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One-on-one with Mason City Schools’ Superintendent
One-on-one with Mason City Schools Superintendent Page. (ABC 6 News) — On Friday, Superintendent Pat Hamilton with Mason City Schools spoke with Jeremy Ledford on ABC 6 News Good Morning. Supt. Hamilton joined Mason City Schools in 2022. An Iowa-native, he has spent over two decades in education, with...
Iowa Department of Education Launches AI-Powered Reading Tutor Program
The Iowa Department of Education announced Wednesday that some elementary schools will use an AI reading assistant to help with literacy tutoring programs. The department made a $3 million investment into Amira (EPS Learning) for the use of a program called EPS Reading Assistant, an online literacy tutor that uses artificial intelligence technology. Iowa public […]
Man raises money to pay off lunch debts at alma mater, other schools in district
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) - Some school districts in Iowa are reporting thousands of dollars in unpaid lunch accounts. With the first day of school approaching, one man is calling on others to help pay off lunch debts, just like he did in his community. School lunch is considered a...
USDA efforts to solve the bird flu outbreak in cows are taking center stage in central Iowa
AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside. But the people who work there are not farmers, and other buildings look more like what you’d find at a modern university than in a cow pasture.
Time is Running Out on the Unclaimed $500,000 Iowa Lottery Ticket
The winner of a massive lottery prize has less than a month to claim it before a six-figure piece of paper effectively becomes worthless. Back in March, a Powerball ticket was purchased at a Kwik Star, located at 1502 South Federal Avenue, in Mason City, IA. That ticket proved to be a lucky one, as it's now worth $500,000. The prize will expire if unclaimed by the September 12th deadline.
Schools, Legislature Cracking Down on Student Absenteeism
School districts are implementing stricter attendance policies in an effort to reduce unexcused absences by students. New Hampton High School Principal Matt Monson says the new guidelines, passed by the legislature earlier this year, will monitor absences much more closely and not just by the school district. While unexcused absences...
Peacock Volleyball Tabbed Eighth in GLVC Preseason Poll
Upper Iowa volleyball was chosen to finish eighth in the GLVC preseason coaches' poll, earning 81 votes. They came in five votes shy of seventh, as Missouri S&T edged out the Peacocks and garnered 86 votes, respectively. Lewis University was voted in the preseason coaches' poll as the choice to...
Peacocks to Induct Four to UIU Athletics Hall of Fame at Homecoming Ball
The Peacock Athletics Department is excited that this year's Hall of Fame inductions will be back on Upper Iowa University's 2024 Homecoming Weekend as part of the Homecoming Ball "Night of the Peacocks" on Oct. 11. Four Peacocks will be inducted into the UIU Athletics Hall of Fame including Tyler...
Some districts make cuts as pandemic aid ends in September
SOLON, Iowa (KCRG) - When Solon schools open for the new year, they’ll be missing something that’s been important for every student: federal pandemic funding. “We paid special attention to how we were spending those and making sure that we’re spending them on one time items, one time purchases,” Davis Eidahl, superintendent of Solon Community School District, said. “We didn’t want to invest in a reoccurring costs knowing that someday they’d go away.”
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