Gavin Heckler, Design Editor

January 30, 2025 • No Comments

It was two hours before AJR’s The Maybe Man show on April 16th, 2024, when Des Moines singer-songwriter Andrew Hoyt received a call from AJR’s tour management proposing the possibility of Hoyt opening for AJR. While some would...

Aaleah Ruepke, Staff Reporter

January 30, 2025 • No Comments

Teachers are very important in the Southeast Polk school district. If students didn’t have them, school wouldn’t be the same. Teachers work hard to ensure the learning is important to the students of Southeast Polk. History...

Aaleah Ruepke, Staff Reporter

January 30, 2025 • No Comments

According to, dps.iowa.gov “[There have been] 6,503 marijuana-related hospital emergency department visits in… [Iowa].”  Do students know the harms of drugs? Or what to do when someone is struggling to quit? Do they...

Gavin Heckler, Design Editor

December 19, 2024 • No Comments

Justin “Smiley” Mulvihill, president of Public Disturbance Car Club, and Nick Pueschel, sergeant of Public Disturbance Car Club, have dedicated themselves to give back to the community since their club’s re-founding in 2021. Public...

Cassie Nolte, Staff Reporter

December 5, 2024 • 1 Comment

A vast, open cornfield sitting on the outskirts of Des Moines wasn’t home to much. It was bare for miles with no signs of life in sight. What it did house was Jack Krantz’s dream: To open a family-friendly amusement park to...