by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 27, 2017 | Education, News
Decorah High School is the highest-ranking Iowa school in a national publication’s list of the nation’s “gold, silver and bronze medal” schools. US News & World Report evaluated test scores and graduate rates from the nation’s 28,000...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 27, 2017 | Human Interest, News, Recreation / Entertainment
Filming starts this weekend in Iowa on a documentary that tackles the topic of how society viewed unplanned pregnancies a century ago. Filmmaker Colleen Bradford Krantz, of Des Moines, says the documentary will be called, “Unintended 1900: Unlocking...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Apr 27, 2017 | Business, News
Casey’s General Stores has announced it will begin offering the higher ethanol blends of E15 and E85 at 17 sites in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas. The Iowa Corn Promotion Board applauds the move. Board president Larry Klever of Audubon says it’s something...
by O. Kay Henderson | Apr 27, 2017 | Human Interest, News
A riverboat that helped spark a new wave of tourism along Iowa’s eastern coast is leaving for Ohio. The “Spirit of Dubuque” riverboat has been paddling on the Mississippi River for 40 years. It has been sold and will be docking on the Ohio River...
by Dar Danielson | Apr 27, 2017 | Education, Human Interest, News
A long missing piece of Grinnell College history was successfully found and dug up after it turned into a class project. Anthropology professor John Whittaker says the quest for what’s know as the “Peace Rock” goes back to 1914 and an annual campus...