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Editorial roundup: The New York Times says the U.S. mustn’t squander its lead in the global A.I. race

Americans often hear about China’s having surpassed the United States in the manufacturing of emerging technologies, including clean energy, electric vehicles and drones. Semiconductors are an important exception. In partnership with its allies in Europe and Asia, America designs and makes by far the best computer chips in the world. Those chips are crucial to America’s economy and national security. They have enabled the development of the world’s leading technology companies and allowed the military to create advanced weapons. With artificial intelligence, these chips have ...

ACLU Iowa: School resource officers arrest more Black, disabled students

Black students and those with disabilities are much more likely to be arrested or referred to law enforcement than other students in Iowa schools with school resource officers, an American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa report published Thursday found. School resource officers, or SROs, are ...

Area teachers participate in STEM externships

Three area teachers join 95 teachers for the 2026 Iowa STEM Teacher Externships Program, which places educators inside Iowa businesses to bring real-world experience back to the classrooms. Since its launch in 2009, the Iowa Governor’s STEM Advisory Council at the Iowa Department of Education has facilitated more than 1,000 teacher externships in a variety of industries throughout the state. Angie Dudley, a first-grade teacher at GMG Elementary School in Green Mountain, is working at Marshall County Conservation, assisting the naturalist. She collaborates and helps with all the ...

YSS partners with NASCAR driver Ware at Iowa Speedway

NEWTON — YSS and NASCAR driver Carson Ware have joined forces for the upcoming NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series Race at Iowa (Hy-Vee Perks 250), bringing the organization’s new “Before it Becomes More: Strengthening Iowans Against Opioids” campaign to the national motorsports stage. Ware will drive the No. 47 Chevrolet during the Iowa Speedway event on Aug. 8. The campaign will be featured prominently on the car throughout race weekend as YSS uses the reach of NASCAR to encourage prevention, early intervention and honest conversations about addiction and recovery across ...

Reynolds, Iowa DoE awards $2 million to expand career academy opportunities

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Education recently awarded $2 million in grants to Ellsworth Community College and Iowa Western Community College through the state’s Career Academy Incentive Fund. The grant funds will be used to establish two new regional centers, empowering more Iowa students with multiple pathways to postsecondary success. The Career Academy Incentive Fund, spearheaded by Reynolds in 2019 and administered by the Iowa Department of Education, creates and supports partnerships among community colleges, schools, local businesses and ...

Farmland leasing and management workshops talk 2027 fair cash rents

ALTOONA — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is conducting 12 in-person farmland lease meetings in Central Iowa or five farmland lease meetings in NW Iowa in early August. Meeting sites include Adel, Altoona, Ames, Boone, Grinnell, Grundy Center, Indianola, Knoxville, Newton, Marshalltown, Oskaloosa and Toledo or Cherokee, Ida Grove, Rockwell City, Sac City and Storm Lake. The discussion will focus on various methods to determine a fair 2027 cash rental rate and the importance of good landlord/tenant communications. According to the May 2024 Annual Cash Rental Rates for ...