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Iowa State's simple reason for turning down $30 million Big 12 credit

Iowa State's simple reason for turning down $30 million Big 12 credit

  • ben.hutchens

Iowa State is one of at least 13 Big 12 schools to decline an optional $30 million line of credit offered by the conference in partnership with capital groups.

Shenandoah hires Buckholdt as new head football coach

Shenandoah hires Buckholdt as new head football coach

  • Bryan Clark

Drew Buckholdt, formerly at Exira/EHK, is Shenandoah's new head football coach

Inside the intensity that defines Iowa State coach Jimmy Rogers

Inside the intensity that defines Iowa State coach Jimmy Rogers

  • ben.hutchens

Iowa State football coach Jimmy Rogers has been perceived as intense since his T-Ball days. 

Rasmussen, Shenandoah earn runner-up honors at Hawkeye 10 Girls Golf

Rasmussen, Shenandoah earn runner-up honors at Hawkeye 10 Girls Golf

  • Bryan Clark

Clarinda senior Taylor Rasmussen and the Shenandoah Fillies finished second Monday at the Hawkeye 10 Conference Tournament

Iowa coach Ben McCollum's contract details: buyout, incentives

Iowa coach Ben McCollum's contract details: buyout, incentives

  • ethan.petrik

Iowa men’s basketball coach Ben McCollum received a six-year extension that runs through April 2032. Here are the key details of his updated deal.

Iowa men's basketball head coach Ben McCollum signs contract extension

Iowa men's basketball head coach Ben McCollum signs contract extension

  • ethan.petrik

Iowa is keeping Ben McCollum long term after a historic first season that ended in the Elite Eight. Here’s why the Hawkeyes handed McCollum a new contract after one year.

What’s in Iowa’s $9.6 billion budget?

What’s in Iowa’s $9.6 billion budget?

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Iowa will operate under a $1 billion-plus state budget shortfall for the second consecutive year. Here is what’s in the state’s $9.6 billion spending plan for the coming year.

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