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Freshman Avery Fuhs of Webster City shared medalist honors with a one-over-par 73 in leading the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) men’s golf team to a fourth-place finish in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XI Spring Preview April 14 at Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames. Fuhs’ score helped the Bears […]

The Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) baseball team improved to 18-17 for the season and 8-6 in the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) after dividing a doubleheader with Ellsworth Community College (ECC) April 16 at the DMACC baseball diamond. ECC overcame a 9-6 deficit with four runs in the top of the seventh […]

Freshman Molly Jacobsen of Adel tossed a no-hitter as the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) softball team took both ends of a doubleheader against Northeast (Neb.) Community College (NECC) April 17 at the DMACC softball diamond. Jacobsen’s no-hitter came in a 9-0 win by the Bears in the opener. DMACC, ranked sixth in the […]

For the second day in a row the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) and Ellsworth Community College (ECC) split a two-game baseball series. The two teams squared off April 17 at the DMACC baseball diamond and the Bears took the opener, 9-1. ECC built a 9-3 lead after five innings and won the second […]

Nominations are being accepted for the 2017 Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Small Business Awards. Businesses will be honored in five categories; Most Innovative, Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Dennis Albaugh Award, Top Growth Company and Small Business of the Year. For a list of criteria for each award click here. The application deadline is […]

As the spring semester is wrapping up, it becomes very easy to lose sight of school and get lost in the nice weather. Many students would much rather spend time outside than inside doing their homework. Especially after being inside for months on end. There are a few things you can do to keep yourself […]

Mrs. Jane Martino is asking everyone at Boone DMACc to bring in good used or new clothing for a clothing drive for Clothing World Needy People. This drive for clothing is to help refugees. The clothing drive is every weekday until April 28th. This organization is asking for light weight clothing because the refugees are […]

By Andy Pargulski DMACC Honors student Guest Columist My mother had four consecutive mammograms- all interpreted as “normal”- and she actually had breast cancer during every single one of them.  Her cancer progressed to stage three before finally being diagnosed.  My mom has what is called dense breast tissue, which cloaks cancer in a standard […]

On April 12th The United States dropped the biggest non nuclear bomb in history. It is being dubbed the “MOAB.” Or “Mother Of All Bombs.” The technical name is ”Massive Ordinance Air Bomb.” No matter what you call it, it is undeniable that tensions in the Middle East are rising.   Russia has also accused […]

Mrs. Martino had Elizabeth Wolf from Ames Planned Parenthood speak to her class on April 12 about safe sex and STDs. One point she brought up was that they are starting to call STDs (sexually transmitted disease) STIs, which stands for sexually transmitted infection. One reason in doing this it to remove the stigma of […]