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), ...
The University of Northern Iowa proudly announces Jenna Meyer as the inaugural recipient of the David W. Wilson Scholars Endowed Fund Scholarship. Meyer, a senior from South Tama High School, was surprised with the news of her selection as the first-ever David W. Wilson Student Scholar during a ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District is proud to announce its Stewardship Week Poster Contest winners! Congratulations to Brenna Miller of Mrs. Carty's 4th grade class at Union's Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School. She received her $10 grade level award from Tama SWCD Chair Jack Boyer ...
OTTER CREEK – Tama Soil & Water Conservation District celebrated Stewardship Week 2024 with a 5th Grade Outdoor Classroom. This nearly-annual outreach event first started in 1974. 228 students helped celebrate this great 50th anniversary milestone at Otter Creek Lake & Park on May ...
June will be a very special month in the sky. We have a good chance of seeing a bright recurring nova, a short-lived explosion on the surface of a white dwarf star. A nova happens when a white dwarf, the dead core of a small star, is very close to a red giant star. As these stars orbit each ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The 2024 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to Dysart resident Tonya Braggs who graduated with an Associate of Applied Science!
PELLA – Central College Class of 2026 student Andrea Dvorak of rural Clutier has been named to the dean's list for the Spring 2024 Semester. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.500 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the ...