Browse past news stories for East High School in Des Moines, IA.

• Setting the 'Pace' (The Hays Daily News)
  posted on November 22, 2009 at 08:44:07 am
  Being named a finalist for one of the top awards in the country is great. Winning it is even better.
• Siouxland People (Sioux City Journal)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 02:30:02 am
  Rotary student of the month
• Schools closing as virus spreads (Omaha World-Herald)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 05:05:06 am
  CHICAGO (AP) — The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide, and normally quiet school nurses’ offices suddenly look like big-city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to...
• Des Moines to consider ’fast-track’ diploma to cut dropout rate (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 01:54:36 pm
  The proposal comes as many school districts have increased requirements for graduation.
• Parking info & map for Saturday morning’s Race for the Cure (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 09:08:07 am
  The Des Moines Police Department announced parking stations for Saturday’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, which starts at the Capitol. Officials expect a record crowd. Locations include:
• Record Crowd Expected At 'Race For Cure' (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 07:24:29 pm
  Record crowds are expected to pack downtown Des Moines on Saturday for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.
• Flu leaving empty seats in classes across state (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 09:08:28 am
  The large numbers of absences at metro Des Moines schools this week are probably just the beginning of a winter season plagued by H1N1 flu, health officials say.
• Des Moines Catholic school closes for rest of week because of flu (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 09:22:46 am
  St. Joseph’s Catholic School on Des Moines’ east side is closed the rest of the week after an outbreak of flu and flu-like symptoms kept nearly half the school’s 190 students home Tuesday, school officials said.
• Des Moines school closes because of flu absences (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 04:05:55 am
  St. Joseph’s Catholic School on Des Moines’ east side is closed the rest of the week after an outbreak of flu and flu-like symptoms kept nearly half the school’s 190 students home today, school officials confirmed.
• Marching bands finish season strong (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 02:02:35 am
  WATERLOO - West High School's marching band finished fourth - but ahead of other Iowa bands - at Valley Fest on Saturday in West Des Moines.
• 13 D.M. students named national scholars (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 2, 2009 at 09:21:30 am
  Thirteen Des Moines public high school students have been identified as 2009 Advanced Placement National Scholars.
• Update: Funeral services set for Dic Youngs (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 02:19:30 pm
  A Sunday funeral will be held at Prairie Meadows for Des Moines radio personality Dic Youngs, who died early Thursday morning at 68.
• Radio Personality Dic Youngs Dies (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 01:54:29 pm
  NewsChannel 8 has learned that longtime Des Moines radio personality Dic Youngs has passed away at the age of 68.
• LEGEND DIES: Former KIOA DJ Dic Youngs has passed away after a long illness (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
  posted on October 1, 2009 at 01:47:34 pm
  Central Iowa has lost a beloved DJ. Dic Youngs passed away early Thursday morning at Mercy Medical Center after a long battle with an undisclosed illness.
• Hanks resigns as North football coach (KTIV Sioux City)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 11:21:45 pm
  Keith Hanks has resigned as the head football coach at Sioux City North.
• Forum at East has speaker on dropouts (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 23, 2009 at 09:13:32 am
  Bill Milliken, author of “The Last Dropout: Stop the Epidemic,” will speak at a forum at 4 p.m. today in the East High School auditorium, 815 E. 13th St.
• Walk raises suicide awareness (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 21, 2009 at 09:13:24 am
  Stephanie McAdam lost her son to suicide nearly 10 years ago. She says she still thinks about him and talks to him every day.
• CHASE CHUCKLEHEADS: Des Moines Police release the names of the teens involved in East Village chase Wednesday (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:59:08 pm
  Four Des Moines teenagers are now facing charges after a police chase in the East Village Wednesday. Police say the teens were heading to East High School to start a fight.
• Chase ends with teenagers’ car hitting light pole (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:25:44 am
  Four Des Moines high school students face charges after they allegedly led police on a high-speed chase that ended with their vehicle crashing into a light pole on the east side of downtown Wednesday afternoon.
• Des Moines’ East High honors its greatest athletes (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:23:02 am
  East High School plans to enshrine 31 of its greatest athletic competitors and coaches at a 7 p.m. ceremony before the varsity football game Friday at Williams Stadium.
• Community Milestones (Papillion Times)
  posted on September 17, 2009 at 08:27:35 am
  Parks joins program at Midlands One of Alegent Health Clinic’s newest physicians is returning home to practice medicine. Alan Parks, D.O., a graduate of Bellevue East High School, joins the General Surgery Program at Midlands Hospital. Parks is trained to perform surgical procedures for conditions affecting almost any area of the body. He comes to Alegent Health Clinic with a strong background ...
• Man Tackles Teen During Police Chase (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 07:39:31 pm
  Four high school students were injured in a police chase over the lunch hour in Des Moines on Wednesday.
• DUMB KIDS: Police chase ends with crash in front of restaurant, four minors taken into custody (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 07:29:48 pm
  Four minors are in Des Moines Police custody after a short chase early Wednesday afternoon. Police say the incident started when the minors tried to pick a fight at East High School.
• Bellevue East graduate joins Alegent as general surgeon (Bellevue Leader)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 06:29:44 am
  One of Alegent Health Clinic’s newest physicians is returning home to practice medicine. Alan Parks, D.O., a 1993 graduate of Bellevue East High School, recently joined the General Surgery Program at Midlands Hospital in Papillion.
• Flood forum set for Johnston, 4 other sites (WOI-TV Des Moines)
  posted on September 11, 2009 at 09:16:49 am
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - State and federal officials will hold a flood forum in Johnston that will be broadcast live to sites in Elkader, Iowa City, Vinton and Waterloo.
• Services planned for former East vice principal (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 05:48:36 pm
  Several memorials are planned this weekend to remember former East High School Vice Principal Gary Rourke, who died Tuesday at his home in Pleasant Hill.
• East looking to bounce back (Sioux City Journal)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 07:38:51 am
  Take away a turnover or breakdown here and there and East could very well have a 2-0 record heading into tonight's homecoming football game against Indianola at Olsen Stadium.
• East High School Mourns Loss of Leader (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 02:44:43 am
  East High School in Des Moines is mourning the loss of one of its leaders. Fifty-six-year-old Vice Principal Gary Rourke took his own life at his home Tuesday morning. School officials made the announcement to students and teachers Wednesday.
• Students, Staff Remember East High Administrator (KCCI 8 Des Moines)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 10:09:31 pm
  East High School staff and students are mourning the loss of an administrator.
• Presidential pitch is received in schools, quietly (The Des Moines Register)
  posted on September 9, 2009 at 09:37:00 am
  Pep talk or politics as usual?