Archive for October 2018
Iowa Mentoring Partnership receives $1.25 million federal grant for rural expansion
The Iowa Mentoring Partnership, a collaborative partner of Volunteer Iowa, announced today that it has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to build mentoring program capacity …
Read MoreEvent introduces underrepresented students to 4-H, Grand View
Nearly 80 Des Moines multicultural students and school staff members participated in the first Polk County 4-H RISE College Access Conference held Tuesday at Grand View University. The event is designed to introduce 4-H to …
Read MoreNov. 10: World War I Armistice Centennial Commemoration
Host: State Historical Museum
About: One-hundred years ago, the United States and its allies signed an armistice with Germany that ended hostilities on World War I’s Western Front. It was 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918 …
Oak Academy receives $100,000 gift from Prairie Meadows, Dahl Trust
Research shows that low-income preschoolers enrolled in full-day preschool programs are more prepared for kindergarten than their peers in half-day programs. Thanks to a $100,000 gift from Prairie Meadows and the W.T. and Edna M. …
Read MoreMeredith partners with ANA’s #SeeHer movement
Meredith Corp. announced today it has partnered with the Association of National Advertisers’ #SeeHer initiative to increase accurate portrayal of women in advertising and media. The ANA launched #SeeHer at the United States of Women Summit in …
Read MoreISU project to examine impact of tornado destruction in Marshalltown
A disaster researcher at Iowa State University has begun examining how the destruction from the EF3 tornado in Marshalltown this past summer affected different types of households – particularly immigrant households and renters.
The goal …
Ruling: IDOT officers’ authority limited to commercial vehicles
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that Iowa Department of Transportation officers do not have authority to issue speeding tickets or arrest drivers outside of the regulation of commercial vehicles, the Insurance Journal reported. The ruling relates …
Read MoreAust named ISU Outstanding Young Alumni
The Iowa State University Alumni Association will recognize Mindy Aust, principal of Substance Architecture in Des Moines, with the Outstanding Young Alumni Award. The award honors alumni age 40 and under who have excelled in …
Read MorePolk County in pilot for Infant-Toddler Court Program
Polk County will be among 10 demonstration sites for a national initiative to improve the health and well-being of infants, toddlers and families through an expansion of the Infant-Toddler Court Program. Zero to Three, a …
Read MoreNew documentary pulls the curtain back on the buyers of people
Look down from the sky over Iowa, and the fields and roads appear to create a perfect grid of a tidy state, an “Iowa Nice” state. It’s part of the inspiration behind the upcoming feature-length …
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