-a.m. after a 3-prong device plugged into a space heater started on fire.
(Radio Iowa)
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals have put contract talks on hold. Neither party expects many obstacles when they resume talking about a long-term deal. The 31-year-old Wainwright is in the final year of a contact, plus extension that will have paid him $36 million over six years. Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak says there is plenty of time before opening day. Wainwright’s value increased in the last week after it was learned Chris Carpenter likely will miss the entire season with problems with his right arm.
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Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A scholar embroiled in a lawsuit with the University of Iowa has been arrested for drunken driving. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Teresa Wagner was arrested Monday night after she failed field sobriety tests and a preliminary breath test showed her blood-alcohol content was above the legal limit. Wagner filed a lawsuit against the University of Iowa in 2009, claiming she was passed up for jobs because of her conservative views.
WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — A county recorder in northeast Iowa has been accused of stealing office funds. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation arrested Bremer County Recorder Donna Ellison on Tuesday. She has been charged with a felony count of misconduct in office and third-degree theft.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sioux City has approved a three-year contract with its firefighters. The Sioux City Journal reports the City Council unanimously approved on Monday the contract with Sioux City Firefighters Association Local 7. Under the agreement, firefighters will receive a 1.25 percent raise the first year, a 1.75 percent raise the second year and a 2.25 percent raise the third year.
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — A trial for the former director of the Ottumwa Transit Authority has been delayed. The Ottumwa Courier reports Pam Ward’s trial has been rescheduled to start in June instead of March. Ward faces four counts of making false statement to the federal government.
339 AM CST WED FEB 13 2013
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TONIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. BREEZY. LOW AROUND 30. WEST WIND 10 TO 20 MPH.
THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING CLOUDY. BREEZY…COLDER. SCATTERED FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT… THEN SCATTERED FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. BREEZY…COLDER. LOW 15 TO 20. NORTHWEST WIND 15 TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 50 PERCENT.
FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. COLDER. SCATTERED FLURRIES. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WIND AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 10. HIGH IN THE LOWER 30S.
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. NOT AS COOL. LOW AROUND 20. HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S.
JOYCE I. MCCONNELEE, 86, of Atlantic died Mon., Feb., 11th at the Heritage House in Atlantic. A graveside service for JOYCE I. MCCONNELEE will be held at 11:30 AM Mon., Feb., 18th in the Atlantic Cemetery. Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Memorials may be directed to the Heritage House Good Samaritan Fund, Cass County Hospice, or a charity of your choice in memory of Joyce.
JOYCE I. MCCONNELEE is survived by:
Daughters, Linda Laylin of Waterloo and Connie Jacoway of Greenwood Village, CO
Brother, Richard Watson of Carroll
Sisters, Joanne Kenefick of Atlantic and Georgia Shartner of Seattle, WA
KATHRYN JOHNSON, 72, of Fontanelle, died Dec. 19th, at the Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Memorial services for KATHRYN JOHNSON will be held 11-a.m. Sat., Feb. 16th, at the First Presbyterian Church in Greenfield. A luncheon will follow the service at the church. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield is in charge of thearrangements.
Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
KATHRYN JOHNSON is survived by:
Her husband – Larry Johnson of Fontanelle.
Her daughters – Debra Dietrich of Beaverton, Oregon and Dorothy Sweet and husband John of Parker, Colorado.
Her step children – Raymond Johnson of Omaha and Belinda Lawson and husband Robert of Jefferson
Her brother – David Johnson and wife Laurette of Des Moines.
Her sister – Diane Breckenridge and Dean of Kearney, Missouri
2 grandchildren, 2 step grandchildren, other relatives and friends.
Police in Council Bluffs say a Shelby County man faces three counts of Attempted Murder following an investigation into a shooting this (Tuesday) morning, in Council Bluffs.
Bluffs Police Sgt. Chad Meyers says 30-year old Ronald Lee Farr, Junior, was arrested on the attempted murder charges. He is also facing two-counts of Willful Injury causing Serious Injury and one-count of going armed with intent. Farr was arrested without incident at a residence in Harlan.
Authorities say Farr shot 22-year old Heather Wilson and her 19-month old son Tyson Underwood, both of Council Bluffs, outside of an apartment complex at 1544 McPherson Avenue, at around 5:40-a.m., Tuesday. The incident happened at Wilson was putting one of her children in a vehicle. Wilson was found on the ground suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Her son was hit in the arm by one of the bullets. Both are expected to make a full recovery. The other child was not hurt. A third child was still inside the apartment at the time of the incident.