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Summer of fun at Alden Public Library
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (555+ words) Alden Public Library Children's Programming Coordinator Danielle Neubauer has been busy prepping materials for the start of the Library's annual Summer Reading program. That fun begins on June 13 and will wrap up on July 23. The annual Summer Reading program provides…...
Smith: The power of the pause: Why productive struggle is key to math success | Opinion | timescitizen. com
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (314+ words) Educators call this phenomenon "productive struggle. It's the critical, supported window of time when a student must genuinely grapple with a concept before a solution is given. It's messy, involving erased pencil marks and perhaps some frustration, but this effort…...
Zoske a planner from the start
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (1475+ words) Kaydi is pictured relaxing on her parent's front porch in rural Eldora recently. The home offers a stunning view of the family's farming operations. When the tooth fairy was ready to visit young Kaydi Zoske at her home in rural…...
Harnessing Student Talent to Benefit Communities
1+ week, 1+ day ago (864+ words) Each summer, the Rising Star internship program places Iowa State students in ISU Extension and Outreach county offices across the state. Original research and design concepts developed by the program, helped turn a vacant lot in downtown Hampton into the…...
On Duty for the TC: May Term offers job shadow experience
1+ week, 2+ day ago (244+ words) The Times Citizen hosted'Sophia White-Pierce, an Iowa Falls-Alden sophomore, for a May Term job shadowing experience. She worked with the marketing, production, news and sports, radio and social media departments. The last week of school, Iowa Falls-Alden High School offers…...
Shared Devotion: ECC rededicates Activity Center to honor Marilyn Howard
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (223+ words) Several Hardin County residents attended the rededicated and renamed the college's activity center after its benefactors -- Dale and Marilyn Howard Family Activity Center. In 2009, they did exactly that, leaving an indelible mark across both the Iowa Falls community and the…...
Staff Spotlight: Forgy stays close to home for career as counselor
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (524+ words) Molly Forgy has known for a long time that she wanted to be in education. She learned later that being an elementary counselor was a way to do that and nurture her trait of serving and supporting others. Molly Forgy…...
AGWSR grad Mc Grath earns prestigious Fulbright internship | News | timescitizen. com
2+ week, 15+ hour ago (841+ words) Ella Mc Grath, left, and her mentor, Iowa State University, Ames, Associate Professor Dior Kelley, with Mc Grath's research poster at the summer 2025 conference of the American Society of Plant Biologists in Milwaukee, Wis. The presentation was part of a…...
Iowa Falls-Alden Graduation 2026
2+ week, 3+ day ago (154+ words) Times-Citizen Communications Commencement ceremonies were held on Sunday, May 24, 2026 at the Iowa Falls-Alden High School. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. Class 2 A STATE TRACK: Janssen improves hurdle…...
Zoske Awarded the Stakey Endowed 4-H Scholarship
2+ week, 5+ day ago (360+ words) A bit of a battle is brewing ahead of this Friday's fundrais" Participating in commencement is a major life milestone. Kaydi Zoske, Eldora, was awarded the Stakey Endowed 4-H Scholarship through the Iowa 4-H Foundation at the recognition ceremony on…...