WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Every Friday night at football games across the country, both teams send their captains to midfield for the coin toss. But this year, there’s an extra, younger captain joining ...

A 12-year-old Urbandale boy with a rare brain cancer will be honored as this week's Iowa Hawkeye Kid Captain after raising more than $100,000 for pediatric cancer research. THEIR COMPETITION FOR JOBS.

Captain Eegee is also bringing a fun and tasty adventure to Eegee's kids program, which is being rebranded as Captain Eegee's Kid Crew. The Kids Crew is led by Captain Eegee, and he's bringing a fun ...

BRIDGE EVERY DAY. A LITTLE BOY FROM ILLINOIS, WHO WAS TREATED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA STEAD FAMILY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, IS THIS WEEK’S KID CAPTAIN. THIS IS EIGHT YEAR OLD LUKE JOHNSTON. WHEN HE WAS ...

Hunter Mickelson’s parents, John and Brooke, ensure Hunter knows he’s special – one in a million even. In terms of his rare diagnosis of a kidney condition called nephrogenic diabetes insipidus from ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The Kid Captain program has become a beloved Hawkeye tradition since 2009. The partnership between the University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the ...

Ray Walker was born slightly premature, but was a perfectly healthy baby up until his four-month appointment at the family’s local hospital in Des Moines. At the appointment, doctors suspected ...

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Nominations for the University of Iowa Healthcare Stead Family Children's Hospital Kid Captain Program are open for 2026. Nominees will receive a commemorative jersey, special recognition from Stead ...

Walzer at 829-7162 or e-mail her at allisonw@leader.net. PITTSTON – It’s 9 a.m. at St. John the Baptist School, and the questions and answers are flying – even if the super hero in front of the ...