GALLERY: Every story in the spring 2018 Siouxland Life magazine

Riley isn't the only student combining college credits while going to high school. Her classmates, Rachel Pirrie and Mikellie Grant, both Siouxland Christian School seniors, have amassed enough credits to be considered sophomores. 

"The first day of school, I was there, looking at things, opened my desk, and there was a big snake inside the desk," said O'Connor, who turned 98 in March. "I went and got (my brother-in-law), and the snake had curled itself under the back of the desk. I was a little leery of that desk." 

Ben Morhac, the head women's lacrosse coach at Morningside, is hopeful the tide is turning for lacrosse -- maybe Sioux Cityans will warm to the game once a local team is playing. 

High school can be a pretty intimidating place when you're an incoming freshman.

Students beware: Your substitute, Mr. Stansberry, probably won't be the kind of sub who just turns on a movie. He's going to stick with the actual lesson plan.

Accounting club also emphasizes volunteering and community service by the students. They've worked work with the Siouxland Humane Society and the Siouxland Food Bank, among others. 

If you want to know the ins and outs of Morningside College, ask Kenny Osten.

How bad is dust? I ask because I have allergies and I think it’s just making things worse. I clean a lot and I still find myself sneezing. Is there anything I can do?

"At Western Iowa Tech, we should have a club that matches just about any interest."

When the Rev. Erica MacCreaigh was going through the ordination process in Denver, she took a unit of clinical pastoral education (CPE). When she was doing the day to day work of a parish pastor in Sioux City, MacCreaigh realized she needed to take another unit of CPE to polish her pastoral skills. She entered the Clinical Pastoral Education program at St. Luke's College, completing 400 supervised hours of training in March.