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Sherrard CUSD extends superintendent’s contract for 5 more years
Sherrard is keeping its school superintendent for another five years, according to a news release from the Sherrard Community Unit School District (CUSD).The Sherrard School Board voted to extend Superintendent Dr. Carl Johnson’s contract for five more years, from 2024 to 2029. The extension is due to Johnson’s accomplishments during his two-year tenure, including improving […]
American Pickers’ Frank Fritz relies on ‘long-term nursing care’ after stroke as conservator demands access to his funds
AMERICAN Pickers star Frank Fritz has been relying on “skilled nursing care” that will be “long-term” two years after he suffered a debilitating stroke. Frank, 60, has been under a conservatorship and guardianship since he suffered a stroke at his Le Claire, Iowa home in July 2022, as he has been in and out of the hospital and rehabilitation.
Arrest made in Finn’s Fun Spot burglary, Milan
An arrest has been made in a burglary at Finn’s Fun Spot in Milan. The Milan Police Department was called to Finn’s Fun Spot, 527 Second Street W., on Thursday, July 25 at about 8:40 a.m. for an overnight burglary, according to court documents filed with the Iowa District Court for Scott County. When officers […]
Nonprofit Transforms Summer Fun Across the Region with New Aquatics Center in Aledo
The Looser-Flake Foundation has committed $250,000 over the next five years to the Aledo Park District to support the construction of the Aledo Aquatics Center. The Mercer County Family YMCA will manage and staff the new facility. The aquatics center will be an accessible and affordable community resource located in Aledo at the old Farmer’s Grain and Coal property. The aquatic center includes a bathhouse, zero-depth pool, diving board, splash pad with mini-slides, and more in addition to the 40,000-square-foot pool.
DNR: Kraft Heinz didn’t monitor wastewater pollution for years in Muscatine
A large eastern Iowa facility that makes ketchup and other condiments failed for more than two years to monitor contaminants in the more than 1 million gallons of untreated wastewater it discharged into a creek each day, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Kraft Heinz Foods Company recently agreed to pay an $8,000 […]
Future superstars learn at Joe Wieskamp Basketball Skills Camp
Maine Celtics player, former Iowa Hawkeye and Muscatine High School alumnus Joe Wieskamp returned to his roots with Hawkeye greats Makenzie Wieskamp and Monica Czinano to Muscatine High School to teach future superstars at the Joe Wieskamp Basketball Skills Camp.
Projecting the 2024-25 Iowa Women’s Basketball Rotation
We are just over 100 days away from the Iowa Women’s Basketball team tipping off a new era of Hawkeye Basketball. There’s a new head coach on the sideline, players in new roles and six newcomers that joined the roster. Plenty of turnover, but the Hawkeyes are still the Hawkeyes and the expectation is that […] The post Projecting the 2024-25 Iowa Women’s Basketball Rotation appeared first on On3.
Grant aids in City’s efforts to bring back historic buildings in downtown district
Applications are now open for the Muscatine Downtown Historic Revitalization Program (DHRP). Grants are available for properties in the Downtown Historic District that are either listed on the National Register of Historic Places or as contributing to the Historic District. The priority of the DHRP is to support the revitalization...
Riverfront Park slated to open Monday, cleanup efforts continue through weekend
The City of Muscatine will keep Riverside Park closed to the public through the weekend so that cleanup efforts can continue. The City anticipates reopening the riverfront area on Monday, weather permitting.
Prominent Black creatives to discuss growing up in Iowa at the Des Moines Art Center
Three high-profile Iowa natives will be in conversation this Sunday at the Des Moines Art Center. Artist b. Robert Moore and artist-activist Jordan Weber will join Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones. The evening sees the three come together to talk about growing up in the predominately white state of Iowa, with a discussion that touches on their “…pursuits to bring wider and more nuanced stories of our American history to the forefront.”
The City of Cedar Rapids takes legal action against mysterious structure
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids is taking action against a property that has a mysterious structure on it. When KCRG spoke with the structure’s owner, he told us it’s a power generator and a solution for sustainable energy around the world. But at night it would...
The heat has returned for the weekend
The heat and humidity have returned for the weekend, thanks to high pressure skirting off to the east and winds picking up from the south in its wake. Those southerly breezes around 10 to 15 miles per hour are ushering in lots of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico (in addition to moisture transpired from the local corn crops) leading to increased temperatures and dew points.
Cedar Rapids police teach kids about the joys of fishing at first ‘Badges and Bobbers’ event
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Cedar Rapids police officers spent Friday morning teaching local kids about the joys of fishing. This is the first year for the “Badges and Bobbers” event. Police officers and the Iowa DNR partnered with the Boys and Girls Club to host the event...
Cedar Falls Public Safety K9 to be medically retired
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) - A Cedar Falls Public Safety K9 will find a new line of work after officials say she has stopped responding well to high-pressure situations. City officials said the decision came after a consultation with the trainer and the breeder, who said Boona suffers from extreme canine anxiety.
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