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IOWA CITY – The P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Lisa Bluder was named a 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s Coach of the Year Semifinalist on Thursday.
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced $26.88 million in grant funding this week to invest in quality of life and tourism attractions in Iowa.
CEDAR FALLS – UNI will open its 125th football season on the road at Iowa State before playing the first of five games inside the UNI-Dome.
KANSAS CITY – Iowa State (21-9, 12-7 Big 12) topped No. 14 Oklahoma (25-6, 14-5 Big 12) by a final of 82-72 in the semifinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship Saturday afternoon.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A California man who was arrested in Los Angeles while trying to transport five pounds of methamphetamine to Iowa was sentenced to twelve years in federal prison.
BENTON COUNTY – A Northern Iowa man shot a woman multiple times then held off police before deleting himself in a standoff Friday morning.
MOLINE, Ill. – The Panthers outlasted the UIC Flames on Friday night to advance to the semifinal round of Hoops in the Heartland in a 73-57 win.
AMES – Iowa State will look to continue its postseason run on Saturday in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship semifinals against No. 14 Oklahoma at 2:30 p.m. The Cyclones got their weekend in Hilton South rolling with a 74-63 victory over Baylor in the quarterfinals on Friday night.
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:
Martha Colflesh McMahon, 97, died peacefully, Sunday, March 5, 2023, at the IOOF care center, in the presence of family and secure in her faith. In accord with Martha’s wishes, her body was donated to the University of Iowa for medical education and research.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS – The 23rd ranked University of Iowa baseball team was defeated, 17-5, on Friday night by No. 21 Texas Tech on Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park.
DALLAS COUNTY, IOWA – Two youngsters were killed and one hurt in an Iowa auto crash Thursday morning.