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What is the 40 Bags in 40 Days Decluttering Challenge?

What is the 40 Bags in 40 Days Decluttering Challenge?

Mrs. Alex Rauenbuehler, Adviser March 12, 2025

It’s 9:22 am on a Saturday morning at the end of March. The sunshine is peeping ever so lightly through your blinds. Your body has awoken naturally with the rhythm of the sun. The birds are back, chirping,...

Outstanding agricultural education - A look into Muscatine FFA and its pending future

Outstanding agricultural education – A look into Muscatine FFA and its pending future

Addie Weggen, Feature editor, Social media manager March 11, 2025

When you think of agriculture, what comes to mind? Sheep? Pigs? Corn? Old farmers? Technically, all of those answers are correct, but they are just the base level because agriculture is so much deeper...

Randy Ribay

Author Randy Ribay Visits Muscatine

Colby Black, Staff Writer March 6, 2025

At Muscatine High School we have a visiting author, Randy Ribay coming to speak to students in collaboration with the Stanley Center for Peace and Security Global Education initiative. On Friday, March...

Increased Deportations and Border Conditions

Increased Deportations and Border Conditions

Vanessa Garcia, Website Designer March 4, 2025

Mass deportation refers to the removal of an ethnic group, sending individuals back to their original country. Days after President Donald Trump signed executive orders to push immigration arrests, numerous...

Is Seventeen the Worst Year as a Teenager?

Is Seventeen the Worst Year as a Teenager?

Emma Steele, Sports Editor February 28, 2025

For many teenagers, turning 16 is a big milestone. Getting your driver's license or getting your first job. The next Big milestone that comes is your 18th birthday. You are finally an adult in the eyes...

February Sucks: How do you deal with it?

February Sucks: How do you deal with it?

Colby Black and Carter Mohagen February 28, 2025

Even as the shortest month of the year, February can often feel like it can drag on. The excitement of the holidays fading to memory and the promise of spring feels so far away. It's no wonder many people...

Social Media: What is it taking from us?

Social Media: What is it taking from us?

Arabella Fourneau, Copy Editor February 26, 2025

My attention span is horrible. I can no longer watch a TV show or movie without feeling the urge to get on my phone ten minutes into it. I am used to TikTok, Instagram, and basically every other social...

National Teen DV Awareness Month: Let's talk about it

National Teen DV Awareness Month: Let’s talk about it

Kelsy Esmoil, Arts and Entertainment Editor and Social Media Manager February 19, 2025

Domestic Violence is a touchy subject that is hard to talk about. It’s even harder to talk about as a high school journalist when it is brought forward as a topic of discussion. Some teenagers start...

I Think I’m in Love With You

I Think I’m in Love With You

Kaitlyn Ford, Chief Editor February 11, 2025

You’re hanging out with your partner for a week, and you blurt out, "I love you!" They stare at you blankly. You think to yourself, wait? Was that too soon? February holds the one and only holiday,...

MHS 35th Annual Cake Auction

MHS 35th Annual Cake Auction

Maya Simpson, Opinion Editor February 3, 2025

Every year, MHS holds a cake auction as a fundraiser. It is held at the boys’ and girls’ basketball doubleheader. Larger and more extravagant cakes are auctioned live at halves and between the two...

The Recent Vandalism in Muscatine that's been throwing everyone for a loop

The Recent Vandalism in Muscatine that’s been throwing everyone for a loop

Kelsy Esmoil, Arts and Entertainment Editor and Social Media Manager January 30, 2025

Over the weekend two of Muscatines latin restaurants, ‘Guadalajara’, and ‘Jibaro’ had been vandalized with swastikas. A message was left that read “we don't want you here,” covering the Puerto...

AI in Schools: A Helpful Tool or a Dangerous Shortcut?

AI in Schools: A Helpful Tool or a Dangerous Shortcut?

Emma Steele, Sports Editor January 30, 2025

In the past two years, AI has become more prominent in the school setting. Most students started using either snapchat or ChatGPT to help them write essays or to help with assignments. AI quickly became...

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