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Inside a rural Iowa school district’s fight to save public education
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhen Kevin Hosbond was teaching English and coaching speech in the rural southeast Iowa school ...
Iowa’s graduation rates have been incorrectly calculated for the last 10 years
Quad-City Times· 2 days agoCorrecting the error dropped many area school districts’ 2022 graduation rates by several percentage points. The Cedar Rapids
A community says goodbye to Arthur, Garfield elementary schools
The Gazette· 1 day agoVeteran elementary school teacher Nancy Raue was like a Disney princess. Just about everyone stopped...
‘Essential worker’ claiming vaccine side effects now seeks workers’ comp
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA Cedar Rapids city employee is seeking workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he attributes to...
Opinion: You never stop being a teacher
The Gazette· 19 hours agoRecently, while at my senior daughter’s high school tennis meet, I ran into my own high school English teacher. Opinion content represents the viewpoint...
High School Rugby: Rugby sevens thriving in the Cedar Valley
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 4 days agoFour area high schools have rugby squads, with Cedar Falls and Waverly-Shell Rock each having a...
Gazette Daily News Podcast: May 4 and 5, 2024
The Gazette· 1 day agoWhat led to Iowa’s graduation rates being incorrectly calculated for the past 10 years? Plus, Justice Department intends to sue to block a new Iowa...
Herky on Parade take 3 begins today, features G.O.A.T. series
The Gazette· 5 days agoVia dozens of fiberglass statues, the Cedar Rapids Convention and Visitors Bureau in 2001 aspired to both unite the community and fundraise by peppering ...
Wuzzles creator Tom Underwood is retiring
The Gazette· 2 days agoTom Ecker, known to his fans as Tom Underwood, is retiring from creating Wuzzles, a puzzle that was first published in The Gazette in 1982 before growing...
Festival season brings fun in the sun
The Gazette· 5 days agoHere’s your guide to festivals, fairs and celebrations from May through October in Eastern Iowa and beyond
