Softball season in Iowa is difficult, the 40-game regular season through the hot summer months drains teams, but the Ankeny Hawkettes are putting in the extra work. Lead by first year head coach Sarah...
In the words of country music star Kenny Chesney in his hit song Summertime “Summertime is finally here, that old ballpark, man, is back in gear,” and those words ring true in the hearts of baseball...
Whether it is in the dugout at a baseball game or running a camera for football film, Grady Andersen has become a fixture of Ankeny High athletics. What started as a nudge from his parents to get out of...
Opening just around four weeks ago, and around the corner from Northview Middle School, Barrio Burrito Bar is the latest Tex-Mex buffet in Ankeny. After hearing about it recently from friends and other...
In modern America, the freedom of press is under attack and affronted at every turn. There are monopolies on influence that dictate what information we are allowed to read, misinformation is present on...
Over the last 30 years, the temperature of the Earth has been rising over time, more rapidly than before, which has caused a chain of effects on the planet. This is called climate change.
What is it?
To...
You can feel the tension on the court as the clock counts down, and it seems as if every move you make could be the wrong one. You’ve done the play a hundred times, yet you can’t seem to focus, an...
Music is one of humanity's oldest tools, going back thousands of years. According to the Smithsonian, the first instruments date back over 35,000 years, and the first recorded piece of music was from 800...
Sigma Brown (by Gabe Brannon)
Fine arts teacher Adam Brown
Although I didn’t meet Mr. Brown until this year, the impact he has had on me has been insurmountable. I never considered joining...
In 1907, the term “senioritis” was first coined by the Chicago Alumni Magazine to describe the lack of motivation found in many seniors graduating from high school at the end of the school year. Since...
