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Principal Foundation and We Are Teachers Team Up to Promote Financial Literacy in U.S. Schools
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Principal® Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to helping people and communities build financially secure futures, is collaborating with We Are Teachers, a community of over three million educators across the United States, to support financial literacy in classrooms. Together, the organizations are developing a lesson plan that uses the power of storytelling to help encourage conversations about money. The collaboration is part of a new goal that Principal Foundation has set to reach one million people through financial resources by 2030. ...
Joseph Holloway Joins WOI Des Moines as ‘Good Morning Iowa’ Anchor and EP
Joseph Holloway has joined Tegna's WOI and KCWI in Des Moines, Iowa, as anchor and executive producer of Good Morning Iowa.Holloway had been an anchor/reporter at WCNC, Raleigh, N.C.“We’re excited to have Joseph join our team,” says Local 5 news director Perry Pace. “With his extensive experience, he’s the perfect fit as both an anchor and a leader for Good Morning Iowa. I’m confident that his calm, thoughtful, and energetic style will inspire our team and connect with our viewers.”Before WCNC, Holloway was anchor/reporter at KOTV, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a reporter and fill-in anchor at KNWA in Fayetteville, Arkansas.A sports fan, Holloway has also worked freelance in sports journalism for ESPN, CBS, and Cox Sports Television.“People have a right to know what’s going on in their neighborhoods,“ Holloway said. ”I’m passionate about making sure they know the whole story so they can make their own decisions.”
The Des Moines summer events we're still excited to attend
We're in our post-fair blues, which means summer is wrapping up and our sun-filled days are limited. Fear not, however — there are still plenty of things to look forward to before the butt-clenching fist of Iowa's winter season bares down on us. August. 🌮 World Food & Music...
Perry Schools Hires 19 New Teachers for 2024-25 School Year
Prior to the new school year starting on Friday, Perry Schools is bringing in a healthy amount of new teachers. The 2024-2025 school year for Perry will continue to be a recovery year following the January 4th tragedy. Perry Superintendent Clark Wicks explains that there hasn’t been a huge fluctuation of students with the loss of the Tyson Foods Pork Plant, and is happy to announce that 19 new teachers are on staff between the elementary, middle, and high school.
Mr. Soundoff Says: More drama for Hawkeye offense leads to QB controversy
Mr. Soundoff Says – The vollege football season kicks off in 2 weeks and the Hawkeyes have a controversy at the QB position. Cade McNamara is QB #1, but he did not look good at the kids day scrimmage. Backup, Northwestern transfer Brendan Sullivan, played ok, but better than McNamara. John Sears says he’s not […]
TKS Motorsports to return to Knoxville Raceway for Season Championship Night
MITCHELLVILLE, Iowa (August 19, 2024) - It was a stout two days in the Land of 10,000 Lakes for Iowa’s own Kelby Watt and TKS Motorsports, joining the Greatest Show On Dirt for the annual Jackson Nationals at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minnesota. When the dust finally settled on Saturday night, the Mitchellville, Iowa-based operation found themselves with back-to-back A-Main appearances, highlighting each of their respective starts with a 17th-place score in the $25,000 finale.
Iowa Breaks a Record It Hopes to Never Break Again
The state of Iowa broke a 20-year-old record this year and it's a record that Iowans would be perfectly fine with never breaking again. The worst part about this record-setting year is we're only 2/3rds of the way through 2024. There is still plenty of time for the state of Iowa to add to this total tornado count, which is pretty scary.
FFA Exhibitors Claim State Fair Herding Honors
Large Group and Small Group champions were crowned in the FFA Herding competition at the 2024 Iowa State Fair. In the sheep category, the Large Group Champion was the Keota FFA. The swine category Large Group Champion was also Keota FFA. Chapter Awards were presented with Keota FFA tying for third place, and Mid-Prairie FFA tying for tenth place. The Iowa State Fair is one of the oldest and largest agricultural and industrial expositions in the country and the single largest event in the state. The Fair began 170 years ago and attracts more than one million Fairgoers every year from all over the world.
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