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To maintain some semblance of its former first-in-the-nation status, the Iowa Democratic Caucus took place at 7 p.m. Monday at Ames High School. While Republican precincts in Iowa began the process of nominating a candidate Monday, Democrats used the day to “elect unbound delegates and alternate delegates to county conventions, elect county central committee members...
Tickets are on sale now for the Senior Variety Show, which has raised about a quarter-million dollars for senior projects over the past 27 years.
ACTORS is gearing up for its next production, “Murder on the Orient Express,” and the scope of the play is causing director Patrick Determan to use a collaborative approach.
A fellow quilter, Jones said in a news release from Block Builders that the school district has "never received such a timely and generous gift. It is practical too." The district will give the donated quilts to students in a way to protect their privacy, but the quilts will come with labels sewn onto the back of each that can be filled in with a child's name and the date the quilt is presented to them. Schrag, a former school teacher, said in the group's news release that, "It is our hope that by giving a quilt, the recipient will feel valued and loved. We are planting seeds of hope for th...