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Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Former Iowa baseball prep headed to Florida State
Kaden Frommelt took the junior college path like many before him, playing for Des Moines Area after a standout career with Marion High School. Now, Frommelt is headed to the NCAA Division I ranks and the ACC after committing to Florida State University. MORE: How to watch the Iowa high school state baseball championships Frommelt hit .405 with six homers, 10 doubles, four triples, 37 RBI and 49 total hits for Marion as a senior in 2023. He was charged with just one error in 207 chances while throwing out 10 runners. On the mound, Frommelt went 5-0 with 38 strikeouts and a 0.78 earned run average in 27 innings pitched. During a two-year stint at DMACC, who plays in one of the toughest junior college leagues in the country, Frommelt hit .320 with 15 homers, 22 doubles and 59 RBI. He was walked 33 times and scored 52 runs in 81 games played. Florida State is one of the premier programs in the country, placing third three different times at the College World Series. They have qualified for the NCAA Tournament 61 times and made the CWS 24 seasons with over 100 All-Americans and more than 300 players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft. MORE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NEWS: Illinois high school football schedules released, playoff dates set How to watch Iowa high school state softball tournament Final state fields set for 3A, 4A baseball in Iowa Two defending champs back in Iowa state baseball tournament Tigers knock Iowa City High out of softball, punch first ticket to state in school history
New York Post
17-06-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter extracted eyeballs from corpses for a living
Accused Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter's most recent job was extracting eyeballs from corpses at a funeral home, according to a pal. Boelter — a 57-year-old married dad who allegedly murdered Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounded another Minnesota pol and his wife early Saturday — was carrying out his gruesome extraction work as part of an organ donation program, said the friend and sometime roommate David Carlson. 'I knocked on his door, and I said, 'Hey Vance, are you there?' ' Carlson recalled of his interaction with the accused killer around 7 p.m. Friday — just hours before Boelter unleashed his carnage. Advertisement 3 Alleged Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter extracted eyeballs from corpses for a living. HANDOUT/RAMSEY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock 'He goes, 'Yeah, I'm in bed, and I'm trying to get some rest for work,'' Carlson said from the home in north Minneapolis where Boelter rented a room from him. 'He'd always said, 'I need rest for work so I'm sharp' because he was extracting eyeballs. You gotta be sharp for that,' Carlson said. Advertisement It wasn't unusual for Boelter — who once worked in the food industry and also as a manager at a 7-Eleven — to go to bed so early so he could be on call for work. Boelter was on call for 12 hours between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. on the night he allegedly murdered the Hortmans at their Brooklyn Park home and tried to assassinate Democratic state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, in nearby Champlin. 3 Boelter is accused of murdering Minnesota Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. Hennepin County Sheriff's Office/AFP via Getty Images The alleged assassin had taken courses in mortuary science in 2023 and 2024 at an Iowa community college, a rep for Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) told Local 5. Advertisement Follow the latest on the arrest of suspected Minnesota assassin Vance Boelter: It isn't known whether Boelter carried out the mortuary science courses in person or online. Both are offered by DMACC, the representative said, citing federal privacy laws. Advertisement 3 Hortman was killed in her Brooklyn Park home along with her husband. Minnesota House HANDOUT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Boelter has not been a student at DMACC since 2024, the rep added. He was working for a funeral home in Savage, a southern suburb of Minneapolis, before leaving his job voluntarily in February, his former employer said, without elaborating. 'We would like to extend our thoughts and condolences to the families of Rep. Hortman and Sen. Hoffman,' Metro First Call funeral home said in a statement to KARE 11 after Boelter's arrest. 'This is devastating news for all involved. As far as Vance Boelter is concerned, he worked for our company from August 28, 2023, until he voluntarily left on February 20, 2025,'
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Scholastic Spotlight: Award winning counselors & Ag educators
We are celebrating teachers and staff in Central Iowa schools! Des Moines' Hoover High School is recognizing its counseling team for earning a prestigious national recognition and both DMACC and Southeast Warren High Schools now can say they have agriculture teachers who are the top of the top. See all the highlights in this week's Scholastic Spotlight. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Axios
10-03-2025
- Health
- Axios
More women are working in deathcare, funeral industry
Lanae Strovers didn't plan to work in deathcare until she lost a close friend and his funeral didn't reflect who he was. The big picture: More women like Strovers are entering the historically male-dominated funeral industry. Context: In the 18th and 19th centuries, women played major roles in deathcare, including watching over the dying and laying out their bodies. But that shifted when embalming became the norm and deathcare became a more formalized practice, which women were excluded from. Flashback: When Strovers' close friend died in a single-car accident in 2007, it took three months for his remains to be identified. When the funeral finally happened, "it just felt like we were at the wrong place," she tells Axios. Nothing reflected the vibrancy of her friend, who was a Des Moines hairdresser. That night, after a couple of glasses of wine, she Googled "how to become a funeral director" and applied to DMACC's mortuary science program. She woke up to an acceptance email. State of play: There's a dated perception that funeral directors are "old white men," but these days, women are outpacing men in mortuary science enrollment, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. In 2007, 40% of students enrolling in mortuary science programs were women and 60% were men. In 2019, 72% of enrollees were women and 28% were men. What they're saying: The funeral industry is shifting from traditional services to more personalization, Strovers says. It can be as simple as putting out a bowl of grandma's Werther's Original candy or as complicated as designing a funeral to appear like a runway show. People are also more open to talking about grief and mental health in recent years, Strovers says. Yes, but: The industry doesn't have the highest pay, she says. In Iowa, a person with a degree in mortuary science earns an average of $62,138, according to DMACC. But entry pay is lower, typically around $35,000, she says. The bottom line: "Society as a whole has been so much better about mental health and talking about their feelings, and we're doing so much more aftercare," Strovers says. "Once the family is done with the service, we're not done serving them."
