Nikoel Hytrek

This year’s legislative session activated young Iowans to speak out on issues ranging from private schools to LGBTQ rights to gun violence. Starting Line connected with members of some of the student groups leading the action and invited them to talk about how their organizations work, what inspired them to get involved, and what the…

The Cedar Valley will continue to have a robust soul food catering business thanks to Marketia Moore, the Pappajohn Student Entrepreneurial Venture Competition and the Black Business Entrepreneurial Accelerator.

This year’s legislative session activated young Iowans to speak out on issues ranging from private schools to LGBTQ rights to gun violence. Starting Line connected with members of some of the student groups leading the action and invited them to talk about how their organizations work, what inspired them to get involved, and what the…

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This year’s legislative session activated young Iowans to speak out on issues ranging from private schools to LGBTQ rights to gun violence. Starting Line connected with members of some of the student groups leading the action and invited them to talk about how their organizations work, what inspired them to get involved, and what the…

A large majority of Americans (78%), across the board, believe whether women can have abortions should be left up to the woman and her doctor, according to a recently released poll conducted by ABC News and the Washington Post. The second poll option, “regulated by law,” was the minority opinion across race, education, religious, regional,…

Leo wore a RAYGUN shirt with the text, “I read banned books,” to the ceremony—knowing he would take a picture with Reynolds. “Students don’t like what the legislature is doing,” he said.

Krystal Colbert, a teacher for 16 years who works at Mitchellville Elementary School, is Iowa’s Teacher of the Year for 2023.

Eight Iowa students have been chosen as semifinalists for the US Presidential Scholars program, a prestigious honor recognizing some of America’s most talented students.

She also expected boos—not that she heard any—and she expected some kind of video would be posted. But she didn’t expect to go viral.