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Education Briefs

DMACC names local grad, honor student

One local student graduated from Des Moines Area Community College following the recently completed summer semester. The new graduate is Jesseca Pirie, of Callender. She earned an accounting specialist degree. Another local student, Brandon Thompson, of Fort Dodge, was named to the ...

Four named to BVU Dean’s List

Four local students were named to the Dean’s List for the summer semester at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake. They are: Tiera Altman, Fort Dodge. Kelsey Claypool, Fort Dodge. Holly Fortney, Otho. Angie Knuths, Gowrie. To be named to the Dean’s List a student must earn a ...

Postal Employee Scholarships awarded

The Postal Employees Scholarship committee has awarded two area seniors with $1,000 scholarships. They are Gracie Harvey, daughter of Joe and Kelly Harvey, and Landon Bartlett, son of Kyle and Jana Bartlett. Both students are members of the graduating class of 2022 at St Edmond High School.

Annual Eighth Grade Night set for Feb. 8 at Senior High

Fort Dodge Senior High will host the annual Eighth Grade Night in the main gym on Tuesday, Feb. 8, beginning at 6 p.m. Current eighth-grade students who are interested in or planning to attend FDSH and their parents are encouraged to attend. This event will help provide students and families ...

FD students recognized by governor

Grant Heldorfer, a St. Edmond Catholic School student; and Gracie Miller and Josh Meier, Fort Dodge Senior High students, were recognized by Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg for outstanding academic achievement at the 19th annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony at Hy-Vee Hall ...

Finnegan makes Dean’s List

Katelyn Finnegan, of Otho, was named to the Wartburg College Winter/May Term Dean’s List. Finnegan is a 2018 St. Edmond Catholic High School graduate. The college recognized 494 students for Winter/May Term. The list honors students who earned a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or ...