By Mike Kelsey The government shut down has begun and Obamacare has officially started. It is one of the biggest bills to be passed in the last decade. The bill has created an abundance of ruckus over the last four years. This has helped create a federal government shut downRead More

By Martina Gutierrez. When a person gets arrested, their name and picture is put on a roster allowing people in their community to know if there is someone who may be dangerous to the neighborhood. To keep people warned and informed, the ‘right-to-know’ is a good thing. But if theRead More

By Alexandria Roth. Being a Type I Diabetic for eight and a half years has introduced me to more judgment and criticism than one would think possible. I’d like to clear up some common misconceptions about diabetes. There are three types of diabetes: Type I, Type II, and Gestational. TypeRead More

By Megan Miras. Two DMACC grounds men employees were injured Friday, Sept. 27 due to a boom truck tipping over. “One guy had a pretty bummed up lip” grounds employee and DMACC student Justin Free, 19, from Glitten said. “The other guy had a hurt shoulder [because] he was pinnedRead More

By Ann Voight As the saying goes, one should never judge a book by its cover.  However a shiny new cover certainly doesn’t hurt, and with the DMACC book sale, there should be plenty of new books to go around. On 10/8 and 10/9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,Read More

By Avis Allen I have recently learned that tailgating isn’t really about football. Oh, don’t get me wrong, football is the reason we tailgate, but tailgating is NOT about football.  Tailgating is about fellowship, food, partying, and more food. “It is kind of like a religion.  We all meet atRead More

By Megan Miras.  Hatch is a room set aside in the Kirkendall Public Library in Ankeny full of twenty-first century software and equipment to educate the public about technology used to communicate and design.  The official ribbon cutting was Monday, Sept. 16. It has since been open to the publicRead More

Voters approved two levies that will generate an estimated $112 million dollars between 2016 and 2025. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013, voters passed both a 20¼ Mill Levy and a Six Cent Levy that will bring remodels and additions to all DMACC campuses. These levies help keep tuition the second lowestRead More