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Shenandoah Softball wins big over Red Oak

Shenandoah Softball wins big over Red Oak

  • Bryan Clark

Shenandoah softball earned a big home win Tuesday over Red Oak

Top-seed ends Shenandoah tennis season in Team State first round

Top-seed ends Shenandoah tennis season in Team State first round

  • Bryan Clark

The season ended Tuesday for the Shenandoah boys tennis team in the first round of the Team State Tournament

Images from Shenandoah's baseball/softball home sweep of Red Oak

Images from Shenandoah's baseball/softball home sweep of Red Oak

  • Bryan Clark

The Shenandoah baseball and softball teams delivered a home sweep of Red Oak Tuesday, June 2, with the Fillies winning 21-0 and the Mustangs 6-2.

How Kentucky transfer Milan Momcilovic became college basketball's best 3-point shooter

How Kentucky transfer Milan Momcilovic became college basketball's best 3-point shooter

  • ben.hutchens

What has Milan Momcilovic done to become college basketball's best 3-point shooter?

4 state titles for Shenandoah's Steng, 4 medals for Clarinda's Bird highlight track season

4 state titles for Shenandoah's Steng, 4 medals for Clarinda's Bird highlight track season

  • Bryan Clark

A look back at the area track and field season

Rasmussen ends Clarinda career with state golf medal, Weinreich in top 20

Rasmussen ends Clarinda career with state golf medal, Weinreich in top 20

  • Bryan Clark

Clarinda's Taylor Rasmussen medaled and teammate Addy Weinreich also showed well at the Class 2A State Golf Championships.

Strong performance for Sidney's Dowling at State Golf

Strong performance for Sidney's Dowling at State Golf

  • Bryan Clark

Sidney sophomore Alyssa Dowling scored a 178 over 36 holes to finish 23rd at state golf

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A lawsuit challenging Black Hawk County Jail fees it alleges were collected illegally and spent on questionable, nonjail items is back on track after a federal appeals court ruling.

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The University of Northern Iowa agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit with a long-standing tenured professor who sued over civil rights, Title IX and free speech violations.

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Iowa groups sue EPA over contaminated water evaluations

Three environmental groups are suing the Trump administration over the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to remove seven Iowa waterways from the state’s Impaired Waters List.

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The season ended Tuesday for the Shenandoah boys tennis team in the first round of the Team State Tournament

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The Illinois legislature has adjourned its spring session with no bill in place to give the Chicago Bears the tax certainty they’re seeking for a new stadium. So does that mean the Bears are Indiana-bound?

Shenandoah’s Pickens shows well at Iowa Golf Showcase

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Shenandoah’s Sarah Pickens competed and finished in the top 20 Tuesday at the Iowa High School Golf Showcase

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Eddie Brown: Baseball’s labor war is coming, and nostalgia won’t save it

Eddie Brown: Baseball’s labor war is coming, and nostalgia won’t save it

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