Monroe Elementary School was the site where a new health program was launched. Representatives of the Iowa Wild – the American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Minnesota Wild – and Amerigroup partnered to kick off Healthy Choices, …

Vending machines are usually sources of snacks and soft drinks; empty calories, nothing substantial. There’s one at Hillis Elementary that’s quite an exception to that general rule. It’s stocked with books! Principal Renee Gelfond knows someone in the …

When Hoyt Middle School art teacher Lisa Hesse and her counterpart at Moore Elementary, Sydney Williams, were going to Sunday school together as kids, they never saw this coming. Paths that separated a long time ago re-crossed as …

Last month, North High Instructional Coach Lori Bonstetter visited the State Historical Museum of Iowa. One of the exhibits there deals with the vaunted Iowa Caucuses that shift the US presidential campaign into high gear every four years. …