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In virtual MLK Day celebration, Story County keeps focus on youth, music Ames Tribune Due to the pandemic, the MLK Day Planning Committee initially questioned whether to host their yearly event honoring Martin Luther King Jr. "However, considering the violent protesting, civil unrest and racial injustice that is occurring in our country, the answer was a resounding 'yes,'" committee member Vanessa Baker-Latimer said Monday evening. "We felt it was important that in Ames, Iowa, Dr. King's message must continue and be louder than ever before." Observed on the third Monday of January each year,...

Cedar Rapids • Monday: 7 p.m. on Facebook Live, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church annual celebration with music and speakers; Dr. Percy and Lileah Harris “Who is My Neighbor” Award will be given to an adult and a high school senior, recognized for diligently working for justice in Linn County. Details: facebook.com/stpaulsunitedmethodistchurchcedarrapids Iowa City The 2021 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Human Rights is a collaborative effort between the University of Iowa, city of Iowa City and several community organizations. • Monday events: MLK Jr. Day of Service Virtual...

Virtual event aims to view his legacy 'through the eyes of a child' Ames Tribune Wayne Clinton was in his second year of teaching in Ames when the news left him "in disbelief" in April of 1968. Wearing a black suit and tie, his students told him he looked like he was getting ready for a funeral.  He told them that civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee, "and I said, 'I thought about not coming to school this morning, but then I thought, no, I need to come and I need to share with you and have you be mindful of what happened at this ...

Posted Jan 12, 2021 9:00 am AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University and the Ames community will continue annual celebrations of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through virtual events in January and February.  Isabel Wilkerson, author of "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." Henson. Iowa State’s spring semester begins Monday, Jan. 25. However, the annual MLK Jr. Legacy Series begins a week prior on the holiday. The MLK Jr. community birthday celebration will take place 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18, on the Ames/Story County MLK Celebration Facebook page as well as on YouTub...

Latifah Faisal will take over the seat Monday. Ames Tribune Former Story County Supervisor Lauris Olson spent her last days in office reminiscing through eight boxes of county records dating back to 1991 — a testament to her research-based approach in office. Among the boxes inherited during her term, Olson found public records requests, complaints about animal confinement applications and letters about drainage ditches. Some of the records she remembered from when she attended meetings as a Des Moines Register reporter. "It was a bit of a walk down memory lane, sharing with some of those...