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ROUND ROCK, TEXAS – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated the No. 1 ranked LSU Tigers, 12-4, on Saturday afternoon at the Round Rock Classic.
AMES – Oklahoma (14-15, 4-12 Big 12) made 7-of-13 shots from 3-point range after intermission to help the Sooners defeat No. 23 Iowa State (17-11, 8-8 Big 12), 61-50 Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.
IOWA CITY – Iowa trailed by double digits with just over a minute to play against relentless Michigan State, but a Peyton Sandfort 3-pointer with seconds left sent the game to overtime where the Hawkeyes scratched out a 112-106 victory over the Spartans.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI men’s basketball closes out the 2022-23 season Sunday as it hosts the Belmont Bruins in Missouri Valley Conference play inside the McLeod Center.
MASON CITY – Colorful Foundations! is the theme of the 39th annual Youth Art Month Exhibition at the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City. The display opens on Friday, March 3.
Scott Schwager passed away on February 21, 2023 at Aspire Nursing Home in Estherville at the age of 65 years.
DES MOINES — Three bills that will impact the rights of Iowa’s LGBTQ community are being debated currently in the Iowa Legislature, a non-profit group says.
IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa women’s tennis team, ranked #40 nationally, was defeated by #4 Iowa State, 4-0, on Friday at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex.
James “J.L.” Miller, age 75 of Cylinder, passed away Monday, February 20, 2023 at his home.
The following is a legislative update from Republican Representative Henry Stone of Forest City, representing portions of Emmet, Kossuth and Winnebago counties in Iowa House District 7:
DES MOINES – A very young Republican candidate for U.S. President, Vivek Ramaswamy, went to the Iowa state capitol Friday and gave a talk to his eagerly-listening GOP counterparts there, espousing his “Donald Trump 2.0” values.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS – The University of Iowa baseball team was defeated by Sam Houston, 6-0, on Friday night at Dell Diamond in the Round Rock Classic.
Lamar Douglas Anderson, 53, of Mason City, Iowa; passed away February 21, 2023 at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center in Mason City.
Barbara Jean Ames, 89, died peacefully on Friday, February 24, 2023 at MercyOne North Iowa Hospice, Mason City, IA.
AMES – No. 20 Iowa State will look to get back into the win column on Saturday when the Cyclones host TCU at 5 p.m. inside Hilton Coliseum. Saturday’s contest will serve as Iowa State’s Play4Kay game for breast cancer awareness. ISU is coming off a 73-68 setback at Oklahoma State on Wednesday.