Twelve finalists, including a musician from Shenandoah, will compete in a live contest for the Iowa Rocks Talent Youth Competition, an annual showcase of Iowa's emerging young musical talent.
- HAILEY PECK Lee-Gazette Des Moines Bureau
Lee Des Moines Bureau Chief Hailey Peck writes about her five takeaways from her first year covering, and enjoying, the Iowa State Fair.
- Bryan Clark
Clarinda senior Isaiah Stogdill and sophomore Jenna King preview the Clarinda cross country season
- Bryan Clark
Shenandoah seniors Carter Buttry and Luke Daoust and freshman Mason Sells on this season’s Mustangs
- Lucia Cheng Des Moines Register
Hundreds of thousands of Iowans were gripped by the fair spirit — so much so that the Iowa State Fair shattered its overall attendance record by more than 36,000.
- Bryan Clark
Numbers are low this fall for Essex cross country but Ella Sandahl returns for her senior season, looking for a big finish
- Bryan Clark
Shenandoah girls cross country athletes Lilly Mather, Ava O’Rourke and Susie Babe preview the Mustangs’ season.
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Before a breakfast crowd of conservative activists, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate invoked Ronald Reagan’s "big tent" and declined to validate claims that Democrats would try to "cheat."
Republican governor candidate Zach Lahn presented an agenda to Iowa business leaders he says is built around an “economic sort of populism,” urging the state to better negotiate over issues.
Turek emphasized the importance of raising the state’s Medicaid reimbursement rate, funding cancer research and making healthcare accessible for all in a conversation with cancer advocates.
Iowans were able to begin requesting absentee ballots for the 2026 general election on Tuesday, even as the Trump administration continues to fight aboiut voting by mail.
After a reported attempted robbery of an 11-year-old girl's stand, Sioux City residents showed up to help Wish Nova and her daughter turn a proverbial lemon into lemonade.
At Cornerstone Church on Ames' eastern edge, worshippers arriving for services can spend 25 o 30 minutes waiting to turn off U.S. Highway 30 onto the frontage road.
An Iowa program that deploys conservation practices across an area, rather than one at a time, served as a model for a cover crop adoption program.
Republican candidates again were successful in the unscientific poll run annually by the Iowa Secretary of State’s Office.
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Shenandoah's Teagan Brunk is the Southwest Iowa Herald Male Athlete of the Year
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Todd Golden has signed his third contract extension in three years, making him the highest-paid Gators coach in school history. Golden will now earn an average salary of $8.25 million annually, including $7.5 million this season — up from $6 million in 2025-26 — as part of a new six-year, $49.5 million deal through March 2032, according to Golden’s agent, Bret ...
RALEIGH, N.C. — College coaches and conference officials rarely agree on anything, but several major leagues and their high-profile bench bosses have (mostly) united around one common issue — maintaining one last shred of amateurism in college sports. The ACC Board of Directors, in a statement released Thursday, has instructed Commissioner Jim Phillips to enforce several eligibility ...
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