RADIO IOWA NEWS BRIEF Officials Say Bottom 5% of Iowa Schools Getting Extra Help, Yielding Results
State officials say recent efforts to help 35 struggling public schools are yielding results. The students at these schools live in high-poverty areas and their test scores have been chronically low. New statewide accountability standards for all
Franklin County Auditor Announces Public Voting Equipment Test
Franklin County Commissioner of Elections Katy Flint has scheduled October 9th at 9:00 a.m. as the starting time for public testing of voting equipment to be used in the upcoming city-school election on November 4th. Testing will
Friday, September 26
Football
AGWSR
@ North Butler – 7:00 p.m.
Sumner-Fredericksburg
@ Aplington-Parkersburg – 7:00 p.m.
Belmond-Klemme
@ BCLUW – 7:00 p.m.
Grundy Center
@ Clarion-Goldfield-Dows – 7:00 p.m.
Clarksville
@ Colo-Nesco – 7:00 p.m.
Dike-New Hartford
@ Denver – 7:00 p.m.
Hampton-Dumont-CAL
@ Oelwein – 6:15/7:00 p.m. (KLMJ/YouTube)
West Delaware
@ Iowa Falls-Alden – 7:30 p.m.
South Hardin
@ Garner Hayfield Ventura – 7:00 p.m.
West Fork
@ Newman Catholic – 7:00 p.m.
Career Center Coming to Hampton, Will Serve Three School Districts
High school students from three area school districts will have access to NIACC’s Career Center once completed in 2026. Students from Belmond-Klemme, Hampton-Dumont-CAL and West Fork will be able to take part in college-level training, at no
Iowa Falls-Alden Crowned Homecoming Royalty, More Festivities and Game is Today
Iowa Falls-Alden High School crowned Tyne England as King and Demi Beaubien as Queen of their 2025 homecoming court at a community ceremony at Estes Park on Thursday evening. Today, there will be a PK-12 pep rally
Hoppenworth, Buttjer named AP Homecoming Royalty
Kolbon Hoppenworth was named the king, and Ella Buttjer was named the queen at Thursday’s Aplington-Parkersburg Homecoming Coronation inside the auditorium. Buttjer participates in cross country, track & field, soccer, the fall musical and spring play, FFA,
Amazon to pay $2.5 Billion to settle FTC case over Prime enrollment practices
Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit accusing the company of misleading customers into enrolling in Prime and making the cancellation process overly burdensome. Under the settlement, announced Thursday, the
White House directs agencies to prepare for layoffs as shutdown deadline approaches
The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has instructed federal agencies to draw up plans for potential layoffs in case Congress fails to pass a spending bill by Tuesday, raising the stakes in the latest
Hampton-Dumont-CAL traveling to Oelwein for Week 5
The Hampton-Dumont-CAL football team will look to snap a two-game losing streak in Friday’s Week 5 game at Oelwein, which’ll air on 104.9 KLMJ and RadioOnTheGo’s YouTube channel. The Bulldogs (1-3, 0-1 2A-4) fell 21-20 at home
Falcons to host Sumner-Fredericksburg for Homecoming game Friday
The Aplington-Parkersburg football team will go for its first district win when it hosts Sumner-Fredericksburg Friday, which’ll also be the Homecoming game. The Falcons (1-3, 0-1 1A-4) are coming off last week’s 25-7 loss at Union, where