In Iowa, STEM education can mean getting a start as early as preschoolers playing with building blocks.
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In Iowa, STEM education can mean getting a start as early as preschoolers playing with building blocks.
Here’s how Cedar Rapids’ West Willow Elementary School teacher Sara Yedlik, chosen for a highly competitive national program for teachers, will bring back to her classroom what she learned.
Iowa has recorded just seven confirmed tornadoes in the first six months of 2025, partly due to jet streams from the Gulf hitting neighboring states.
Higher tariffs on nearly all major U.S. trading partners are piling pressure on farmers already struggling with soaring agricultural supply costs and elevated rates.
When it was time for 7-year-old Mason Sieck to start hospice care, there weren’t many options for him in Iowa. Now, four years after his death, his family is working to build the state’s first pediatric palliative care center.
For some Democratic leaders, the tax break and spending cut package passed by Trump's Republican allies in Congress on Thursday — and signed by Trump on Friday — represents the key to the Democratic Party's resurgence.
Movie audiences next summer will be able to watch a historic drama of the bloody fight over alcohol sales in Iowa City. They may even watch “Death of a Brewer” over a cold beer at their local brewery.
School districts like Marion Independent School District are figuring out how to support teachers and students as they navigate a new world that includes generative AI.
Matt Harding is one of five state finalists for the 2025 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST), the highest honor for K-12 science, technology, engineering and math educators.
Investigators are continuing to review what led to the shooting of a man by an officer around 1:40 a.m. in Tama. Dispatchers had received multiple requests for a welfare check prior to the shooting.
A Cedar Rapids-based home-health agency accused of using falsified records and billing for care services that were never documented has engaged in “fraudulent practices,” a state board has concluded.
On the Fourth of July, Ruby Caceres celebrated the birthday of her new country alongside her husband and son and other family members who also have made their way to the U.S. over the years.
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