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CEDAR RAPIDS – The second-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team finished the 2024 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Tournament with six champions and 10 All-Americans. The Hawkeyes brought home the team title with 204 total points.
AMES – Iowa State (19-10, 13-6 Big 12) downed No. 17 Baylor (24-7, 12-7 Big 12) in the quarterfinals of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Basketball Championship Saturday by a final score of 67-62.
Panthers end 2023-24 season with 19 wins in loss to MVC regular season champions.
TULSA, Okla. – Five Cyclones – Evan Frost, Anthony Echemendia, Cody Chittum, David Carr and Yonger Bastida – advanced into the finals Saturday at the Big 12 Championship inside the BOK Center.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – UNI wrapped up the regular season with a matchup at Evansville. The Purple Aces struck first before a dominant defensive performance from UNI who took a quick lead and never looked back. UNI finished the season with a 67-46 victory.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State used a big run to start the second half and held off No. 6 Iowa State, 65-58, Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum in the regular season finale for both squads.
MINNEAPOLIS – 2-Seed Iowa (28-4) dropped 6-Seed Michigan (20-13), 95-68, inside a sold-out Target Center on Saturday afternoon in the Semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. Nebraska awaits in the finals.
COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND – Zach Glazier advanced to the Big Ten Championship finals and five Hawkeyes remain alive on the backside for the University of Iowa men’s wrestling team after Session II of the 2024 Big Ten Championships at the Xfinity Center.
BOSTON – University of Iowa junior Rivaldo Marshall became Iowa’s first 800-meter national champion on Saturday during the final day of competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The men’s team placed ninth
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa woman who created child pornography videos and distributed them online was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison.
DES MOINES – Authorities say a farm “accident” at an Iowa farm sent diesel fuel spewing a into river, turned it a delicious shade of red.
CEDAR RAPIDS – The second-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team finished day one of the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships sending 12 wrestlers into day two. All wrestlers still competing will secure an All-American status, with 10 set to compete in the semifinals Saturday morning.
DES MOINES – Rep. Shannon Latham announced she proudly helped shrink Democracy at the state capitol by eliminating ballot drop boxes across Iowa.
Soybean soapstock is a mixture of heavy soybean oils, water, and chemicals.
Anderson’s record-setting day pushes UNI past Belmont in Arch Madness opener. Panthers advance to play top-seeded Indiana State in MVC Tournament semifinals on Saturday in St. Louis.
CHARLES CITY – The following are the expenses paid by Floyd county and Board of Supervisor meeting minutes for the period ending on March 4, 2024:
MASON CITY – A head-on collision Friday evening put a Mason City driver in the hospital and Clear Lake driver in jail on drunk driving charges.
MINNEAPOLIS – 2-Seed Iowa (27-4) dropped 7-Seed Penn State (19-12), 95-62, inside a sold-out Target Center on Friday in the Quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament and will face Michigan today in the Semifinals.
Cherann died peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, at Mercy Medical Center in Mason City, Iowa, at the age of 83. In 1990, she graduated from Hamilton Business School in Mason City where she studied business and accounting.
ST. LOUIS – UNI men’s basketball’s Nate Heise was named as a Third Team All-Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) selection on Wednesday night by the league as part of the conference’s annual season awards banquet.