To the editor, I was a very young teacher working with teenagers who had been adjudicated to be delinquent when the Area Education Agency system was started in Iowa in 1974. Through 50 years, I have worked with it, for it, and sometimes against it, at various times in various roles. I am currently on the board of directors representing…
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John Milligan, 1948 – 2024
John Robert Milligan, 75, of Jefferson, passed away January 19, 2024, at Mercy One Medical Center in Des Moines. He was born on March 21, 1948, in Jefferson, to Robert and Dorothy (Swigert) Milligan. On August 3, 1969, he married the love of his life, Katherine (Hutchison) Milligan. They were married 54 wonderful years. John served in the US Army…
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