Grant Wood to be posthumous "Iowa Award" recipient

Governor Chet Culver will posthumously give the state’s highest citizen honor to an Iowa artist whose "American Gothic" painting is both well-known and often parodied. Grant Wood was born in Anamosa, grew up in Cedar Rapids and lived in Iowa City until...

Iowa educators wowed on China trip

Three Iowa educators just returned from an eight-day whirlwind tour of the world’s most populous nation, China. Lyle Schwartz, superintendent of the South Hamilton Community Schools in Jewell, explains the goals of the trip. Schwartz says, "To explore the...

Spanish filmmaker shoots in Madrid (Iowa)

A small central Iowa town will be one of a handful of American cities highlighted in a Spanish documentary. Eloy Parra, a filmmaker from Madrid, Spain, says he put "Madrid" in a weather site to get the forecast one day and was surprised to see so many other...