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Area students talk science at SCC
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (111+ words) More than 200 students from Southeast Iowa middle and high schools presented their projects during the Southeast Iowa Super Conference (SEISC) Science Fair Thursday in Loren Walker Arena on the SCC campus in West Burlington. The 6th through 12th grade science students have…...
College football: Lou Holtz, who coached Notre Dame to 1988 national title, dies at 89
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (1344+ words) Lou Holtz never met an opponent that couldn't beat him. Somehow, he squeaked out nearly 250 wins and a national title while cementing himself both as one of the most lovable and unlikable characters in college football " a one-of-a-kind iconoclast in…...
KHS students earn awards at science fair
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (222+ words) Students awarded at the KHS Science Fair were as follows (not in order): Isabella Smith, Maribelle Zirkel, Avery Totten, Harper Wesely, Alayna King, Cally Leenerts, Savin Langenwalter, Carl Hausch, Gunnar Glover, Kyan Campbell, Landon Mondon and Jordan Sturm. KEOKUK, Iowa…...
Central Lee Middle School students excel at science fair
1+ week, 3+ day ago (105+ words) Central Lee Middle School students excel at science fair'Daily Gate City e-Edition and App Help Police: child stabbed man in self defense while mother was being assaulted Man arrested for pointing gun at Fort Madison police officer following standoff Supervisors…...
Iowa is drought-free due to above-average rainfall in July (copy)
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (209+ words) DES MOINES " Drought conditions improved statewide due to above-normal precipitation totals in July, according to the latest Water Summary Update. With more than double the expected precipitation, last month ranks as the second wettest July in 153 years of records, behind…...
Teacher hired in Arkansas charged in Devil's Den park killing of couple that was hiking with childre
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (122+ words) Arkansas police charged a 28-year-old school teacher in the killing of a married couple who were hiking with their children at Devil's Den State Park, finding him in a nearby city after a five-day search. State Police arrested Andrew James…...
The real victims of the new Medicaid work requirements
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1314+ words) In February, House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana justified the looming cuts to Medicaid by complaining the program wasn't designed to cover a bunch of "29-year-old males sitting on their couches playing video games." Give Johnson credit, this is a…...