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 ...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Chris Spicer announced the 427 students named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester of the 2023-24 academic year including North Tama alum Dylan W. Hosek of Traer. The Dean’s List recognizes ...
ST. GEORGE, Utah – Students at Utah Tech University showcased exceptional academic performance during the spring 2024 semester, with 1,276 Trailblazers earning Dean's List honors. Katelyn Jolley of La Porte City was among those honored, earning a spot on the Dean's List for the spring 2024 ...
Last Sunday afternoon, just over 100 area graduates with the Class of 2024 crossed their respective high school stages in Traer and La Porte City and took the next step into adulthood, diploma in hand. Both North Tama County Community School District and Union Community School District ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union High School theater department will participate in the 2024 Iowa High School Musical Theater Awards Showcase, presented by EMC Insurance Companies, in honor of the school's achievements for its March production of “Seussical.” Produced by Des Moines ...
LA PORTE CITY – On Wednesday, May 1, Union High School hosted the annual Senior Scholarship and Recognition Night and, once again, it was an amazing night that celebrated the 2024 senior class. Local scholarships generated over $92,000 worth of monetary college support which does not include ...
SIOUX CITY, Iowa – 215 undergraduate students and 209 graduate students graduated from Morningside University on Saturday, May 11 at the commencement ceremony held at Elwood Olsen Stadium on Morningside’s campus including Dan Oltman, MAT, of Traer. Morningside’s 2024 commencement ...