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Kerri Bell, a second-grade teacher at Mid-Prairie East Elementary School in Kalona, has been named the recipient of the Iowa Excellence in Teaching about Agriculture award. Presented by the Iowa …
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1/17/25 08:00 AM
DES MOINES
When dancers from Lone Tree and Mid-Prairie high schools arrived in Des Moines on Dec. 4, their hearts raced with excitement and nerves. They had been preparing for this weekend since …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
For six hours a week, often more, you’ll find 15 high school students working nights and weekends in the basement of a building at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.
They aren’t …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/29/24 08:00 AM
Wellman
The student body packed the gym at Mid-Prairie High School on Monday, Nov. 25 to recognize the huge number of honor roll students this semester, “by far the biggest number that we’ve …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/28/24 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
Veteran Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps members, whose service spanned the globe and included combat in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, filled the front rows at the …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/14/24 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
It’s not every week that Mid-Prairie’s school board members are treated to meat sticks at their meetings, but that is what happened Monday night when Nutrition Director Marci Stanfield …
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By Cheryl Allen |
10/18/24 08:00 AM
WELLMAN
The Mid-Prairie school board met for a two-hour closed session Monday night in response to notification that the Iowa Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE) “found probable cause to …
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By Cheryl Allen |
7/2/24 01:14 AM
WELLMAN
On April 5, Mid-Prairie’s future problem solvers headed to Central College in Pella to compete in the State Bowl competition. Five of them walked away with awards.
High schoolers …
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By Cheryl Allen and Jeff Yoder |
5/3/24 12:00 PM
Mid-Prairie held their homecoming parade on Wednesday, Sept. 13. After the parade finished, festivities transferred to the high school football field where the school held a powderpuff football …
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By TJ Rhodes |
9/15/23 02:48 PM
Photos by Molly Roberts |
6/1/22 01:32 PM
Third-grade and kindergarten students at Mid-Prairie West enjoy the snow during recess on Monday, January 3, 2022.
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By Jeff Yoder |
1/3/22 04:39 PM
Mid-Prairie students presented “Meet me in St. Louis” on Nov. 5-7, directed by Natalie Silbaugh and Christine Meader, with the Vocal Director, Collette McClellen.
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11/9/21 03:20 PM
Mid-Prairie Homecoming took place on Friday, September 17.
Thaddeus Shetler was crowed Homecoming King and Olivia Caskey was crowned Homecoming Queen.
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Photos by Molly Roberts |
9/21/21 02:53 PM
As part of Mid-Prairie’s Earth Day Community Clean Up Day, third and fourth grade students picked up over 120 bags of trash and sticks at North Park in Wellman on Thursday, April 22. …
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4/27/21 01:32 PM
In 2019 there were 87. In 2020 there were 350. And in 2021 there were 457 wrestlers who competed in the Iowa Girls State Wrestling tournament.
Five years ago, there were less than 100 girls …
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By Molly Roberts |
1/27/21 02:24 PM
Race day always begins with a huddle.
And a prayer.
Less than 10 minutes before the Mid-Prairie girls cross country team was to successfully chase down a fourth consecutive state team title on …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
11/10/20 12:22 PM
At long last, Mid-Prairie High School students and staff were finally able to present “Three Fairy Godmothers,” the play they’d started working on in February. The actors were …
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By Molly Roberts |
11/2/20 02:52 PM
Danielle Hostetler chases golf carts.
Really.
Since late August, when Hostetler won her first high school cross country race in school-record time, the Mid-Prairie freshman has been chasing …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
10/28/20 12:27 PM
Running back Kayden Reinier and Mid-Prairie’s offensive line sent a message on its very first play last Friday night against Central Lee.
Reinier ran 45 yards for a first down before he was …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
10/20/20 02:57 PM
The finish was indeed familiar.
Danielle Hostetler cruised into the finish line area with another win in the River Valley Conference championships on Oct. 13 at Monticello High …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
10/20/20 02:37 PM
