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IOWA CITY – No. 6 Iowa topped No. 8 Maryland in front of a national audience on ESPN Thursday night, 96-82, inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday night.
DES MOINES – Iowa’s Kim Reynolds gushed today over fellow Republican governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, giddy with anticipation over the former Trump mouthpiece giving the GOP response to President Biden’s State of the Union speech next week.
IOWA CITY – Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz held a press conference this week with his top recruiter, and the old ball coach seems to be fine with his son Brian running the offense as eleven new players join the roster.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI head football coach Mark Farley has announced a pair of additions to the Panther coaching staff for the 2023 season, as well as one promotion to a current staff member.
CEDAR FALLS – For the second time this season, point guard Maya McDermott helped the Panthers down the Drake Bulldogs in the game’s final second.
Clear Lake- Alice Lorraine Nielsen, 92, died Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at MercyOne North Iowa Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.
MANHATTAN, KS – No. 12 Iowa State (15-5, 7-3 Big 12) fell to Kansas State (14-9, 3-7 Big 12) Wednesday night 78-77. Four Cyclones scored in double-figures but the Wildcats came out victorious with the narrow one-point edge.
Long-time Clear Lake resident LaNita E. (Bird) Knutson, 96, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023 at the IOOF Home in Mason City, Iowa.
DES MOINES – Bowen Born hit two game-tying three-point baskets at the end of regulation and at the end of the first overtime, but UNI men’s basketball fell short in a thriller on Wednesday night in the state’s capital to the Drake Bulldogs, 88-81 in double overtime at the Knapp Center.
Natalie K. Carlson, 41, of Lake Mills left this world too soon on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at MercyOne Des Moines.
DES MOINES -Young teens could work longer hours and in more dangerous situations if a Republican bill now under consideration in the Iowa Legislature becomes law.
Carol A. Pueggel, 91, of Garner passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at Country Meadows Assisted Living in Mason City.
Ronald “Ron” Thilges, age 85 of Rodman, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023 at the West Bend Health and Rehabilitaion Center.
BURLINGTON – A wanted Iowa woman bummed a ride to a gas station but on the way there, bloodied the face of her driver and robbed him, leading to a felony arrest.
Scott Brandt, age 51 of Algona, passed away Monday, January 30, 2023 at MercyOne North Iowa in Mason City.
Danielle Jennings, 43, of Iowa Falls, passed away Monday, January 30, 2023 at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Dennis Mandt, 65, of Charles City, passed away Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the Floyd County Medical Center in Charles City.