City of Le Mars Delivers Its Initial Salary Proposal To City’s Employee Bargaining Unit
(Le Mars) — The city of Le Mars released its initial bargaining proposal for city employees this morning from the city council chambers. You may recall it was nearly two weeks ago when the bargaining unit of Le Mars city employees had proposed a two-year contract consisting of a 3.5 percent increase in salary pay. The city has countered with a proposal of one and three-quarters percent increase for each of the two years. City administrator Jason Vacura along with Mayor Dick Kirchoff presented the city’s wage proposal to Jeff Kramer, the president of the Le Mars City Employee Bargaining Unit. City councilman Rex Knapp and City Clerk Bev Langel along with City Finance Director Jacob Widman were on hand when Vacura submitted the proposal. Negotiations between the city and its employees will take place following the city council meeting slated for January 7th.
Murder Suspect Wants Trial To Be Moved
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – One of two men accused of killing a man in Cedar Rapids wants their trial moved out of Linn County. Thirty-four-year-old Drew Wagner cited pretrial publicity in his request filed Sunday. Wagner and 32- year-old Drew Blahnik have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and
other crimes in the slaying of 31-year-old Christopher Bagley. He went missing from his home in Walker in December 2018. Investigators have said Blahnik has confessed to stabbing Bagley in retaliation for his robbery of a large-scale marijuana trafficker. The court records don’t show that Blahnik also has requested that the trial be moved.
