DYSART – Contributions to Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School’s playground fundraiser continue to build with several recent donations coming from not just local businesses, but from students themselves including third-grader Breck Kaiser. Kaiser saved his allowance over summer break in ...
WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College summer semester graduates and their programs of study in your local area. Elberon -Luke Pailthorpe, AA Liberal Arts La Porte City -Maya Douglas, AA Transfer Major: Criminal Justice -Chase Hoy, AA Liberal Arts -Riley Rosauer, ...
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 ...