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As one Cedar Rapids food pantry holds emergency fundraiser, another closes after almost 20 years
The Cedar Rapids food pantry Together We Achieve (TWA) launched an emergency fundraiser on Wednesday, explaining in a Facebook post that it is facing the possibility of shutting down before the end of the year. “Funding priorities have shifted away from food insecurity, even as the demand continues to rise,”...
No. 25 Iowa eager to see offensive improvement in opener against FCS foe Illinois State
No. 25 Iowa will unveil what it hopes will be an improved offense under first-year coordinator Tim Lester when it opens the season against Illinois State in Iowa City on Saturday. Based on his experience from knocking around the Big Ten as a defensive assistant in the 1990s and 2000s, Redbirds coach Brock Spack predicted even if the Hawkeyes’ offense is improved, there won’t necessarily be anything new about it. Spack quoted the tough-guy title character in the 1971 movie “Billy Jack” to make his point. “Billy Jack says, ‘You know what, I’m going to put my right foot on the side of your face, and there’s nothing you can do about it,’” Spack said. “That’s Iowa football. They’re going to try to run that outside sprint and inside zone and they’re going to say, ‘There’s nothing you can do about it.’”
ESPN's FPI predicts outcome of every game on Iowa's schedule
ESPN’s Football Power Index is predicting every game of the 2024 college football season, including the full game-by-game win probabilities for Iowa. Coming off another 10-win season, Iowa checks in with the 6th-best chance to win the conference per the preseason Big Ten Championship odds via FanDuel. However, the overall makeup of the Hawkeyes lends Kirk Ferentz’s team to a lower outlook on the FPI.
Volleyball Falls to UNI, Ohio State to Open Play at Dayton Flyer Invite
DAYTON, Ohio — FIU's volleyball program was downed in its opening two matches of 2024 on Friday at the Dayton Flyer Invitational. The Panthers were matched up with stiff competition to start off their season and fell in straight sets to Northern Iowa and (RV) Ohio State. Freshman Jillian...
Iowa Beef Center and Kirkwood Community College to Host Forage Field Day
AMES, Iowa — An ongoing research project with the Iowa Beef Center focuses on interseeding Sudangrass into poor stands of perennial pastures as an effort to boost forage productivity. IBC will host a field day to present current findings on Sept. 12 at the Kirkwood Community College’s Tippie Beef Center in Cedar Rapids.
Xavier recruit the latest top 2025 basketball prospect to commit
Xavier head coach Sean Miller and his staff are off to a strong start with their 2025 class, as four-star point guard Nyk Lewis from Washington, D.C., has verbally committed to the Big East Conference school.The 6-foot-1 Lewis, who announced his decision Thursday on X, picked the Musketeers over finalists Creighton, Georgetown, LSU, Michigan and Seton Hall, according to media reports. Within the 2025 cycle, the industry-generated 247Sports Composite placed Lewis at No. 36 nationally, No. 5 at point guard and No. 1 in D.C.Lewis is heading into his senior year at Gonzaga College High School, a powerhouse D.C. program...
Four Women Managing Farmland Forums offered in September
AMES – Four Women Managing Farmland Forums and Annie’s Project 20th Anniversary Celebrations will be offered across the state the first week of September. The free events take place on Sept. 3 in Atlantic, Sept. 4 in Iowa City, Sept. 5 in West Union and Sept. 6 in Storm Lake, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Mental telehealth program launched for underserved Iowa schools
A health insurance company is investing millions of dollars in mental telehealth services in Iowa’s K-12 public schools. The Cedar Rapids Community School District received one-and-a-half million dollars this week from Minnesota-based insurer UnitedHealth Group. Superintendent Tawana Grover says the money will help pay for an online telehealth portal...
Dubuque man arrested after police find drugs, explosive device in his vehicle
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Dubuque man has been arrested after police said they found drugs and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle. In a criminal complaint, police said they saw 32-year-old Timothy Gremmel driving around at 5:47 p.m. on Aug. 20, and they knew there was an active arrest warrant out for Gremmel for a parole violation.
Panther volleyball sweeps Florida International in 2024 opener
DAYTON, Ohio --- Kira Fallert set a new program record for service aces in the rally scoring era as UNI's offense clicked on all cylinders in a three-set sweep of the Florida International Panthers on Friday morning to officially kick off the 2024 regular season. Northern Iowa only trailed FIU...
Disturbed Gets Dubuque ‘Down with the Sickness’ During Their Back Waters Stage Show
It didn't matter that it was smackdab in the middle of the week. Fists were raised. Drinks were sipped. Metalheads all around the Tri-States and beyond gathered to watch a time-tested band take Q Casino's Back Waters Stage for the penultimate show of the 2024 Summer Concert Series. That band...
Area Schools Deal With New State Truancy Laws
There are new laws on the books that deal with a growing problem of truancy. The hope is to keep students in school and engaged in the subject material. Area schools continue to try and curb the problem, but according to Forest City Community Schools Superintendent Darwin Lehmann, his district also has a few truancy issues.
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