Iowa’s public universities are seeing increased interest in on-campus living from new and returning students, citing convenience and satisfaction with offered resources by their colleges. more

Van Meter Inc. is helping power the future of the electrical industry through its new Spark Your Success Scholarship. The $2,500 scholarship is awarded to up to four individuals who have completed a high school degree or GED and are pursuing a field related to the electrical trades. more

As North Scott High School prepares to hire a new principal, the district added to its “Help Wanted” list. more

On Feb. 29, North Scott elementary students joined hundreds of other fourth- and fifth-graders from around the Quad Cities at the Quad City Symphony’s annual Symphony Day at the Adler Theatre in Davenport. more

Anticipation buzzed through the Scott County Library as the steady sound of pencils scraping paper reverberated through the room. Fifteen students murmured in concentration as teams clustered, ready to tackle question after question. more

Mashed potatoes and pizza are popular foods on their own. But a group of students in Jan Garland’s fourth-grade class at Walcott Elementary School took a chance and combined the two, winning a statewide agriculture contest in the process. more

200 South, North Scott’s premier jazz choir, earned a Division I rating and a near-perfect score at the State Jazz Choir Festival, held Feb. 5 at North Scott. more

On Thursday, Feb. 29, members of the cast and crew of Lancer Productions' upcoming "Beauty and the Beast" gathered to help unload costumes, props and set pieces that were purchased from a school in Florida. more

Changes are coming for North Scott's childcare program, director Theresa Tobin told the school board Monday. more

Longtime North Scott High School principal Shane Knoche has been hired as the new shared superintendent for the Calamus-Wheatland and Bennett school districts. more

The Calamus-Wheatland Community School District and Bennett Community School District School Boards have named Shane Knoche as the districts’ next shared superintendent. more

As the North Scott speech team’s season hits the midway point, it has already received a number of special recognitions at large group events. more

A Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) completion event will be held 4-6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29, in the North Scott High School Library. more

An informational forum on Gov. Reynolds' proposed changes to Area Education Agencies will be held at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the DeWitt Community Library, 917 Fifth Ave. Panelists will include Mississippi Bend AEA Chief Administrator John Speer, Mississippi Bend AEA Director of Education Services Shane Williams, AEA Director of Special Education Kim Hofmann, and area superintendents. more

Career Development Events gives FFA students a chance to get involved with something they’re interested in and they can build a career out of it. These competitions are super beneficial for new members to get engaged, see what their interests might be, and give them that agriculture exposure. It’s an amazing career exploration experience. more

If you could go back to your High School FFA days, what advice would you give yourself? more

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds welcomes North Scott students to her office, along with Reps. Luanna Stoltenberg and Norlin Mommsen, Scott County supervisor John Maxwell, county planning and zoning board member Joan Maxwell and superintendent Joe Stutting. more

North Scott FFA is open to students from other districts. I was one of those many students along with my friends Molly and Hailey. Hailey and I both come from a different district that didn’t offer FFA, but it was something we were very interested in more

In the final day before the first legislative deadline, House lawmakers passed a school funding proposal for the upcoming school year — as well as a measure to increase teacher salaries. more

North Scott FFA leader and ag instructor Jacob Hunter leads the first students into the district's Regional Innovation Center under construction on Eldridge's South First Street. more