Salt Lake City School District names new superintendent
On Thursday, the Salt Lake City Board of Education voted unanimously to select Elizabeth Grant as Salt Lake City School District's new superintendent.
Grant is returning to the district after going through the K-12 education system in the same district. She served as principal at Lowell Elementary and assistant principal at Edison Elementary.
Grant said she is completely invested in the success of the children and youth of Salt Lake City.
The district evaluated applicants through a stakeholder committee of more than 40 district students, parents, employees and community leaders.
Federal judge hears testimonies in cookie company lawsuit
Crumbl is suing Dirty Dough, another cookie company, accusing them of obtaining proprietary information, including recipes. Crumbl also claims that Dirty Dough stole its business model.
A federal judge will decide whether to block Dirty Dough from continuing to expand based on the accusations of stealing trade secrets.
Dirty Dough denied any wrongdoing in the case, while Crumbl asked the judge to pause the other company’s franchising.
Crumbl is also asking Dirty Dough for a public apology for what it claims were misstatements throughout the legal dispute.
On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Howard Nielson Jr. heard testimony from the leaders of both companies.
USU employee arrested on second-degree felony charge
A Utah State University employee has been charged with communication fraud and unlawful use of a financial transaction card. The second-degree felony charge comes after the university audit office found discrepancies in travel charges made by Terry Messmer, a Utah State University employee of almost three decades.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Messmer was in charge of a fleet of university vehicles that were “for the use of individuals when they would have to travel for field work.”
It also says when Messmer traveled, he would use one of the fleet vehicles. He would then return and “submit a reimbursement form to the University” saying he drove his own vehicle. Funds would subsequently be deposited into his bank account “for the personal mileage that he would falsely claim on his trip.”
The affidavit states Messmer took more than $11,000 dollars in documented funds.
USU’s associate vice president for strategic communications, Amanda DeRito told the Herald Journal that Messmer has left the university and is no longer a USU employee.
