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Highland's Boom Night Homecoming celebration was held Sept. 2 at Highland High School.
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9/6/26 03:22 AM
RIVERSIDE
Highland Community Schools now know the financer, and designer, for its upcoming facilities project.
The School Board, during a Special Meeting held Monday, approved a bid by …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/30/26 01:59 AM
RIVERSIDE
Highland Community Schools’ Boom Night, a homecoming event that is usually held in Ainsworth or Riverside, is headed for Highland High School this year.
The newly combined …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
8/24/26 12:25 AM
Adelyn Huston of Wellman was crowned the 2026 Washington County Fair Queen during Sunday's Washington County Fair Queen Pageant. Huston, a senior at Mid-Prairie High School, is involved in FFA, 4-H, County Council, National Honor Society, Student Council and Silver Cord...
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By JJ Peters |
7/20/26 04:29 PM
RIVERSIDE
Highland and Lone Tree schools are already combining for varsity and junior high football in the fall.
Add football cheerleading.
And dining.
The Highland School Board, …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/19/26 02:31 AM
The Lone Tree and Highland school districts recently received donations through the Hills Bank Classroom Cash program...
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By JJ Peters |
7/12/26 01:36 AM
Highland, Lone Tree and Keota high schools have once again earned the prestigious Carrie Chapman Catt Award. Presented by the Iowa Secretary of State, the award recognizes Iowa high schools that register at least 90% of their eligible senior students to vote...
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By JJ Peters |
7/2/26 05:04 PM
RIVERSIDE
Highland Schools and OPN Architects, a construction design firm based in Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, are reopening a partnership for a $15 million renovation project at Highland High …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/14/26 02:43 AM
There may be some future business leaders coming out of Highland High School...
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By JJ Peters |
5/17/26 12:36 PM
RIVERSIDE
The Highland School Board approved $1,700 annual across-the-board pay raises for school administrators in the 2026-27 school year, along with a number of other pay increases, during …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/17/26 03:06 AM
RIVERSIDE
Teachers in the Highland Community School District will be getting a $1,000 pay raise next year.
The Highland School Board, during a special meeting Monday, approved staff …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/1/26 11:59 PM
RIVERSIDE
The Highland School Board approved the hiring of Thayne McElhinney as head football coach during its regularly scheduled meeting Monday.
McElhinney, who was an assistant coach at …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
4/19/26 02:36 AM
LONE TREE
Emotions poured out of Lone Tree’s School Board meeting Wednesday night as the Board considered, and approved, a football partnership with Highland.
Board member Carrie Ronan …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/26/26 03:32 AM
RIVERSIDE
Highland and Lone Tree High Schools and Junior Highs will combine their football programs into one next fall.
Packed around a long conference table in one packed conference room …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/19/26 03:18 AM
RIVERSIDE
The levy tax rate for Highland Community Schools residents may drop nearly $2 per $1,000 of assessed value in Fiscal Year 2027.
The Highland School Board approved a proposed levy …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/1/26 02:38 AM
RIVERSIDE
Football may be the only sport that surfaces in a potential partnership between the Highland and Lone Tree school districts.
Board members at Highland Community Schools determined …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
2/1/26 02:20 AM
RIVERSIDE
Highland Community Schools received a “High Performing” grade from the Iowa Department of Education, Superintendent Spencer Lueders told the School Board at its regularly scheduled …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/18/26 02:30 AM
RIVERSIDE
A summer program that is proposed for Highland Elementary School in June and July 2026 would replace the Camp Highland YMCA program that was previously run at the elementary school.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
12/13/25 02:27 AM
