Linn-Mar seniors prep for aviation and STEM futures
Two Linn-Mar High School students, including Vande Berg, plan dual paths in music and law while pursuing careers as pilots. They credit Project Lead the Way and hands on classes for readiness, noting plans to major in oboe performance and consider patenting their ice detector for small aircraft. The siblings anticipate roles as performers, teachers, or lawyers.
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Linn-Mar High School
Vande Berg
City High
Law
Parker and
Emerson
Parker and Emerson
Linn-Mar High
Collins Aerospace
Linn- Mar
Parker
Parker Gasper
Olivia Vande Berg
University of Iowa
Iowa City High School
Area High School Graduation Schedule at Alliant Energy PowerHouse
Graduation ceremonies for Linn County teens are listed for multiple schools with times and venues at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse Cedar Rapids and Xtream Arena Coralville. Events include Jefferson Kennedy Washington Prairie Linn-Mar Marion Clear Creek Amana Tate City Xavier Metro Regina and more with dates spanning today through June and weather permitting outdoor events noted.
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Linn County
Alliant Energy
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Kennedy High School
Washington High School
Prairie High School
Clear Creek Amana High School
Tiffin
Tate High School
Xtream Arena
Coralville
Longtime Iowa foster mother recalls 50 years of care
Foster advocate Easton highlights recruiting shortages while Fort Dodge’s Marge Flannery, 85, reflects on 50 years fostering and adopting, estimating 500 to 1,000 children helped. The couple began in 1975, later expanding to babies and teens. Flannery praises consistency, trauma awareness, and the evolving support in Iowa foster care.
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Easton
Four Oaks
Fort Dodge
Marge Flannery
Larry
Flannery
Marge
Mari
Molly
Iowa
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Parker & Emerson
Gasper
Grace
King
Thegazette
Amandy Fenelon
Hoover Elementary School
Jefferson
Elizabeth Wood
the Gazette
Area High School
Marion High School
Johnson County
Xavier High School
Metro High School
Regina High School
Elijah
Decious
Cate
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