TRAER/LA PORTE CITY – North Tama County and Union high schools held commencement exercises for the Class of 2026 on Sunday, May 17 in their respective gymnasiums in Traer and La Porte City. While Union’s ceremony took place at the traditional 2 p.m., North Tama’s was held at 3 p.m. to ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District continues to strengthen student literary outcomes through a two-year professional learning initiative focused on the Science of Reading and Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS). The district implemented the ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Phi Theta Kappa advisors Dr. Cecil Holland and Jen Gunderson are pleased to announce the induction of 62 students into the Alpha Iota Rho Chapter at Marshalltown Community College this spring. Students were formally recognized during an induction ceremony held Tuesday, April ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The 2026 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 9, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to all the Kirkwood graduates including those local students listed below by hometown. -Clutier: Emily ...
TRAER – The Traer Historical Museum hosted 38 fourth-grade students and their teachers from North Tama Schools on Thursday, May 14. The museum was a bustling hive of activity as students interacted with museum volunteers and items from the museum collection. Students discussed how ...
FAYETTE – Upper Iowa University has announced its 2026 Honors and Awards program recipients. As one of the honorees, Justin Clark of La Porte City was awarded the Clark/Bowen Endowed Scholarship.
DES MOINES – Local students Ashley Riley of Clutier and Morgan Wentworth of La Porte City have received academic honors for the spring 2026 quarter and semester terms at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. Riley qualified for the President's List which requires students ...
PELLA – Central College hosted a Celebration of Undergraduate Inquiry to showcase the many research and creative projects by Central students during the 2025-26 academic year. The event included in-person honors and senior presentations, poster sessions, performances and exhibits. ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Aubrey Gates of La Porte City was named to the University of Sioux Falls Spring 2026 Dean's List. Gates is majoring in Exercise Science. She was among 534 students named to the Spring 2026 Dean's List. To qualify, students must be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours and ...
BOURBONNAIS, Ill. – Aubrey Lund of Garrison was named to the dean's list at Olivet Nazarene University during the recently completed spring 2026 semester. To qualify for inclusion on the dean's list, a student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained ...