Des Moines Public Schools to undergo overhaul, expanding preschool but closing some schools
The proposed changes include dividing the district into three regions, moving sixth-graders to elementary schools, expanding all-day preschool for 4-year-olds and creating signature schools that ...
Des Moines Public Schools launches huge plan to reshape district. Some schools will close.
Reimagining Education aims to reshape the district over the next 10 years and is part of a larger move by officials to ...
Two winter storms put 29 million people under alerts with freezing conditions to come
Winter alerts were in effect across the central Plains, the Midwest, the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic ahead of two storms ...
Jim Becker, AP reporter who covered Jackie Robinson and an underdog Hawaii football team, dies at 98
HONOLULU — Jim Becker, a world-traveling journalist who covered Jackie Robinson’s big-league baseball debut and the U.S. Army ...
Vote: Des Moines Register metro-area male Athlete of the Week for Feb. 2-8
Here are the Des Moines Register's male Athlete of the Week candidates from the Des Moines metro area for the week of Feb. 2-8. DesMoinesRegister.com readers vote to determine the winners, who will be ...
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A charter school is opening in Des Moines' East Village this year. Get an early look
Des Moines Prep, a public charter high school coming to Des Moines ' East Village, is officially taking applications for ...
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Bennett Stirtz, Tavion Banks lead Drake over Indiana State 85-81 in OT for 10th win in row
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Bennett Stirtz had 20 points and Tavion Banks scored seven of his 11 in overtime to rally Drake to an 85-81 victory over Indiana State on Saturday night, upping the Bulldogs ...
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Mercy College announces plans for new nursing school
Lillis School of Nursing will replace the building on Mercy College's campus along 7th Avenue in downtown Des Moines. The previous building at the downtown Des Moines school was deemed unfit for ...
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Mississippi high school football player shows passion and determination help to power outsized performance
A Mississippi high school football player is showing how passion and determination can help power outsized competition on the field. Defensive end Tripp Van Fossen and kicker Kruz McKee are ...
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Columbus North High School honor roll
9th Grade: Olivia Marie Struffert Abon, Trevor Steven Acree, Henry Monroe Adams, Katelyn L Adams, Jesse James Addis, Brayan Adolfo-Garcia, Grady Benjamin Allbright, Haydelin Camila Aparicio ...