IOWA – The Iowa Communications Network (ICN) has selected its next group of Iowa high school students to participate in the Statewide Youth Broadband Advisory Council (SYBAC). The council provides students an opportunity to research and discuss Internet topics, explore Iowa's technology ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District has completed the first phase of facility improvements funded through its Secure an Advanced Vision for Education (SAVE) bonding allocation. Work over the summer included replacement of the north and south parking lots at Union High ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Marshalltown Community College is pleased to announce the Summer 2026 graduates, a group of students who have shown remarkable perseverance and achievement. Among this summer’s graduates is Sadi Flanagan of Traer who earned an Associate Degree Nursing (AAS).
WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College summer graduates local to the Telegraph coverage area. Congratulations! -Dysart: Jonah Albertsen, Diploma, Advanced Manufacturing Welding, Honors (3.5-3.74); Ashley Brehm, EMT Certificate, Presidential Honors (GPA 4.0) -Traer: Tony ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the summer 2026 semester. Emily Hulme of rural Clutier has achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. Congratulations!
As an educator who's spent years building a foundation for children, I believe that school choice is a foundational freedom that Iowans should have. Parents should be able to have more say over where their kids go to school and more say over where their tax dollars are spent. The Democrats ...
As State Auditor, I've been sounding the alarm on the unaccountable private school voucher program for years. Politicians who like to lie say it's because I'm against private schools. That's not true at all. What I am against is waste, fraud, and abuse of Iowa tax dollars, and the private ...
TAMA – Rep. Dean Fisher of Montour thought his chess-playing days were over after giving up the mind sport half a century ago following high school. But through his work with the private, non-denominational K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School, he’s picked up the game again after all these ...
TRAER – Eight invited North Tama/Traer classes celebrated milestone reunions Aug. 7-8 as part of the 2026 Winding Stairs Festival, including Traer High School classes of 1956 (70 years) and 1961 (65 years), and the North Tama High School classes of 1966 (60 years), 1971 (55 years), 1976 (50 ...
TRAER – North Tama High School Class of 2017 alumna Carlee Margaret Feisel, RN, BSN, has been charting an upward career path since graduating as class valedictorian nearly a decade ago. “I am delighted to announce some extraordinary news about my daughter,” Feisel’s mother, Tiffany, ...