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Community Members Speak: In defense of print in town

This week, S&B Staff Writer Nora Kohnhorst `25 asked local Grinnell community members their thoughts on The S&B and how they would feel if there were no longer to be a print edition.  

History deep dive: The founder of the town of Grinnell, J.B. Grinnell

Local librarians criticize bills with possibility to redistribute power

Two bills currently being considered by the Iowa legislature, which would give more power over local libraries to city councils, did not advance after a legislative deadline passed.  House Study Bill (HSB) 678 and Senate Study Bill (SSB) 3168, which were introduced on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8, respectively, would allow a city council to.

"No One Is Better Than You" book launch brings biography of Edith Renfrow Smith `37 – The Scarlet & Black

“No One is Better than You: Edith Renfrow Smith and the Power of a Mother’s Words,” a children’s book honoring the legacy of the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College, has officially been released. The launch event, hosted at the Pioneer Bookshop on Saturday, Jan. 27, was attended by Monique McLay Shore `90,.