Rural schools deliver on college career readiness
Vinton-Shellsburg High School students train for futures with hands on classes in printmaking and business.Senior Addy Phippen 17 oversees Viking Edition a student run store selling customized apparel while the district partners with Kirkwood Community College to provide in house pathways and work based learning linking students to local businesses for real world experience.
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Viking Edition
Iowa
Vinton-Shellsburg
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Hiawatha
Kyle Koeppen
Benton
Williamsburg
Louise Fleming
Vinton
Phippen
Nick Rohlman
the Gazette
What Theyre Thinking What the results say about polarized voters
Des Moines coverage quotes political science professor Christopher Larimer of the University of Northern Iowa on the 2024 general election results. The interview focuses on national outcomes and Iowa, noting the focus on seven battleground states and their close results.
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Christopher Larimer
University of Northern Iowa
the Gazette
Iowa
Battleground States Revisit 2024 Trump Harris Poll Gaps
The piece analyzes seven swing states within three points in 2020 and 2024, finding an average Trump Harris gap of about 2.8 percentage points. It notes persistent closeness, questions about polling reliability, and how economic anxiety and perceptions of the country on the wrong track affected Biden before Harris entered the race.
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Iowa profile highlights conservation officer Erika Billerbeck
Erika Billerbeck, a 20 year veteran conservation law enforcement officer from Solon and Luther College alumna, turned her experiences into a book Wild land Sentinel published in fall 2020 after a decade of Io wa Outdoor Magazine Warden's Diary columns. She aims to show the public what officers do and includes her own illustrations.
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Billerbeck
Iowa
Wildland Sentinel
Solon
Luther College
Decorah
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