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Wednesday’s High School Softball Schedule – July 3rd
Provided below is the local high school softball schedule for Wednesday, July 3rd. The games below are listed by conference and all nonconference games are labeled as NC. Doubleheaders are listed as DH. Hawkeye Ten. Red Oak @ St. Albert @ 10:00 – DH — Creston @ Shenandoah @ 11:45...
Local Iowa high school softball highlights and scores (7-2-24)
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – Here’s a look at our local Iowa high school softball highlights and scores from July 2nd, 2024: Sioux City East 5, Sioux City North 4 CB Lincoln 7, Sioux City West 2 Central Lyon 12, Sibley-Ocheyedan 0 Hinton 14, Unity Christian 2 Okoboji 8, G-T/R-A 5 Remsen St. Mary’s 12, […]
School board wants to create legislative priority holding lawmakers accountable
Jul. 2—Newton school board members held off on approving next year's legislative priorities, and it is in large part because they want to establish a new priority that would direct lobbyists to hold lawmakers accountable for passing bills without providing districts with timely and comprehensive guidance. Superintendent Tom Messinger said his biggest pet peeve when politics affects education ...
University of Iowa and Iowa State University drop in U.S. News & World Report global ranks
In the most recent U.S. News & World Report, the University of Iowa fell 45 spots in Best Global Universities Rankings, while Iowa State University's ranking dropped 81 spots. The University of Iowa ranked 180th in last year's list, but fell to 225th in 2024. Iowa State University was ranked 263rd in 2023 and is now ranked 344th.
2024 IHSBCA High School Baseball Week Seven Rankings
(Council Bluffs, IA) – The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association has released its week seven baseball rankings as we head to the end of the 2024 high school baseball regular season. These rankings are determined by a rankings committee headed by IHSAA Assistant Director Andy Umthun and will be utilized by the IHSAA office for postseason assignments to determine state tournament seeding. Our local schools in Class 1A include Logan-Magnolia, Tri-Center, and Woodbine all as honorable mentions. For teams in Class 2A, Des Moines Christian sits at #2, Underwood moves down to #3, Van Meter remains in the top five at #4, and Clarinda stays at their #9 ranking, while Interstate-35 is still ranked as an honorable mention. For Class 3A, North Polk still is #1, Bondurant-Farrar ranks at #9, and Harlan still is listed as an honorable mention. You can find all the rankings below.
UI art professor and students cross the state on hand-built bikes
Editor’s note: For six days at the beginning of June, The Daily Iowan photojournalist Jordan Barry participated in a bike tour with University of Iowa Art School professor Steve McGuire and his students as they biked from Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Muscatine, Iowa. McGuire and his students rode bikes they put together in his Hand Built Bike classes 490 miles across the state, averaging 83 miles per day, from the Missouri River to the Mississippi River. This piece is written in a first-person perspective to provide a more intimate account of the story.
Pella Christian Baseball Falls to Class 2A #1 West Marshall
After handing them their only loss of the season on May 23rd, the Pella Christian baseball team was unable to replicate that performance Monday in a 7-1 loss at Class 2A #1 West Marshall. The Trojans got the scoring started with a run in the bottom of the second inning,...
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