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Education

GMG high school classes canceled for broken pipes

GARWIN – The GMG Community School District did not escape last month’s problem of frozen water pipes caused by wind chills falling to around -25 degrees. On Tuesday Jan. 16, the school district had not yet discovered any broken pipes. Officials took steps to cancel classes that day because ...

Tama-Toledo Christian School signs lease agreement, begins renovations

TAMA COUNTY – The new private K-8 Tama-Toledo Christian School has moved one step closer to an anticipated August 2025 opening by signing a lease agreement. The accredited Christian school’s board of directors announced last week in a news release they had signed a lease agreement for the ...

Hawkeye Community College Announces Fall 2023 Dean’s List

WATERLOO – Hawkeye Community College announces the Dean's List for the fall 2023 semester. The Dean's List is an official recognition of outstanding academic accomplishment by full-time students. To make the Dean’s List, an individual must be a full-time student and successfully complete 12 ...

UNI releases Fall 2023 dean’s/graduation lists

CEDAR FALLS – Each semester, the University of Northern Iowa releases both graduation and dean’s lists. Local students in the Telegraph area have been named to both Fall 2023 lists. To be eligible for the dean's list, a student must have earned a grade point average of no less than 3.50 ...

AEA reorganization bill a focus of Cahill’s ‘Community Conversation’

MARSHALLTOWN – State Rep. Sue Cahill heard concerns from constituents on a piece of recently-proposed education legislation at a community conversation at the Marshalltown Public Library last Saturday afternoon. The hour-long session with Cahill, a Marshalltown Democrat, was dominated by ...

Pre-registration now open for Gladbrook-Reinbeck 2024-25 Kindergarten/TK

At Gladbrook-Reinbeck Elementary, we are preparing for our new Kindergarten/Transitional Kindergarten students for the 2024-2025 school year. We are very excited to welcome new Rebel students. While formal Kindergarten registration will begin later this spring, pre-registering now will help G-R ...

Iowa State University announces fall semester 2023 Dean’s List

AMES – More than 10,800 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the fall semester 2023 Dean's List. Students named to the Dean's List must earn a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum of ...

Reinbeck’s Skovgard named to Univ. of Iowa president’s list

IOWA CITY – Reagan Skovgard of Reinbeck was among the more than 950 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the president's list for the 2023 fall semester. Skovgard is an undergraduate in her third year of study at Iowa's College of Nursing. President's list status was ...