News
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With cast of around 50 students, ‘Shrek the Musical’ opens Friday
Featuring a wide variety of characters, including fairytale creatures, ogres and a dragon, “Shrek the Musical” takes the stage in the auditorium this Friday and...
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Teachers react to loss of union rights
Teachers all across Iowa are among the more than 184,000 public employees of the state of Iowa who are angry about the changes to the...
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Bagged and Tagged: Team 525’s robot ready for beginning of FIRST competition season
For the last six weeks, some of Cedar Falls’ up-and-coming engineers have been working tirelessly to build their robot. On Tuesday night, Feb. 21, it...
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Holmes talent show focuses on British twists this weekend
The British are invading Holmes as students prepare for their annual variety show under the theme “The British Invasion” in pop culture. They have acts...
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Prom’s Closet offering affordable dresses, accessories this weekend
With spring approaching, there is one overall dominant thought in girls’ minds … prom apparel. While prom can cost be expensive, on Feb. 24 and...
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District faces questions from proposed voucher law
Public schools currently receive state funding on a per-student basis, meaning that each year an allotted amount of money is given to public schools depending...
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Holmes student council raises $700 by delivering wooden flowers
For the past week, students at Holmes have been preparing for Valentine’s Day in the form of wooden rose sales. Students could buy a rose...
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Staff, students react to limited curriculum featuring works, accomplishments of black Americans
Last year the Oscars faced a wide round of criticism over the lack of representation from black artists, and with Black History month, some district...
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Speech team, new coaches assess successes at midseason
After all of the high school’s group speech teams earned Division I ratings and the large group of Meghan Kern, Heather Wolf, Alexa Balong, Clare...
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District family leaving for Thailand next year
Bangkok, Thailand, has a population of over eight million, and in mid-July, the city will be gaining a family of three, the Hartmans. Jennifer and...
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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...
