Under beautiful, mostly sunny skies and amid mild temperatures perfect for all those back-to-school summer outfits, both North Tama and Union school districts welcomed students back to the classroom this past Wednesday morning while also bringing on many new staff members. Shortly after 8:00 ...
It is with great pleasure that I write this introductory piece for the wonderful community of Dysart. Since I took the position as superintendent of the Union Community School District on July 1, 2022, I have spent many hours in Dysart meeting (some) city officials, talking to citizens, touring ...
Park University announces its Spring 2022 graduates. The list of graduates includes those from the University’s flagship campus in Parkville as well as its 40 additional campuses across the country and online worldwide. The University had 963 students eligible to graduate — 214 students ...
North Tama and Traer’s honored alumni will gather for a reunion on Friday and Saturday, August 12 and 13 during the Winding Stairs Festival. Seven honored classes have been especially invited to attend the festivities: Traer’s Class of 1957 (65 years); Traer-Clutier Class of 1962 (60 ...
In June, 300 youth delegates gathered at Iowa State University for the 2022 Iowa 4-H Youth Conference, themed “Building the Future.” Teenagers from across the state came to the Iowa State campus for three days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, special events, and civic engagement ...
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) met with Union Middle School students during their visit to Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Grassley and the students discussed how he began his journey in politics and his recent work in the Senate when they met on the steps of the U.S. ...
School registration will be online and in person by appointment only for the 2022-2023 school year. It will be from Monday, August 1 through Wednesday, August 10 for a discounted fee. All students need to be registered by Monday, August 15. Links and instructions can be found at ...
School registration will be online and in person by appointment only for the 2022-2023 school year. It will be from Monday, August 1 through Wednesday, August 10 for a discounted fee. All students need to be registered by Monday, August 15. Links and instructions can be found at ...
About five miles east of the rural farming town of Buckingham and almost entirely hidden from the county highway by tall trees and overgrown grasses and saplings, Geneseo Consolidated School quietly observed the 100th anniversary of its first graduating class this past May. The rural school ...
If you’ve ever been out hiking and noticed a tiny volcano made of mud, you’ve seen the home of a mudbug! Actually, mudbug is just another name for crayfish...just like crawdad or crawfish! Iowa boasts eight species of crayfish, but in this article, we’re going to talk about three species ...