[ad_1] Maria Kuiper WATERLOO — The future of the former Elk Rune Preschool building may be decided soon. The Waterloo Community School Board of Education will consider the sale of the Elklan Heights building at a meeting Monday at 5:00 p.m. at the Education Services Center at 1516 Washington Street. The Board’s Facilities Committee considered ...

[ad_1] A person soaking his hands in rainwater collected in a barrel. (Image credit: Shutterstock) If you stick your tongue out in the rain, you might think that the drops you drink are the same as the water that comes out of the faucet. However, rainwater actually contains many microscopic elements that are filtered before ...

[ad_1] I used to be so nervous about buying clothes online that I was afraid it wouldn’t look like the picture or the size wouldn’t fit, but during Prime Day, I’ve been eyeing it for months. I decided to take the chance to buy some linen overalls I was wearing… Spoiler: I ended up buying ...

[ad_1] Jenny McCarthy of Raymond, a certified intentional peer support specialist, sits earlier this month in the lavender garden she planted. She plans to have a large garden of lavender where people can relax. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal file To prevent violence in hospitals, the state should focus on fixing the mental health system’s failures, not ...

[ad_1] Sports are fun. Sports are competitive. Sports can be stressful. That stress can motivate or demoralize student athletes – sometimes both. “Burnout is a real thing for kids. They’ve been specializing since they were 10, and now they’re 17 and they don’t want to do it anymore,” said sports psychologist and former major-league baseball ...

[ad_1] Many school districts have resumed classes this week, including Chicago Public Schools. New his COVID-19 protocol will be in place this year as the pandemic continues to evolve. “Science supports pretty much every change the CDC is making,” he said. Dr. Geraldine Luna, Medical Director of the Chicago Public Health Service. “Case reports in ...

[ad_1] There’s an easy way to start a high school football program. Just two days before Executive Education played the school’s first-ever football game last August, the Raptors received a year’s probation from District 11. The executives emerged from the negative light cast by probation on a successful season with a 6-5 victory over District ...

[ad_1] Beating disease is in the DNA of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a federal agency. During his first decade, this federal agency oversaw the eradication of smallpox, the eradication of malaria, and the eradication of polio as a threat to American health. But as the 75-year-old organization’s director admitted this week, the ...