NOTE: The survey closed on November 5 and is no longer active. Des Moines Public Schools is currently considering a new calendar for the 2023-24 school year. But before any final decision is made, we want to get …

Early Tuesday morning a fire truck turned off Grand Avenue and onto 37th Street, its lights ablaze as it pulled up in front of Greenwood Elementary School. But Pumper 21 wasn’t there for an emergency. Instead, members of …

When a story getting national new coverage takes place on a high school campus, what should student-journalists do? For the staff of East High School’s Scroll newspaper the answer was straight-forward: their job. The coverage of a March …

Debra Carr remembers the change-makers from her childhood. Some of them lived in Waterloo, some were on the national stage. “After the Civil Rights movement, I saw many leaders across and throughout my community giving back to uplift …