Click here: Iowa Department of Education reports that Iowa has reached an all-time high in graduating high-school students at 91.3 percent. But Iowa’s dropout rate increased from 2.5 to 2.8 percent for the first time in five years.




Dwight Merton Fry, 57, Burlington died Saturday, April 22, 2017
Evelyn Lorraine Walsh, 98, Burlington, died Monday, April 24, 2017
Millie Bell, 100, Burlington, died Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Juanita L. Johnson , 94, Burlington, died Friday, April 28, 2017
Tom Stevens, 80, of Burlington, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Ware Hall Taylor, 89, West Burlington died Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Billy Dwayne Mellinger, 83, Burlington, died Friday, April 28, 2017
Maxine Ellen “Rosie” Cornick, 87, West Burlington, died Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Martha Anne Thompson Fritz, 85, Burlington, died Sunday, April 30, 2017
B. Mabel Rolf, 96, West Burlington died Sunday, April 30, 2017
Larry “Cheeseburger” Hymes, 58, Burlington died Monday, May 1, 2017
American Indians are the poorest of all of America’s ethnic groups. Why? After all, the government has granted them massive reservations and created entire agencies to look after them. Well, maybe that’s why. Naomi Schaefer Riley, author of “The New Trail of Tears,” explains.

