This Iowan was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College. She lived to be a supercentenarian, dying in 2026.

College football player Ethan Walker, who played for Iowa Central Community College, has died while vacationing in Florida.

Edith Renfrow Smith, a supercentenarian born the granddaughter of slaves and who lived through the administrations of 19 U.S.

LAW ENFORCEMENT. WELL, DOZENS OF WORKERS IN GRINNELL WILL SOON BE LOOKING FOR A NEW JOB, ACCORDING TO IOWA WARREN WINDOW MAKER JELD-WEN IS LAYING OFF 152 WORKERS THEIR LAST DAY ON THE JOB WILL BE ...

In retirement, Smith was a longtime volunteer at the Art Institute of Chicago. As she reached her late 90s in the 2010s, she ...

GRINNELL, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Grinnell College is launching a new scholarship program aimed at Iowa’s high-performing students. The private university announced the new Iowa Dean’s ...

THAT MEETING BEGINS TONIGHT AT SIX. A DOOR AND WINDOW COMPANY IN GRINNELL WILL BE CLOSING ITS DOORS IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. JELD-WEN IS SET TO LAY OFF NEARLY 300 EMPLOYEES NEAR THE END OF MARCH. THE ...

Curtis and Shanna Sieck founded Mason's Light House, a non-profit which plans to build Iowa's first pediatric hospice on land near Iowa City. They hope to pattern it after a Minneapolis facility which ...

Over 20 years since their meet cute at a Practical Farmers of Iowa conference, a Grinnell couple was honored for their achievements in sustainable agriculture. Suzanne Castello and Barney Bahrenfuse, ...

GRINNELL, Iowa, Sept. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Grinnell Mutual was named the third-best large Iowa employer in the 2024 Des Moines Register/Engergage Top Workplaces survey. "At Grinnell Mutual ...