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Iowa’s only Challenger Learning Center comes to the Cedar Valley

WATERLOO — Hawkeye Community College announces a major milestone for the region's educational and economic future with the signing of an agreement to bring a multimillion-dollar Challenger Learning Center to its campus. Hawkeye will proudly be home to the first and only Challenger Learning Center in the State of Iowa. The signing marks the celebration of Hawkeye Community College’s 60th anniversary and Challenger Center’s 40th anniversary. The center will feature fully immersive and interactive STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) experiences. While primarily ...

2026 farmland leasing arrangements meetings offered across Iowa

AMES — Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will offer a series of farmland leasing arrangements meetings across the state in late July and August, as well as a statewide virtual webinar on Aug. 19. The annual meetings are designed to address questions that landowners, tenants, agribusiness professionals and those involved in farmland ownership have about leasing farmland. Workshop topics will cover land values, market outlook and cash rent trends, costs of production, methods for determining a fair rental rate, legal updates regarding leases and strategies for effective ...

University of Iowa honors Dean’s and President’s Lists recipients

Area students named to the Dean’s List and President’s List at the University of Iowa include: Dean’s List honorees: Finley Allen, Sydney Buchholtz, Kennedy Feldman, Sydney Hotchkiss, Angelina Ibarra Singh, Joseph Kennedy, Drew Loney, Keira Meyeraan, Hayden Oetker, Ella Phomvisay, Davis Ragland, Cael Sandvick, Brynn Van Buren, all of Marshalltown; Ellie Anderson and Camden Maas, of Eldora; Emma Anderson, Regan Russell, Bailey Littell and Emersen Tuhn, of Baxter; Abigail Burchland, Claudia Jacobson, of Gilman; Avery Dirks and Kelli Moen, of ...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

July 13-16 Melbourne Community-Wide Free Vacation Bible School, Pre-K through 5th grade, July 13-Smoke Meier Memorial Park for kickoff; July 14-16, New Horizons United Methodist Church, 224 Main St., Melbourne, 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. (Emerald Crossing) July 13 Cards, Senior Citizens Center, 207 E. Church St., 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Young @ Heart Coffee and Conversation, Gutekunst Library, State Center, 10 a.m. to noon Next Level Career and Resource Fair, Midnight Garden, 1501 S. 17th Ave., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Free and Open to the Public) Cribbage, Senior Citizens Center, 1 p.m. to 3:30 ...

ALMANAC

LOCAL GRAINS The prices paid for cash grain in central Iowa at the close of trade on July 10, 2026. Corn: $3.94 - 4.10 Soybeans: $11.41 - 11.42 Weather Reporting Guidelines Temperatures Yesterday's High 84 Yesterday's Low 67 Last High 87 Last Low 69 Precipitation Through 7 a.m. 0.1 inches Year-to-date 27.25 inches Last year-to-date 21.11 inches Barometer Today at 4:00 p.m. 29.91 Daylight Sunrise Tomorrow 5:46 a.m. Sunset Tomorrow 8:48 p.m. River Level Yesterday at 4 p.m. 13.38 ft. (flood stage is 18 feet for low-lying areas of Marshall County.)

Conservation Board will meet in regular session

The Marshall County Conservation Board will hold its regular meeting at 5 p.m. on July 13 at the Grimes Farm and Conservation Center, 2349 233rd St., Marshalltown. Agenda items: Approval of claims, approval of Resolution No 2026-001 Designating Meeting Agenda and Job Posting Location (HF2490), approval of By-Laws Amendments and approval of Personnel Policy on Overtime and Comp Time. This meeting is open to the public.