Van Horne native becomes author in Benton district
Smooth sailing Sarah Latchaw's teachers reflect on her journey from Van Horne to author. The piece highlights the Benton Community School District and the path of a local writer with strong roots in the community.
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Benton Community
van Horne
Tiny Tables Bring Big Charm to a Room
A home feature highlights compact side tables that fit small spaces without sacrificing style. Designers emphasize versatile finishes and multiuse surfaces, showing how a single piece can anchor a cozy reading nook or serve as a stylish bedside companion.
Let the lawn games begin for summer fun
The feature highlights outdoor lawn games as summer returns. Players test popular pastimes on grassy spaces with family and friends, enjoying simple competitive play and relaxed gatherings as the season unfolds.
Campus tours sway Iowa students amid funding plan
Two high school seniors weigh options after campus tours at Iowa State and the UI as the Board of Regents moves to tie most state higher education funding to resident enrollment. The plan could shift about 47.8 million dollars in allocations, making ISU the top recipient among the regent universities.
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Kourtney Krumm
Iowa State University Office of Admissions
Ames
ISU
Iowa State University
Hailey Buzynski
West Des Moines
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State
Buzynski
UNI
Iowa City
Clare Klostermann
Bankston
University of Iowa
Klostermann
Board of Regents
Iowa
Control of Legislature in Iowa Up For Grabs
After the Iowa primary the balance of power in the General Assembly could shift in November. Democrats hold 26 to 24 in the Senate and Republicans 53 to 47 in the House, with the governor’s race also in play. Analysts see the Senate as pivotal and predict a stronger year for Republicans.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa General Assembly
Senate
House
86Th General Assembly
Terry Branstad
Jack Hatch
Dave Peterson
Iowa State University
Ukraine Info War Differs East and West
Roy Gutman reports from Donetsk where Radio Respublika, run by armed separatists, relies on Russian state content and a single anonymous reporter. Staff describe a surreal, upside down media environment in the Donetsk People's Republic as journalists condemn each other as liars and fear for the unnamed reporter's safety.
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Ukraine
Radio Respublika
Donetsk People’s Republic
DPR
Georgy Barhanov
Barhanov
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