We provide a welcoming environment to grow and strengthen connections for everyone in our community."This month we announced our new and improved mission statement.

My first library memory is of Liz Stark reading aloud to my class in the library at West Elementary.  Her voice was warm, and honey-coated, and I enjoyed listening to her very much.

Hawkeye Community College’s ongoing commitment to veterans and military-connected students has once again earned it a place on the Best for Vets: Colleges list curated by Military Times, the largest and most comprehensive annual ranking of schools for military service members and veterans.

Keep Iowa Beautiful and Diamond Vogel Paint are pleased to announce grant applications are open for the 2024 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. "The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with many local volunteers and organizations that help strengthen communities, making Iowa one of the best states in the nation to live," said Doug Vogel, Vice President of Marketing for the Iowa-based company.

he University of Northern Iowa is offering a new opportunity for students interested in a career in health and helping. Health & Human Sciences Visit Day will take place on Thursday, Nov.

Keep Iowa Beautiful is preparing to award three $1,000 scholarships to Iowa high school seniors.These annual scholarships honor important figures in Keep Iowa Beautiful history who have made significant contributions to Iowa communities.

Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the summer 2023 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit hours at the college.

Spiders or other insects that enter indoors are usually looking for warmthAMES, Iowa – As autumn leaves begin to turn and the temperature begins to drop, people aren’t the only ones looking to get cozy indoors, as many Iowans notice an increase in insect and spider populations around the home during fall.

Fall is for Mysteries. Growing up, like other girls my age I enjoyed Nancy Drew. I also loved looking through my Grandma's Agatha Christie paperbacks, and in my early teen years I loved Dean Koontz.

Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation supports new water bottle filling stations for 18 Iowa schools and centers and 21 Iowa parks and trails, including a station for Vinton Parks and Rec.