When students left school on the afternoon of Friday, March 13, they were looking forward to a week off for spring break. No one knew that it would be the last day of in-person school for the rest of …
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As the school year ends, free student lunch programs provided during remote classes are winding down after serving approximately 2,300 meals at Lone Tree, more than 20,000 at Highland and nearly …
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Highland Varsity Baseball
June 15, 7 p.m at Hillcrest Academy
June 16, 7 p.m. vs. Lone Tree
June 18, 7 p.m. at Louisa-Muscatine
June 22, 7 p.m. vs. Mediapolis
June 23, 7 p.m. at …
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While three area schools – Mid-Prairie High School, Hillcrest Academy and Pathway Christian School – opted for mandatory distance learning, the rest of the schools have made distance …
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The World Food Prize Foundation hosted its ninth annual Iowa Youth Institute (IYI) on April 27 with the participation of 264 students and 110 teachers from 93 Iowa high schools.
This virtual, …
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Lone Tree school board member Josh Zaruba has resigned from the board, and the district is looking for a replacement.
Interested residents in the Lone Tree Community School District can pick up an …
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Gov. Kim Reynolds announced this morning that all of the state’s schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year.
Reynolds made the announcement during her Friday morning press …
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Gov. Kim Reynolds suspended state graduation requirements for the class of 2020 late Friday, among 42 other emergency actions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reynolds’ action suspends laws …
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With Gov. Kim Reynolds’ order last week to extend school closures through the month of April, schools were told they must inform the state whether their distance learning will be voluntary or …
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By Jim Johnson and James Jennings |
4/8/20 11:42 AM
Lone Tree, Highland sharing to continue
After discussing options, representatives of the Lone Tree and Highland school boards agreed to continue sharing agreements that include the district …
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The Lone Tree school board approved the calendar for the next school year at its March 11 meeting.
School starts on Monday, Aug. 24, and ends Tuesday, May 26, 2021. The last day of school is the …
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Hopes for area students to return to school in mid-April are quickly fading.
Area school superintendents are waiting for a definitive decision by Gov. Kim Reynolds, but they see school closures …
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The Highland and Lone Tree school boards passed resolutions giving Superintendent Ken Crawford broad authority to take actions, if necessary without board approval, to implement state or federal …
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Sarah Kauffman hands bags with lunches to a parent in downtown Kalona on March 25. Larry Hershberger logs the information while others wait in line for lunches. Kauffman and Hershberger are bus …
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Lone Tree school Superintendent Ken Crawford told the school board that the school closure could last longer than the four weeks that will end on April 10.
“The rumblings I’m hearing …
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Local school districts are finding ways to get meals to their students while district buildings are shut down.
This week, Mid-Prairie, Highland and Lone Tree school districts started lunch pickup …
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By Jim Johnson and James Jennings |
3/26/20 11:42 AM
The Lone Tree City Council approved a $6.8 million budget for the fiscal year that starts on July 1.
The budget includes $376,820 in property taxes or $8.24908 per $1,000 of assessed valuation on …
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t was a great year for our local boys basketball teams as 13 players received Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division All-Conference honors. The group was led by Lone Tree’s Keegan …
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The Class 1A-Region 4 second-round game Feb. 18 between Lone Tree and Holy Trinity Catholic played out like two teams who came into the contest with similar records.
Junior Madeline Jacque hit big …
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