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FUMED: Majority of students want greater controls in stopping the ‘epidemic’ growth of vaping a problem at Cedar Falls High School
Posters line the hallways of Peet and Holmes Junior High. Many of them carry typical school spirit phrases like “the Tiger Way,” but some of...
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Seventh graders plant 100 trees
Seventh graders from Peet Junior High and Holmes Junior Highs lined Long Tree Road in bright neon shirts on Thursday, Sept. 27 as they worked...
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PINK POWER: Pink Ribbon events team up in fight against breast cancer
Every year on the first Saturday of October, the Pink Ribbon Run is held in downtown Cedar Falls. They started this fundraiser in 2006 after...
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POWER UP: Team 525 prepping for upcoming season
The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) robotics team is powering up for a new season and looking for new members to help add more blue championship...
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Local pie shop empowers girls through meaningful work
TryPie, “ a social enterprise structured youth ministry that uses employment as an opportunity to engage and equip young women for their futures,” started as...
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Hi-Line Survey: 95 percent embrace education apps, websites
According to a survey of 300+ students in a Hi-Line Poll, over 95 percent of students are using academic websites and apps to boost their...
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Front of the Bus: Junior high students using high school courses for acceleration, opening later opportunities
As the buses pull up to Peet Junior High, there is a screech while they come to a halt in front of the crosswalk. While...
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Environmental student group taking action for change
With hurricanes, typhoons, floods, melting icebergs, dying polar bears, heat strokes, ocean dead zones, species extinction, air-water pollution, deforestation, world hunger, global warming, ozone layer...
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Lawmakers see little action for pesticides near schools
Iowa state Sen. Bill Dotzler (D-Waterloo) has traveled across Iowa’s country roads on his bicycle while training and riding for RAGBRAI. On these rides, he...
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At Risk: Nine out of ten school buildings are within pesticide drift zone
By Elise Leasure, Sabine Martin, Rachel Schmid, Tehya Tournier, Ben Boezinger, Saba Aydiner, Chase Kline, Sophia Schillinger Nine of every 10 public school districts in...
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Blackhawk Children’s Theater auditions for Beetlejuice Jr. open Oct. 30, Nov. 1
Standing center stage, audience roaring, spotlights shine in the performers’ eyes after they finish a song they spent almost nine weeks working to perfect. After the show, their castmates...
