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Website continues to grow
The Red Rock Lake Association is continuing to develop a pilot education program through its Gladys Black Nest Cam website that debuted earlier this winter.

February 17, 2012 1 Photo
Journal-Express offers live blog during State Wrestling
Live blogging will be available on the Journal-Express website, covering the State Wrestling Tournament. You can follow the action and progress of our local wrestlers here online.

February 15, 2012
Bus hero recognition part of a busy night for school board
The Knoxville School Board formally recognized four students who were instrumental in the emergency response following the Jan. 30 school bus crash.

February 14, 2012 2 Photos
Pella High Sophomore killed in accident
According to reports, Pella High School sophomore, Blake Van Vark, 16, was killed in a broadside collision Monday night.

February 14, 2012
Pleasantville eighth graders fabricate airplanes
Middle school students are learning first hand how agriculture is so much more than farming!

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
Knoxville School Board meets Monday
The Knoxville School Board will meet in regular session Monday, Feb. 13, at 5:30 p.m., in the administration building, 309 West Main.

February 9, 2012 1 Photo
Obama to announce No Child Left Behind waivers
President Barack Obama will announce today that ten states that have agreed to implement bold reforms around standards and accountability will receive flexibility from the burdensome mandates of the federal education law known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB). In exchange for this flexibility, these states have agreed to raise standards, improve accountability, and undertake essential reforms to improve teacher effectiveness. The ten states approved for flexibility are Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

February 9, 2012
Twin Cedars hosts Coaches vs. Cancer tonight
Twin Cedars is hosting Melcher-Dallas tonight on the court, and the two schools are working together to combat cancer.

February 7, 2012
Video: Opera Iowa visits West Elementary
Members of Opera Iowa worked with the students of West Elementary this afternoon.

February 6, 2012 4 Photos 2 Videos
Bus rollover sends many to the hospital - UPDATE
Several emergency responders were called to an accident at approximately 3:35 p.m. Monday afternoon, as a Knoxville Community School Bus was involved in an accident with a Toyota Prius.

January 30, 2012 8 Photos
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