IRVINE PRAIRIE – Roughly 60 Union high schoolers from Craig Hemsath’s science classes and Adam Sacquitne’s agriculture classes visited Irvine Prairie north of Dysart on May 22 as part of the annual spring planting day at the Tallgrass Prairie Center’s (TPC) ...
DYSART – Wolf Creek Players is a local theater group. We are sponsoring a week-long theatre camp for anyone age 7 and up! The experienced actors and actresses from the Footliters Traveling Playhouse from Coralville, Iowa, will direct the week. They will bring scripts, costumes, and the set ...
PELLA – Jasmyn Bush of La Porte City was one of 232 Central College students who were celebrated during Commencement 2024 on Saturday, May 11, in the Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium, in Pella, Iowa. Bush earned a bachelor's degree in December 2023 majoring in Kinesiology. Central College ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Aubrey Gates of La Porte City was recently named to the University of Sioux Falls Spring 2024 Dean's List. Gates is majoring in Exercise Science. Gates was among more than 575 students named to the Spring 2024 Dean's List. To qualify, students must be enrolled in at ...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside University has named 250 students as Roadman Scholars in recognition of high academic distinction for the 2023-24 academic year including Dylan W. Hosek of Traer. Roadman Scholars must be full-time students who have completed at least 45 credits of college ...
WEST DES MOINES – Allison Mask of Traer completed the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University. The university's commencement ceremony took place on May 24, 2024. Mask will begin a pediatrics residency at the Central Iowa Health System in Des Moines, Iowa.
Growing older is the greatest risk factor for acquiring Parkinson’s disease and many people live with symptoms for several years before being diagnosed. Often people in early stages of Parkinson’s disease assume their symptoms are part of normal aging or are due to other health problems ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the spring 2024 semester. The following local students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college. -Madalyn Fish, Buckingham -Tonya Braggs, ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) celebrated Soil & Water Stewardship Week this year by donating conservation books to local elementary school libraries throughout Tama County. On behalf of her students, Dysart-Geneseo Media Aide Peg Hennings has received four ...
TRAER – The North Tama Athletic Booster Club will need to rethink how the organization raises money following school board action. During the Monday, May 20 regular meeting of the North Tama Board of Education, a resolution was approved, 5-0 (David Boldt and Cheryl Popelka were absent), ...