News
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Jazz one takes eighth place at Jazz Championship in Ames
After a second place finish at the NEIBA Jazz Festival in early March, jazz band one placed eighth at the Iowa Jazz Championships, held at...
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After 26 years at Cedar Falls, English teacher set to retire
English teacher Scott Lawrence-Richards has been teaching at Cedar Falls High School for 26 years, 33 years in total counting out of state teaching in...
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Trampoline business coming to Cedar Valley
Get Air is adding a new location at 3731 University Ave., also known as the old Hobby Lobby. This facility is going to feature wall-to-wall...
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Holmes science club readies for contest
The school year is cooling down, while Holmes science club is heating up. The team competed on Saturday, March 25 at Coe College in Cedar...
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Team 525 hosts regional competition for second year, falls short of championships for first time since 2009
FIRST Robotics Competition Team 525 Swartdogs participated in the Iowa Regional this past weekend, held at the UNI-Dome and McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, but...
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Standing Up: Over 100 Peet students show support for women’s rights
Over 100 students at Peet Junior High participated in a women’s rights movement event on Thursday, March 23. It had all started in response to...
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After setback, robotics team returns from Duluth with design award
FIRST Robotics Competition Team 525 Swartdogs hopped on a bus and took off for Duluth on Wednesday afternoon, March 1. They returned home very early...
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Peet’s March Madness delivers fun, funds on range of activities
By Staff Writers Sabine Martin and Mia Dexter Rows of students lined up on opposite ends of the old gym at Peet Junior High after...
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Holmes women’s leadership group shares movie night in growing movement for exploring female impacts
Twenty-one strong women in footie pajamas and a tower of Pizza Hut pizza filled the cafeteria of Holmes Junior High on March 3. The women’s...
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Kranz focuses choir on strengths of unity
Digging through the papers on his desk, choir teacher Eliott Kranz stumbled upon a sticky note with one, singular word written upon it: Umbutu. The...
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Science club preparing for upcoming Olympiad
Every Thursday after school, the science club fills with students designing, building, testing and experimenting as they prepare for the Science Olympiad. The club focuses on teamwork and problem-solving,...
