Congratulations to all of our retiring employees. A complete list is located at the bottom of this page! The early details of Mary Kurth’s career at DMPS were written on a card kept with hundreds of others in …

It’s always fun to open a package when you’re expecting something special to arrive, and even more so when you don’t know what’s inside. But not much can compare to the surprise that was waiting for North High …

School nurses have been an integral part of public education for more than 100 years. Sometimes, their work involves minor childhood maladies, such as scraped knees or runny noses. More often, however, it is important support of the …

COVID has taken its toll on everyone, but sometimes when it rains, it pours. For a longtime Windsor Elementary School family, the storm came in the form of a job loss followed by a blaze that destroyed their …

Every once in a while you’ll spot a Little League or high school player in Des Moines wearing the number 56. It’s a sign Major League Baseball umpire Eric Cooper has impacted someone’s life in his hometown. “He …