COAL VALLEY, Ill. (Aug 17, 2017) – Niabi Zoo invites families to the zoo for solar eclipse viewing and nocturnal animal activities on Monday, Aug. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“We have a special opportunity to view a total solar eclipse for the first time in nearly 40 years,” said Joel Vanderbush, curator of conservation and education. “It will be interesting to see how the animals react as day suddenly turns to night.”

In the last 20 years, small schools facing budget cuts often removed elective classes. This left skills like cooking and growing fruits and vegetables unlearned.

Center for Rural Affairs’ Greenhouse to Cafeteria program has been a solution for schools that have faced those decisions in the past. Not only does it fill a hole left in the curriculum, it also means healthier foods are served at lunch.

Do you help take care of a child with special health and behavioral needs? If so, you are not alone. Over 43.5 million family caregivers in America provide a vast array of emotional, financial, nursing, social, homemaking and other services on a daily or an intermittent basis.

Sprout Champions Crowned in Iowa State Fair Talent Search

DES MOINES, IA (08/17/2017) (readMedia)-- Three talented Sprout division acts (ages 2-12) have been selected to perform in the Championship round in Bill Riley's 58th annual Iowa State Fair Talent Search. Each act will perform in exhibition on Sunday, August 20, but will no longer be competing.

The names, ages, hometowns and routines of the acts are: