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College credit opportunities in the summer spark interest for high school student
Sixteen-year-old Preston Germain started his 2024 summer break in a new place – on an Iowa college campus. He, along with more than 2,100 students from across the state, participated in this year’s Summer College Credit Program, which offers college course opportunities at no cost to high school students during the summer months.
On his 16th RAGBRAI, rider halfway to collecting enough pie recipes for cookbook 'RAGPIE'
INDIANOLA — It takes a long time to make a cookbook, but even longer if you only work on it one week a year. That hasn't stopped Eddie Senn. "This is my 16th year on RAGBRAI," Senn said. "I've been gathering recipes from all over the state." ...
Local Youth Helps Ronald McDonald Houses of Iowa in the Governor’s Charity Steer Show at the 2024 Iowa State Fair
(Ames, Iowa) The Iowa State Fair is quickly approaching, and plans for the annual Governor’s Charity Steer Show are in full swing. Iowa cattlemen support this great event that benefits the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa. According to the press release, Claire Pellet of Atlantic has joined the...
Audrey Heller, Grant Mather are voted the Register's female and male Athletes of the Week
West Des Moines Valley softball player Audrey Heller and Cedar Rapids Kennedy baseball player Grant Mather were voted the Des Moines Register's female and male Athlete of the Week winners for the week of July 15-21. Heller won female Athlete of the Week with 51% of the vote. Dallas Center-Grimes softball player Izabella...
'Better than I found it': Clive's police chief retires after 12 years with the department
Clive's police chief of 12 years has retired and the city's next chief was sworn in on Thursday. Retiring Chief Michael Venema, 62, was appointed to be Clive's chief in 2012 after he rose to the rank of lieutenant with the Davenport Police Department. But after a 40-year career, Venema still won't be quite done with law enforcement. ...
Historic front page from the Des Moines Register, Nov. 21, 1997: McCaughey septuplets born
Featured front page Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey of Carlisle welcome their septuplets into the world. Two days after their birth, the Register on Nov. 21, 1997, reports that the...
What they’re checking out: Week of July 26
As an ongoing feature, staff members at the Des Moines Public Library will recommend a business-related book to add to your reading list. Find this and more books like it at any of the Des Moines Public Library’s six locations and online at dmpl.org. And find information on how to get a FREE library card and all its benefits at dmpl.org/get-carded.
Des Moines police officer seeking more than $250k to settle lawsuit against ousted council member
DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines police officer is asking a judge to settle a lawsuit he filed against former city council member Indira Sheumaker for more than $250,000. It stems from a moment KCCI captured on video from a local protest after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. You can see the altercation in the video above.
DCG Baseball Concludes Great Year and Says Goodbye to Nine Seniors
Dallas Center – Grimes baseball concluded their season on Tuesday at the 4A state tournament in Cedar Rapids, falling by the score of 3-1 to Dowling Catholic. The Mustangs conclude one of their finest seasons in program history with a 35-4 record. The season was full of remarkable accomplishments,...
Individual Summer Sports Statistics Part 4: Noah Kading and Jayla Hoover
With the summer sports season over, we take a look at individual statistics for AC/GC baseball and softball players. For the baseball team, junior Noah Kading started in all 25 of the team’s games, recording 75 at bats, 10 runs and 27 hits, of which 25 were singles and two were doubles. He also had 14 RBI’s, 29 total bases, a batting average of .360, on base percentage of .437 and slugging percentage of .387. He also attempted to steal bases nine times, and was successful on seven of those attempts.
Not your typical festival: At Corn Bred Cornbread, you can be 'unapologetically corny'
A festival created by teens for teens is returning to Des Moines' Riverview Park this Saturday. Presented by Hip-Hope Inc., the second annual Iowa Corn Bred Cornbread Festival seeks to spotlight the local nonprofit's youth participants who have become leaders, entrepreneurs and artists through the organization's programs. Hip-Hope Inc. is based in West Des Moines and offers educational resources for young people to learn money management, explore various careers or develop their music and arts talent. ...
See Iowans’ Surprising Top Choices for Property Protection
Iowans have shown a quirky twist in their perception of property crime lately. Despite an overall 12% drop in worry, The latest Safewise State of Safety survey has folks chirping about a 7% uptick in actual incidents—putting more locks on their concerns at 29%, up from 27% last year.
ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED AFTER CRASH IN RURAL JASPER COUNTY
NEWTON — A crash in rural Jasper County on Wednesday night resulted in the death of a Des Moines man. According to the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa State patrol, on Wednesday night, around 11:50pm, 41-year-old Michael Croy of Des Moines was driving a Mercury Cougar northbound on Highway S-74 south in Jasper County when the vehicle crossed the centerline and collided head-on with a Ford F450 driven by 62-year-old Karl Peters of Monroe. The F450 came to rest in the west ditch, while the Cougar came to rest in the roadway. Authorities arrived and pronounced Croy dead at the scene. Peters suffered minor injuries and was transported to Mercy One Newton for medical services.
Referred pipeline law puts Summit Carbon Solutions' permit quest in limbo
An Iowa company seeking regulatory approval to run a carbon dioxide pipeline through South Dakota and four other states said a delay in its plan to re-apply for a permit has nothing to do with a November vote on the project. After Summit Carbon Solutions gained approval from the Iowa Utilities Board in...
Van Meter wins state softball, Martensdale-St. Marys loses heartbreaker
FORT DODGE – Van Meter won its 2nd state title in school history, beating Audubon 5-3 for the Class 2A championship. 8th grader Mady Schnell the hero again, Schnell with the go ahead homerun in the 6th inning. In Class 1A, Martensdale-St. Marys was one out away but Sigourney’s Ava Fineran hit a 2 RBI […]
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