Kim Carson is one of the most storied names in the storied history of the girls’ track and field program at Roosevelt High School. She won enough state and Drake Relays titles as a hurdler, Class of 1992, …

“Gravity sucks”! said Peggy Whitson, and she should know. The Iowa girl who grew up on a farm near Mount Ayr to become a biochemist/astronaut has logged 665 days in outer space, the U.S. record, and she gave …

Friday was the first day of a new initiative at Cowles Montessori School: the Walking School Bus. Get a gaggle of students dropped off at a depot, in this case Windsor Heights Presbyterian Church several blocks south of the …