DES MOINES – State Treasurer Roby Smith is celebrating College Savings Month by sharing the benefits of saving for education costs. "For College Savings Month, I'm reminding parents, grandparents, other relatives and friends that anyone can open a College Savings Iowa 529 Plan account to save ...
Representatives of nonprofits, governmental entities and school districts are encouraged to register for Grant Writing 101, an online workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, October 3. Grant Writing 101 is a workshop created by ISU Extension and Outreach Community and Economic ...
DYSART – While the wheels on Union’s buses will continue to go ‘round and round’ this new school year as always, the district is still confronting a stubborn scarcity of drivers to operate those wheels – only pumping the brakes on the shortage with the help of subs. Last Friday ...
TRAER - North Tama added more than a dozen new staff members for the 2023-24 school year including (l-r) Tammy Kimbrell (foodservice/kitchen assistant ), Amanda Hall (elementary secretary), Hannah Donelson-Brown (paraeducator), Jaceline Rogers (bus driver), Molly Ramirez (sixth grade ...
Union Schools added five new certified staff members for the 2023-24 school year including Kelsi Stoner (third grade teacher/D-G Elementary), Sydney Sanford (school counselor/D-G Elementary), Hannah Black (school counselor/La Porte City Elementary), Sage Goddard (special education/La Porte ...
TRAER - Seven alumni classes were honored during the 2023 Winding Stairs Festival, pictured above. For more on the Alumni Banquet refer to last week's edition of the Telegraph or click here.
TRAER – Folks from both near and far ‘flocked’ to Traer last week beginning Thursday for four days of community fun as part of the annual Winding Stairs Festival. This year’s festival theme was ‘150 and flocking fabulous’ in honor of the town’s Sesquicentennial celebrations. On ...
TRAER – North Tama and Traer’s honored alumni will gather for a reunion on Friday and Saturday, August 11 and 12 during this year’s Winding Stairs Festival. Eight honored classes have been specially invited to attend the festivities including Traer’s class of 1953 (70 years) and ...
Classmates of the Traer High School Class of 1961 will be celebrating their 80th birthdays with an informal party celebration at the Traer Historical Museum on Saturday afternoon, August 12 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. In May 1961, 44 young folks who were prepared to launch into life, ...
The Iowa Association of the Deaf (IAD) recently presented Clutier native Tina Caloud with its Education Award at the organization’s 59th Biennial Conference held July 20-22 in West Des Moines. The award goes to an educator in Iowa who has rendered meritorious and exceptional service to the ...