Plot Summary: Stanley Yelnats is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Accused of stealing a famous pair of shoes, he chooses to serve time at Camp Green Lake, where he is made to dig a 5-foot ...

The Iowa Board of Education voted Wednesday to move ahead with final rules seeking to clarify restrictions under a state law ...

Iowa recorded the second-highest number of instances among states in the last school year where access to books in schools ...

A Texas court ordered that a children’s history book about the Wampanoag tribe, written by Aquinnah author Linda Coombs, be returned to the nonfiction second ... of middle-grade chapter books ...

With tomorrow being Election Day, I imagine many of us — no matter your position on the political spectrum — are feeling a ...

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to [email protected]. List the time, date, location, cost ...

Dickson and Luann Jensen donated 50,000 "Just Like Caitlin" books to schools across Iowa and the Indianapolis area.

Picture from East Sac County CSD Facebook page A native Audubon family and previous coach to Iowa basketball star Caitlin ...

"She thought winning was important but the love in her is much more important than all the games," said one second-grader.

Second-grade teacher, Christina Smith, reflected on the impact of the book, stating that Caitlin's local roots make her aspirations feel attainable, motivating students to pursue their own dreams.

All 91 second graders at Fellows Elementary School in Ames received a free copy of the book “Just like Caitlin.” Some Iowa ...