Stories from Sunday, April 15, 2012

"My mother ... had wanted for years to have something like this," Kay Wise said of the event marking the 80th anniversary of Van Meter State Park.

Child-created images of presidents, states, armed forces and freedom flashed across the screen as America the Beautiful filled the Harold L. Lickey Auditorium at the annual Pops concert on Sunday, April 15. Each year, the Marshall Philharmonic Orchestra partners with student artists to portray a musical message. ...