Greetings, parents! Can you believe summer is almost over? We hope you are as excited as we are about starting another school year. Here are some items your child will need. Please make sure to bring all of them on your little one’s first day home. A box of colored …

TR PHOTO BY ADAM SODDERS When Kim Bielawski, a 1984 Marshalltown High School graduate, heard about the tornado that hit her hometown, she wanted to do something to help. Now, an associate superintendent from the Raytown School District in Missouri, Bielawski, and a group of volunteers from Raytown and Marshalltown …