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Rep. Jon Dunwell wants to rework Iowa's public school spending formula as early as next session
Feb. 27—Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles covering the topics discussed at legislative gatherings hosted by the League of Women Voters of Jasper County. Iowa House Rep. Jon Dunwell, R-Newton, wants to propose a bill that would give public schools a three-year funding package to allow districts better planning. Although he was hesitant to mention this idea at a recent legislative gathering hosted by the League of Women Voters of Jasper County in the DMACC Newton Campus, Dunwell said it is a passion of his to introduce this bill next year. Then at the same time lawmakers would use those three years to rebuild the formula. "To figure out how we're allocating dollars to our schools, because it's a very complicated formula and it's not the same for every district," Dunwell said at the Feb. 15 gathering. "My four districts are all different from each other in terms of how the dollars come out. Rework the formula, rework the spending." Systems in government can be inefficient, he added, but giving schools a set expectancy of funding could help. Dunwell said when he spoke to officials at the Baxter school district, they told him if they knew a 2.5 increase in SSA was coming every year, for example, they would be fine. "We have a lot of what's called categorical dollars that the school can't access, categorical dollars they can't spend," Dunwell said, noting some districts have their hands tied. "So when you look at our penny sales tax, Newton here has primarily chosen to use that in the past couple years more for sporting facilities." Dunwell noted if the Newton Community School District had greater freedom in spending its money it might help them out. However, he also said there is a reason why categorical funding exists. But he ultimately believes lawmakers need to create time and space to rework a system that matches Iowa. "That's not an easy process," he said. "Not sure you can do that in a session. I say let's approve of a multi-year increase and then let's work on the system and see if we can't come out with a better, more efficient system, and get some of that money that's hung up in the system back into students and education." CONVERSATION STARTED OVER ESA FUNDING Discussion about Dunwell's idea surfaced when confronted with questions about the state's education savings accounts (ESAs), which are often referred to as vouchers by opponents. Dunwell condemned that term as offensive and argued that vouchers and ESAs mean different things. He also denounced claims that ESA funding is increasing by 44 percent while funding for public schools is increasing by 2.25 percent. While true, Dunwell suggested these statements are not giving the full truths. He explained the amount of funding for ESAs and public schools is drastically different. In total, Dunwell said the state will be devoting more than $3.9 billion in state aid to public schools in fiscal year 2026. ESAs will be getting more than $315 million. Dunwell also noted public schools will receive federal funds and property tax. "We implemented ESAs in a three-year phase in. This is the final phase in where anyone can qualify for an ESA," Dunwell said. "The amount of dollars that we send to an ESA account is the equivalent to the amount of dollars we put into supplemental aid per student in a public school." TAXPAYERS WONDER WHY SO MUCH IS INVESTED IN EDUCATION Iowa Sen. Ken Rozenboom of District 19 was also in attendance at the legislative forum. He reiterated the fact public schools receive local, state and federal dollars to fund education. Altogether, he claimed taxpayers are paying about $18,722 per student. The state provides about $8,000 per student. "Every classroom that has 20 kids, taxpayers are paying $342,000 a year. If a teacher makes $100,000 in pay and benefits, that still leaves $242,000 going to that classroom to teach our kids," he said. "Taxpayers would like to know where all that money goes if it's not going to the teacher ... where's all the rest of it?" Rozenboom has served in the Iowa Legislature for about 13 years, and every year he has heard people say the state is not giving enough money to public schools. He adamantly opposes these claims, saying the United States and Iowa spend a lot of money on education. But taxpayers ask him why it's so expensive. "From a taxpayer's perspective again, every private school student costs the state taxpayer $7,983 — that's all they get," Rozenboom said. "Every public school student, the taxpayer's on the hook for $18,722. More than double what the state contribution is."
