For North Girls’ Basketball, Team Means “One Family”
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually …
Hoover Tops Roosevelt as Huskies, Riders Both Sit Atop Conference
It’s customary for the Hoover/Roosevelt rivalry to decide supremacy in Metro Conference boys’ basketball (it even has its own Facebook page!) and this year is no exception. Going into Friday night’s matchup at the Hoover gym the Riders …
Sing-Along at Willard Elementary Extends the Holiday Spirt
Sure, it’s unseasonably warm this week, but it’s still January; the “bleak midwinter” that inspires poetry gloomy as this morning’s dawn. So the timing was perfect for a community sing-along like the one this afternoon at Willard Elementary …
School Board Unanimously Votes for No School on MLK, President’s Days
In a special meeting tonight, the Des Moines School Board unanimously approved a motion to not hold school on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 21) and Presidents’ Day (February 18). These days were originally scheduled as no-school …
A Young Roosevelt Debate Team Finishes 2nd at State Tourney
The Roosevelt Debate program sent a young and somewhat inexperienced team to IHSSA State Debate this past weekend, and walked away with a state runner-up title in one of the closest tournaments in state debate history. The team results: …
