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The Grinnell-Newburg Community School District’s Reconsideration of Instructional Materials Committee unanimously decided that Jeannette Walls’s memoir “The Glass Castle” will remain in Grinnell-Newburg High School’s (GHS) ninth-grade English curriculum with alterations. This decision was reached in a closed-door deliberation following the committee’s second public session on May 3.  The alterations presented by the committee include...

The Washington Challenge 5K Road Race and 1-mile Fun Run returned Aug. 8 after a hiatus last year because of the pandemic. The Fun Run attracted 10

Posted On - Feb. 24 Submitted By - Charles Covington Clifford H. Covington Jr., whose mathematics degree led to a long career at Rockwell International, where he worked on the space program and classified defense initiatives, passed away Jan. 31 at age 87. Covington was born July 25, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio, to parents Clifford H. Covington Sr. and Alma E. Allen. The family eventually moved to Compton, Calif., where he graduated from Compton High School. An only child, he was studious and excelled in school, particularly in chemistry, physics and math, taking college courses while still in ...

Shots fired were reported in the 2000 block of Seventh Avenue North. A car accident was reported at South 24th Street and Eighth Avenue South. A car accident was reported at Hawkeye Avenue and Second Street Northwest. A car accident was reported at Hawkeye Avenue and Fifth Avenue Northwest. Theft was reported in the 1200 block of Oleson Park Avenue. A car accident was reported at Fifth Avenue South and South 30th Street. A suspicious vehicle was reported in the 1200 block of Fifth Avenue South. Criminal mischief was reported in the 900 block of Central Avenue. A car accident was reported at 1...