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Deidre DeJear named president of Oakridge Neighborhood nonprofit
Former Iowa gubernatorial candidate Deidre DeJear has been named Oakridge Neighborhood's new president and CEO, according to a news release. DeJear was selected by the organization's board of directors to succeed the late Teree Caldwell-Johnson, who died in late March of cancer. For almost 20 years, Caldwell-Johnson led the nonprofit that provided low-income and refugee families with affordable housing and other resources before pulling back to focus on her health. Kristin Clayton, vice president of finance...
The Johnson County Supervisors fired its exec. director for "disrespectful, argumentative" behavior
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors fired its executive director on Wednesday. The board voted 3-2 to remove Guillermo Morales, the board's first Latino executive director, citing "argumentative" and "disrespectful" behavior. ...
U of I professor profited almost one million dollars of school funds into personal account
IOWA CITY, Iowa– According to the State Auditor’s Office, a University of Iowa employee helped himself to nearly one-million dollars in university funds over the last four years. State Auditor Rob Sand says former physics and astronomy machine shop manager Brian Busch used the money for his personal business. According to the audit Busch deposited […]
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