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Ardes VaLois Bier (Polsdofer), 93, of Mason City, Iowa, passed away on March 7, 2023, at Good Shepherd Health Center in Mason City.
WEST DES MOINES – An Iowa man is in jail after a teen was shot in the chest and rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
KANSAS CITY – Iowa State (19-12, 9-9 Big 12) flustered No. 10 Baylor (22-10, 11-7) for the third time this season in a 78-72 quarterfinal victory at the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship this afternoon in T-Mobile Center.
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Brendt Landers, 58, of Greene, passed away Sunday, March 5, 2023, at UnityPoint Health – Allen Hospital in Waterloo.
RURAL CERRO GORDO COUNTY – A Rockwell teen avoided serious injury after rolling his Pontiac Bonneville into a ditch Wednesday afternoon.
CHICAGO – Iowa will have to beat a physical and hungry Ohio State team today in its BIG 10 Tournament opener in order to advance to play Michigan State tomorrow.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI’s Parker Keckeisen earned the top-seed at 184 pounds as the NCAA released seedings and brackets for the 2023 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. The Panthers picked up 6 top-20 seeds for the national tournament.
DES MOINES – Governor Reynolds has appointed Chad Aldis, a native Iowan and former student of Camanche, East Central (now Easton Valley), and Clinton Community School Districts, to lead the Iowa Department of Education as director beginning March 15, 2023.
Dr. George J. Daskalos, 91, passed away on March 3, 2023 in Florida of complications from pneumonia. George was born November 28, 1931 in Mason City, Iowa to Helen (Pappajohn) Daskalos and John Daskalos. George graduated from Mason City High School and attended NIACC before continuing his education at the University of Iowa where earned a degree in dentistry.
Shirley Hansen, 88, of Iowa Falls, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2023 at Scenic Manor in Iowa Falls. Shirley was the epitome of what it meant to be a dedicated farmer’s wife, a devoted mother, an endearing grandmother, and who could cook like no one else.
Three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee and Real Woods are top seeds at 125 pounds and 141 pounds, respectively. Tony Cassioppi is the No. 4 seed at 285 and Patrick Kennedy is the No. 6 seed in his first NCAA Tournament at 165.
CEDAR FALLS – Three members of the UNI women’s basketball team have been recognized for their play this year by the Missouri Valley Conference.
Lyle F. Ward, the son of Finis and Florence (Heindenreich) Ward, died on March 1, 2023, at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Estherville under Hospice Care at the age of 92 years.
FORT DODGE – Two folks were stabbed in Fort Dodge and police are searching for a person of interest in the crime.
Judith “Judy” Hiveley, 80, of Charles City, passed away Friday, March 3, 2023 at the 11th Street Chautauqua Guest Home in Charles City.
Lynelle Roberts, 68, of Lakota, Iowa, died March 3, 2023, at United Hospital District in Blue Earth, Minnesota. Lynelle was a member of First Reformed Church in Buffalo Center.