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Laura Mallory (right) brought the Mid-Prairie Home School Roots & Shoots program to the Kalona Farmer’s Market Saturday, May 27. Kids enjoyed playing in the dirt and planting seeds …
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By Ron Slechta |
5/31/23 02:54 PM
Twenty-two girls in Mid-Prairie West Elementary’s grades 3 and 4 participated in a Girls on the Run 5K in Washington on Thursday, May 18.
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5/25/23 03:27 PM
At daybreak, January 1, 2000, some of us were worried about a thing called Y2K. We had been happily living our lives, getting used to email and the internet and ordering things with a click on …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/17/23 01:53 PM
The Mid-Prairie community is set to lose another valued administrator as the need to be forward-thinking weighs on the district.
With the decision to eliminate assistant principal …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/17/23 01:48 PM
When Tyler Hotz, Mid-Prairie High School assistant principal and activities director, submitted his resignation so he could become superintendent at Lone Tree Community School District this fall, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/10/23 10:42 AM
Mid-Prairie High School’s Culinary II class prepared a four-course meal for the Middle School’s 8th grade class on April 28 in the cafetorium. Culinary students, directed by Family …
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5/10/23 10:38 AM
By TJ Rhodes |
5/10/23 10:10 AM
The Iowa FFA Degree is the highest degree that can be bestowed upon an FFA member by the Iowa FFA Association each year. Only 5% of FFA members in Iowa receive the degree each year. The degree was …
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5/4/23 10:20 AM
At the Mid-Prairie school board meeting on Monday, April 24, the school honored four staff members who are retiring after the school year ends. The four staff members honored with plaques were Jill …
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TJ Rhodes |
5/4/23 10:08 AM
On Friday, April 14 thirty-two members of the Mid-Prairie FFA chapter participated in the Chapter Industry Tour. The tour was planned by Mid-Prairie FFA members Payton Peck and Kelyn …
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4/19/23 12:30 PM
On Tuesday, April 11 three members of the Mid-Prairie FFA attended the Kalona Rotary meeting. The members attending were Payton Peck, Kelyn Yoder and Marissa Cline. These members …
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4/19/23 12:30 PM
Combined, they had more than 50 years of custodial experience. On Monday night, members of the Mid-Prairie community expressed their gratitude for retiring staffers Mike TeBockhorst, Lead Custodian …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/29/23 01:15 PM
Forced to admit they were fortunate to receive any bid at all, the Mid-Prairie Board of Education approved a bid for masonry work to the tune of $1,492,000 at a special meeting on Monday …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/22/23 01:51 PM
On March 4, six members of the Mid-Prairie FFA chapter traveled to Muscatine High School to participate in the SE District Career Development Events and Convention.
Brynn Younge …
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3/22/23 01:48 PM
On Saturday, March 11, the Mid-Prairie Individual Events Speech team competed at North Scott High School for the Iowa High School Speech Association’s Individual Event State Speech …
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3/14/23 01:46 PM
The News recently spoke with an area school superintendent, about the Students First Act Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law one month earlier. The new law will make state education funding …
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By Cheryl Allen |
3/8/23 10:39 AM
Four groups from Mid-Prairie High School’s Group Speech team received All-State nominations for their performances at the State Large Group Speech Contest in Cedar Rapids. Two of the four …
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By Emily Marner |
2/23/23 10:06 AM
The Mid-Prairie Choir will be hosting their 29th Annual Madrigal Dinner on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of February. The night will be full of music, dancing, and vibrant performances from the …
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2/23/23 10:03 AM
When the bells rang around 2:20 p.m. inside Mid-Prairie High School, the hallways filled with eager students ready to pack Tim Grady Gymnasium for the winter Renaissance ceremony. They would soon be …
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2/8/23 01:29 PM
Nearly a year ago, Mid-Prairie Community School District asked its communities to go to the polls. On the ballot was a question that would have allowed the district to levy additional property taxes …
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2/1/23 10:47 AM
