Seventeen years after barn quilts spread through Washington County, quilt owners reflect on the project and what their quilt blocks mean to them.
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State Government May. 8, 2024 7:46 am485d ago
Struggling early readers will receive detailed assistance plans and have the option to be held back, and elementary teachers in training will be required to take an aptitude test on early reading instruction.
Higher Ed May. 1, 2024 12:26 pm492d ago
The 20th anniversary of Herky on Parade features 100 statues, including a handful grouped into a “G.O.A.T series” – like one in a “22” jersey named “From the Logo Herky” and another wearing Rudis shoes labeled “Yoda.”
Erin Murphy, Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Apr. 20, 2024 9:46 am503d ago
Iowa legislative leaders and Gov. Kim Reynolds discuss the legislative session, which concluded early Saturday morning after a 20-hour work day.
Higher Ed Apr. 17, 2024 9:22 am506d ago
After six years without competing, an unseeded UI resident doctor took down the three seed and then the two seed at a “last chance qualifier“ tournament to earn himself a spot vying for a chance to compete at the Olympics in Paris this summer.
Curious Iowa Apr. 8, 2024 5:00 am515d ago
Was circus the catalyst for the creation of Cedar Rapids Electric Light and Power Company?
Higher Ed Apr. 8, 2024 1:02 pm515d ago
“For over four hours, they were just completely fighting about me,” Jasmyn Jordan said. “Calling me a white supremacist, a Nazi, a bigot, a token, all that kind of stuff, which was really weird to me. Because, first off, I hadn't even gotten the chance to state my position, state what I believe.”
Curious Iowa Mar. 26, 2024 10:07 am528d ago
Iowa astronauts speak about the work that’s done during missions and the experience of seeing Earth from space.
Caleb McCullough, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau
State Government Mar. 1, 2024 7:55 am553d ago
The Iowa House on Thursday passed a bill that reorganizes the funding and oversight of Iowa’s area education agencies, the first major milestone for the proposal after lawmakers spent the past two months weighing changes to the state’s special education network.
Things To Do Feb. 29, 2024 8:44 am554d ago
Monthly R&B nights are a reason to dress up, enjoy cocktails and dance the night away.
State Government Feb. 13, 2024 8:11 am570d ago
Chanting again filled and echoed the halls Monday of the Iowa Capitol for a third straight week as transgender Iowans and civil rights and LGBTQ advocates decried a bill that would define "man" and "woman" in state law.
State Government Feb. 6, 2024 6:29 pm577d ago
A three-member House panel voted 2-1 Tuesday to advance a bill that would define “man” and “woman” in state law. The bill was amended Tuesday to eliminate a requirement that transgender Iowans note both their pre- and post-transition genders on their driver’s license. However, both genders would still be noted on birth certificates.
Crime & Courts Mar. 25, 2025 5:48 pm164d ago
The second Fairfield teen, Jeremy Goodale, convicted for killing a high school Spanish teacher in 2021, was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after 25 years. Willard Miller was sentenced to a 35-year mandatory minimum in August in Nohema Graber’s slaying. The judge said he thought Goodale was genuinely remorseful, unlike Miller.
Crime & Courts Nov. 17, 2023 8:50 am658d ago
The first day of a two-day sentencing for Jeremy Goodale, 18, who killed a Fairfield High Spanish teacher in 2021, revealed more details of her brutal beating with a baseball bat. Goodale told police hit struck her five times with the bat, after Willard Miller, 18, hit her three times.
Campaigns & Elections Nov. 3, 2023 7:48 am672d ago
Republican to focus presidential campaign on Iowa