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The Cardiac Cards may be back, Clarinda baseball rallies to beat Shenandoah

The Cardiac Cards may be back, Clarinda baseball rallies to beat Shenandoah

  • Bryan Clark

The Clarinda baseball team rallied from a four-run deficit Thursday to beat Shenandoah

Through the lens from Clarinda baseball's comeback win over Shenandoah

Through the lens from Clarinda baseball's comeback win over Shenandoah

  • Bryan Clark

The Clarinda baseball team scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally for a 7-5 home win Thursday, May 28, over Shenandoah.

Images from a wild Clarinda/Shenandoah softball game

Images from a wild Clarinda/Shenandoah softball game

  • Bryan Clark

The Clarinda softball team rallied from an early 7-0 deficit to earn a 9-8 walk-off victory Thursday, May 28, over Shenandoah.

A $15 million stadium? What reviving baseball would cost Iowa State, Northern Iowa

A $15 million stadium? What reviving baseball would cost Iowa State, Northern Iowa

  • ethan.petrik

A proposal to restore baseball at Iowa State and UNI came with multimillion-dollar estimates from both athletic departments according to documents obtained by the Quad-City Times.

Hutchens: Is Ames, Iowa a food desert as Matt Campbell suggested?

Hutchens: Is Ames, Iowa a food desert as Matt Campbell suggested?

  • ben.hutchens

What local and national experts say about Matt Campbell's comment Ames can feel like a "little bit of a food desert."

Milan Momcilovic withdraws from NBA Draft, returning to college as transfer

Milan Momcilovic withdraws from NBA Draft, returning to college as transfer

  • ben.hutchens

Former Iowa State guard Milan Momcilovic is withdrawing his name from the NBA Draft.

Daoust earns state singles medal, Mustangs compete at State Tennis

Daoust earns state singles medal, Mustangs compete at State Tennis

  • Bryan Clark

Shenandoah's Luke Daoust earned the eighth-place medal at the Individual Boys State Tennis Tournament in Waterloo

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Lawsuit over inmate fees at Black Hawk County Jail revived on appeal

Lawsuit over inmate fees at Black Hawk County Jail revived on appeal

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.

University of Northern Iowa to pay professor $350K to settle civil rights lawsuit

University of Northern Iowa to pay professor $350K to settle civil rights lawsuit

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.

Iowa groups sue EPA over contaminated water evaluations

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.

ICE sued over alleged FOIA violations related to county jail records

ICE sued over alleged FOIA violations related to county jail records

An Iowa nonprofit that advocates for the rights of immigrants is suing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for allegedly violating federal public records laws.

Republican governor candidate Zach Lahn invested in men's sexual health firm

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn invested $1 million into a men’s sexual health company that promotes a line of “innovative wearable erection rings” and other intimate devices.  

Summit pipeline opponents, supporters seek action from utilities commission

Summit pipeline opponents, supporters seek action from utilities commission

Iowa property owners asked the Iowa Utilities Commission Wednesday to deny Summit Carbon Solution’s recent filing seeking to modify its pipeline project, while others called for approval of the plan.

Owner of sole Iowa nuclear plant to become world's largest utility

Owner of sole Iowa nuclear plant to become world's largest utility

NextEra Energy, which has extensive Iowa holdings, will buy Dominion Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at about $66.8 billion, creating the world's largest regulated electric utility by market

Iowa launches Workforce Pell Grant program for colleges, universities

Iowa launches Workforce Pell Grant program for colleges, universities

Iowa colleges and universities can now apply to take part in a program which awards a new federal Workforce Pell grant to low-income students pursuing short-term, nondegree programs.

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Daoust earns state singles medal, Mustangs compete at State Tennis

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  • Bryan Clark

Shenandoah's Luke Daoust earned the eighth-place medal at the Individual Boys State Tennis Tournament in Waterloo

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Clarinda sweeps Shenandoah, Sidney softball loses big lead against East Mills

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2 Friday games announced for Iowa State 2026 football schedule

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Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire responds to jab by Texas with invitation to play Week 1

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Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire opened the Big 12 spring business meetings Thursday with a response to Texas coach Steve Sarkisian. Sarkisian took a shot at his former rival’s schedule on May 21 when he said, “There’s a team in our state that plays in another conference that has a schedule that I would argue if I played with our 2s and our 3s, we could go undefeated, and they’ll probably make ...

Texas Tech coach says NCAA’s punishment for QB who gambled is too harsh

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The status of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby is one of the biggest storylines in college football. Sorsby was deemed ineligible due to gambling earlier this offseason and his request for his eligibility to be reinstated was denied earlier this week by the NCAA after he completed his 35-day in-patient rehab for his gambling addiction at Algamus in Goodyear, Ariz. Sorsby is appealing the ...

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