Dr. Kate Parks is a Sociology professor at Loras College and president of the City of Dubuque School Board. She will be addressing the challenges of K-12 education post-pandemic and the vision for the future of our local school system.

Amy Gilligan started her journalism career 30 years ago writing a humor column. While these days she writes more about editor-ish things in the Telegraph Herald, she loves nothing more than to pen a short essay that might make someone laugh. That, she believes, is … read more.