by Matt Kelley | Nov 27, 2015 | Education, Human Interest, News
If members of a new club at Iowa State University get laughed at, they’ll consider it a job well done. ISU’s Stand-Up Comedy Club was founded by Nick Seymour, a junior from Urbandale who’s studying mechanical engineering. Seymour took a semester-long...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 27, 2015 | Business
The president of the Iowa Christmas Tree Growers say you’ll have a good selection of Iowa-grown trees this year. Jan Pacovsky says the growing season that help the state’s two main crops of soybeans and corn was also kind to tree growers. “I...
by Matt Kelley | Nov 27, 2015 | Human Interest, News
Many Americans are obsessed with celebrity pregnancies and a central Iowa educator has published a book about it. Renee Ann Cramer is a professor and chair of the law, politics and society department at Drake University in Des Moines. Cramer says her book,...
by Matt Kelley | Nov 27, 2015 | Human Interest, News
A northeast Iowa town will host a birthday party next week for the state’s oldest known resident. Emma Hough of Sumner will turn 111 years old on December 2. Connie Rochford is helping organize a celebration. “Everybody who lives here, ever since she...
by Matt Kelley | Nov 27, 2015 | Human Interest, News, Recreation / Entertainment
A trail that covers nearly 63 miles of rural landscape in southwest Iowa will soon be getting some big time exposure. A photo taken along the Wabash Trace Nature Trail was recently selected in a contest to grace the cover of the 2016 Iowa Travel Guide. Rebecca Castle...
