Simpson College News

Clarke County resident Joel Fry announced today that he will be running for the Iowa House in district 95.

Imogene, Iowa, native Amy Jardon is running for her life, so to speak, in a marathon in Las Vegas on Dec.

As Iowa's top-ranked physician, Dr. Patricia Quinlisk has an inside scoop on the H1N1 flu, food-borne illnesses and other public health threats.

Underage drinking at a Drake University-area bar has been linked to four rapes since July - including that of a woman who said she was raped inside a bar restroom, Des Moines police reports show.

Four out of five Iowans have little or no confidence that state government officials are making wise decisions when cutting the budget, according to a new Des Moines Register Iowa Poll.

The Carthage College women's volleyball team , ranked eighth in the Nov. 3 American Volleyball Coaches Association NCAA Division III poll, opens play in the 62-team NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship on Thursday, Nov.

What I do: I recruit prospective graduate students in the areas of business, education and nursing for Grand View University's Master of Science in Innovative Leadership .

Job description: My main responsibilities are the evening, weekend and graduate programs at Simpson College.

Des Moines father of three and musician Joel Kinser considers his music a part of his spiritual ministry.

Mr. Jack B. White, 95, died on Sunday, November 1, 2009, after a brief illness. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, November 6, 2009, at Fain Presbyterian Church with Rev.

Forget for a few months about tulip time in Pella. It's tuba time in Perry. The 31st annual William Bell Memorial Tuba and Euphonium Day will take place Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, with a clinic for tuba players - 'tubists' if you're fancy - and a public concert at 4 p.m. 'There's a lot of low overtones, that's for sure, and a ...

RICHARD DOAK is a retired Register editor, a lecturer at Iowa State University and an adjunct at Simpson College.

Eleven students at Simpson College completed 300 hours of community service apiece in one year as part of the federally funded Iowa Campus Compact AmeriCorps Program.

Some come to acting early, some come to it late. But few people come to acting after preparing, as Mount Prospect native Mari Stratton did, for a career in opera.

Grinnell College senior Barbara Monaco, a mathematics major from Des Moines, was awarded a $1,450 UPS Scholarship and a $400 U.S. Bank Scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year through the Iowa College Foundation.

An international art exhibit will bring Art 4 Health to Iowa. A4H is a traveling art exhibit launched by the World Health Organization to increase awareness of women's health issues.

Four people were identified Friday in connection with a string of assaults near Simpson College.

Indianola police say they hope to make at least one arrest before the weekend in connection with three assaults near Simpson College.

Simpson College Security has issued a campus-wide alert following two separate assault investigations.

Indianola police have stepped up security around the Simpson College campus after a series of attacks.