Our hearts are with the North High School staff, and every student-athlete who worked with swim coach Lonny Kerman over the years. We’re sad to report Coach Kerman, who retired just last spring, has passed away. Coach Kerman …

Who knows if the Muppets or MacNeil/Lehrer or Frontline or even Downton Abbey would ever have been viewed in the Des Moines area were it not for KDPS. In many ways, the roots of public broadcasting in Iowa …

This article is one in a series of reports on how support from the Wallace Foundation is making a difference at Des Moines Public Schools. In June 2014, DMPS was awarded a substantial grant by the Wallace Foundation to improve …

Chloe Ibsen, a senior at Roosevelt High School and student at Central Campus and Central Academy, has been selected as the female representative of Iowa at the National Youth Science Camp. Her selection was announced by Central Campus’s College …

Wednesday we reported on the Youth Opportunity Fair at East High School where some 40 organizations competed for the attentions of hundreds of teenagers grappling with what to do this summer, next year, “AND BEYOND!” as Buzz Lightyear …