Eric Hanson
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This Is Iowa: Veteran teacher returns to kindergarten classroom after trying retirement (opens the original)
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Just days into their school careers, Essex kindergarteners David and Emmylin are already learning letters, sharing toys, and listening to their teacher, Connie Irvin, who has returned to the classroom after retiring in 2015. "I just want you to look at yourselves in the mirror," Irvin said, guiding her 11 students as they sat criss-cross on their spots, learning how their lips and teeth shape sounds. "Some are anxious because they haven't been here before," Irvin said, acknowledging the nerves t
This Is Iowa: Runner aims to complete 50 marathons before losing her vision (opens the original)
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Before the first light of dawn, the streets of Earlham are quiet, save for the hum of an early pickup truck and the chirping of morning insects. Among the stillness, Penny Frey laces up her running shoes, ready to begin her day. "Yeah. We all wake up thinking, what are we doing? We're crazy," Frey said around 5:30 a.m. Frey, who has been running with a friend since 2010, treasures these early morning moments. "It's beautiful to watch the sunrise," she said. What began as a goal to lose weight qu
WATCH: Full This Is Iowa special about life's next chapters (opens the original)
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In a season of so much division in our country, our latest "This Is Iowa" special spotlights the next chapters for these Iowans. In the special, which you can watch in full above, we spend 30 minutes in a kindergarten classroom, an ice cream shop, a bowling alley and along a gravel road at sunrise. Eric Hanson has the story of Ms. Irvin, who started teaching kindergarten in 1971 and is back in the classroom after realizing she wasn't quite ready for retirement. He also follows an Earlham woman's
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