04/13/11 Who won? The annual festival and competition features bands from 61 schools from throughout Iowa. Read all about it here, and find out how your school did in the competition. Photos: 2011 Iowa jazz championships NEWS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY Ankeny | Clive | Des Moines east/north Des Moines south | Des Moines west Johnston | Urbandale West Des Moines
04/13/11 (Reuters) - In a slow-starting 2012 Republican presidential field that lacks star power, Michele Bachmann is carving out a role as the polarizing Tea Party favorite with a dynamic, take-no-prisoners style.
04/13/11 ENGLEWOOD, CO--(Marketwire - 04/13/11) - A national tour led by The Leadership and Learning Center (The Center), a division of global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has thus far embraced ten cities and brought thousands of educators from around the country together to learn practical implementation strategies for Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The Center has received such ...
04/12/11 A group pursuing plans to bring the USS Iowa battleship to San Pedro hosted a reception for Iowa congressmen and senators Tuesday night in Washington, D.C.
04/05/11 West Des Moines Valley's boys return three of their top six players: Joe Maigaard, Mason Bear and Ryan Peterson. Last year's team went unbeaten.
04/05/11 Take a few minutes to visit with camera collector Bob Kelly and it's easy to understand why a friend refers to him as "The Argus King." Kelly, who will participate in the 31st annual Puget Sound Photographic Collectors Society sale and show 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 9 at Kent Commons, collects Argus cameras, sales brochures, user guides and other company documents.
04/05/11 The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations that May 2 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Illinois as a result of excessive rain and flooding that began on April 1, 2010.
04/05/11 The 10th annual Osage Education Foundation Distinguished Alumni Reception will be Saturday, April 9 at the Karl Krapek Fine Arts Center Auditorium at the Cedar River Complex. A social hour will take place at 5 p.m., followed by the program at 6 p,m. and appetizer buffet at 7:30 p.m.
03/28/11 Cedar Rapids Washington's William Griffin (second from left) and Alex Carr (third from left) race to the finish line of the 4A 100 meter dash at the state track meet at Drake Stadium on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Des Moines.
03/28/11 NEW Pacific Power customers will soon see an increase in their electric bills under a decision approved last week by state regulators.
03/28/11 Linn-Mar of Marion's Kiah Stokes will play in the McDonald's All-American girls' basketball game on Wednesday night.
03/24/11 DES MOINES -- Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton senior Tony Santisteban has been recognized by the Iowa Newspaper Association as a third-team (Class 1-A) All-State selection in boys basketball.
03/17/11 Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP's public finance practice reached new heights in 2010. As reported by The Bond Buyer recently, the Firm broke into the top 10 underwriter's counsel nationally by principal amount of bonds issued, serving on 27 bond issues with a total value of nearly $7 billion.
03/17/11 WASHINGTON (AP) - Government forecasters say spring flooding is already beginning and the worst is yet to come. The highest flood risks are concentrated in the Upper Midwest - particularly parts of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Montana.
03/17/11 With the Iowa Legislature discussing methods to reform the current mental health system, Washington County Mental Health Disability Services director Bobbie Wulf is asking people to take an online survey to express their ideas on how the reform should go.
03/17/11 There were no public comments received at the hearing for the proposed County 2011-12 Budget held by the Washington County Board of Supervisors at the Monday March 14 meeting.
03/11/11 Despite what state workforce development officials say about an improving economy, Henry County and extreme southeast Iowa bucked the trend according to January 2011 unemployment statistics.
03/11/11 DES MOINES -- Kaylee Blake of IKM-Manning was named a first-teamer and Jacie White of Harlan Community made the third team as part of the 2011 Iowa Newspaper Association All-State Girls Basketball teams, announced Tuesday.
03/11/11 DES MOINES -- Simply put, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton ran into a buzzsaw Monday in the first round of the Boys State Basketball Tournament.
03/08/11 The Denison-Schleswig Academic Decathlon team placed seventh in the large school division at the state competition in Mount Vernon on Friday and Saturday. | 
