To lease and buy properties also, its been an exceptionally dry fall, so, weeve been able to do a lot of ground work. And prepare for projects for next spring, and potentially laying some sod here in the next couple of days. Moore says hes ahead of schedule on his townhomes here on ravenwood circle which means theyll be available to rent or lease sooner than expected. Construction on townhomes here taking nearly three months to live in waterloo Macleod Hageman news seven kwwl. Moore says hes seeing younger adults and retirees renting now more than ever. A longtime Elementary School principal caught falsifying standardized tests. Jesup Elementary School principal brian bottebaum was cited by the iowa board of education in august. The iowa board of education receiving gave some students photocopied test booklets, letting them fill out the answers in the copies. Then having teachers use those answers to fill out student sheets. The board of education gave pottebaum a written reprimand and
Photocopied test booklets and later teachers used the answers in the test booklets to fill out the students answer sheets. Pottebaum waived his right to a hearing agreeing with the board on a settlement. Given a written reprimand and told to complete 15 hours ethics course. Standup ive reached out to principal pottebaum multiple times, but he refused to speak with us on camera. Instead sending us this statement which reads in part it was my interpretation that this was an appropriate accommodatn was not. Even though the resulted in the identified violation. The intention was to make sure these students could complete the required assessments without undue stress related to the mechanics of holding a pencil and filling in small ovals. Now based on the 2015 state report card of jesup elementary the school was labeled as a school in need of assistance in both the math proficiency and reading proficiency standardized test we reached out to the board of education for the original complaint
Information. Here is additional forecast information from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team temperatures dont look too bad right now, but this is likely the warmest it will be the rest of the day. We may gain a degree or two with the help of southerly winds right now with not too many gusts, but that changes. By late morning the winds will be gust to 30 mph or higher and will be Even Stronger this evening as the winds turn to the west. A wind half of our counties for gusts to 50 mph. We may have a few showers track through today, but it will be mainly windy and getting colder. Developing overnight a stabbing in waterloo. Police went to randolph street early this morning. A woman said shed been stabbed but theyre still trying to figure out where it happened. They were told it did not happen at the home on randolph street. We saw the ambulance pulling expected to survive. A Birthday Party for a twoyearold ends in chaos. One person shot and killed several others also wounded. It happened
Monte morris and the number 21 iowa state Mens Basketball Team taking on indiana state in the first round of the advocare invitational tournament in orlando. Indiana state is led by former iowa hawkeye assistant greg lansing. And this is a back and forth game from the state. The cyclones Deonte Burton with the steal and jam for the cyclones. Later its the sycamores with 20. Indiana state by five. The cyclones respond. Good iowa state defense leads to a monte morris layup and foul iowa state leads 4140 at the break. In the second half indiana state goes on a run. Brenton scott knocks down a three. The sycamores led by three late. But monte morris and the cyclones answerthis scoop shot by the all americanties the game at 69 in the closing minutes. And with iowa state trailing by two. Matt thomas rattles in what turns out to be the game winning three pointer. The cyclones hold on for a 7371 win. The Northern Iowa panthers are hosting the missouri conference volleyball tournament this than
Seating from little more than 500 now to more than 800. Supporters ran into some organized opposition last spring but didnt find anyone objecting to the changes. Just the cost. You ask 1800 voters youll have 1800 opinions on what a project could or should be. But i think the most common denominator is the property tax ask. The problem is convincing a few more voters to say yes this time for a 60 percent super majority. Voting on the Janesville School bond takes place this coming tuesday. The only polling place in town will be open from noon until 8 00 pm. You can experience the magic of the Christmas Holiday throughout downtown manchester tonight. The city is holding its window walk and static christmas parade. And meteorologis t Justin Gehrts is there live, checking it out. Justin, how cold will it be for our weather wont change much over the next couple days. Skies remain cloudy tonight but the wind will e down as lows drop to near 30. Were back in the upper 30s tomorrow with a mainl