A district court judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to at least pause Des Moines Public Schools plan to build a $19.5 million stadium in partnership with Drake University.
The lawsuit filed by four Des Moines residents with the Save Our Stadiums group claimed the school district s failure to hold a special election vote on the plan effects a total and complete disenfranchisement of the electorate and violated the 14th Amendment and due process clause of the Constitution.
The Des Moines School Board approved the agreement between the Des Moines schools and Drake University to build a 4,000-seat stadium east of the Knapp Center last year. The stadium will serve as the home football field for four of Des Moines five high schools and host high school and Drake soccer games.
Judge dismisses felony leak charge against Iowa activist
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A judge dismissed a rarely used felony leak charge Thursday against a Black Lives Matter activist in Iowa who gave a confidential police document to a local television news reporter.
Protester Viet Tran did not break the law when he shared a Des Moines Police Department bulletin during an interview broadcast on WOI-TV, an ABC affiliate, Judge Jeffrey Farrell found.
Tran had been charged last summer with unauthorized dissemination of intelligence data, a felony that carries up to five years in prison. The decades-old law, intended to stop law enforcement officials from releasing certain sensitive information, had only been used a handful of times and never in a non-police context.
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Enthusiasm for inspiring next generation of Aboriginal youth drives Fortescue’s Ceo for a day
Fortescue Metals Group’s (Fortescue) latest CEO for a Day is driven by his enthusiasm to seize every opportunity and his passion to mentor Aboriginal youth.
Today, Jeffrey Farrell stepped into the shoes of Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Gaines for the release of the Company’s March 2021 quarterly production report.
In its seventh year, Fortescue’s CEO for a Day program continues to provide aspiring Aboriginal leaders with the opportunity to join the Company’s leadership team to experience how the business operates at the highest levels.