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Private contractors to be paid more for city nuisance abatements
Jul. 21—In order to continue improving the city's curb appeal by getting rid of nuisances throughout the community, the Newton City Council on July 15 moved forward with staff's request to increase the abatement rate for private contractors from $60 per hour to $100 per hour with a one-hour minimum. When residents are non-compliant to the city's curb appeal ordinances and are therefore ...
Iowa State football spends time with at-risk youth at Wildwood Hills Ranch
MADISON COUNTY, Iowa — Iowa State football unofficially kicked off fall camp this weekend at Wildwood Hills Ranch, but there weren't any Xs and Os involved. Friday night was filled with team bonding and Saturday was filled with giving back. The Cyclones partnered with at-risk youth in Central Iowa...
Iowa sells out 2024 home football schedule
IOWA CITY, Iowa-- Another year of anticipation and excitement for Hawkeye football fans. On Monday, Iowa announced that they have sold out its 2024 home schedule. The Hawkeyes were projected fifth in the Big Ten in this year's media poll and there's buzz that the Hawkeyes could be a potential College Football Playoff caliber team.
Wrestling at Fargo: Analysis and results for Team Iowa, Hawkeyes, Cyclones and Panthers
After an entire week of wrestling in Fargo, N.D., a whole bunch of Iowans and future Iowans walked away with some hardware. The 2024 Junior and 16U Nationals, better known as just Fargo, saw some of the nation's best square off for the highly desired stop-sign plaque. In total, Team Iowa brought home...
Big Ten primer — Iowa’s greatest football moment
USC goes to Big Ten media days this week in Indianapolis. Let’s get to know our new Big Ten football neighbors. Next up: the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa has been a solid and nationally relevant program for most of the past 40 years. Hayden Fry revived the program in the early 1980s after two decades of irrelevance. Kirk Ferentz took the baton from Fry and has kept Iowa relevant the past 25 years, with a BCS bowl win nearly 15 years ago and a few other BCS/New Year’s Six bowl appearances. However, what matters most at Iowa and other Big Ten schools...
Chase Fjelland lifts North Polk past Harlan in Iowa state baseball tournament quarterfinals
The matchup between 3-seed North Polk and 6-seed Harlan Community kicked off the festivities in the Class 3A Iowa high school state baseball tournament in Cedar Rapids on Monday. The Comets entered the tournament as last year's runner-ups while the Cyclones were looking to return to the state semifinals for...
Kent Corp. names Fields president, chief operating officer
Kent Corp. announced Thursday that Kevin Fields has been appointed the company’s new president and chief operating officer. The appointment was effective June 21. Fields succeeds John Thorpe, who has announced his intention to retire, effective Jan. 1. Fields joined the Kent family of companies in 1998. Most recently,...
Woman Who Found Wedding Dress in a Ditch Can't Locate Owner—And the Internet Thinks It Belongs to a Runaway Bride
Wedding dresses are extremely valuable—both economically and sentimentally—pieces of clothing. That’s why when one woman discovered a bridal gown lying on the side of the highway, she went to great lengths to track down the rightful owner. According to the local news station in Des Moines, Iowa, CBS-affiliated KCCI, the woman, Denise Gannon, was driving with her husband on the highway, just north of Rippey, Iowa, in June 2024 when she noticed something in a ditch on the side of the road. “All this fluff was just fluffing around in the wind,” Gannon recalled.
Creston police report pair of early Monday morning drug arrests
(Creston) -- A pair of Creston suspects face drug charges following their arrests in separate incidents early Monday morning. The Creston Police Department says 44-year-old Ronnee Colleen Abel of Creston was arrested shortly after 1 a.m. for possession of a controlled substance, non-marijuana, 3rd offense, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Authorities say the arrest occurred in the 500 block of West Adams Street.
Get a piece of Hollywood on RAGBRAI as the route passes through these Iowa movie towns
This year’s RAGBRAI route may not be the Walk of Fame — but it will take on some Hollywood flavor in an Iowa sort of way. Cyclists will roll through Greenfield and Winterset, both having been the settings of major Hollywood movies. And if those cinematic ties weren’t enough, the route also goes through the birth town of one of Tinseltown’s biggest stars of all.
RAGBRAI to Make Way Through Greenfield Tomorrow
The biggest bicycling event for the state of Iowa is underway. Tomorrow, the bicyclists taking part in the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) will make their way through Adair County, with Greenfield being the midday stop. The route through Greenfield has changed since the city was originally chosen as a stop, allowing bicyclists to tour through areas that were in the path of the May 21st tornado that devastated a mile long stretch of the town in a minute.
ADM Softball Starts State Tourney Today Against Fort Dodge
The Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Softball team gears up for their first postseason game of the 2024 season today in Fort Dodge. The Tigers will be battling versus the host school of the Fort Dodge Dodgers this afternoon at 5:15pm. This will be the sixth meeting between these teams as the Dodgers has taken all five previously. Last year, ADM fell 8-3 to Fort Dodge in the Class 4A Quarterfinal game. Before that, the Tigers took on the Dodgers in 2021, 2020, then two games in 2012.
Zoey Dickson Claims All District Softball Position
Alongside fellow senior Ella Sand, Zoey Dickson received the honor of being named on the Class 2A Southwest All District Softball team. Dickson and Sand, will represent the Wildcats and all of West Central Valley as they are acknowledged for their efforts on the diamond. Zoey Dickson begin her career...
Mudcats Lose Regular Season Finale, Miss Chance to Host Postseason Game
The Chillicothe Mudcats had already clinched a spot in the MINK League postseason for the first time in three years earlier this week. They came into the final day of the MINK League playoffs with a chance to host a MINK League playoff game for the first time in five years. They needed to either win against the Warren County Cropdusters, or they needed the Sedalia Bombers to lose at St. Joseph earlier in the day. Unfortunately, they got neither result to work in their favor.
Gunderson Racing Results at Hardin County Fair on Sunday
Small- 1. Levi Briggs, Cedar Falls.
Akron Westfield And Remsen St Mary’s in 1A State Baseball Quarterfinals In Carroll On Monday
The quarterfinals of the state high school baseball tournament are Monday in Carroll. In the opener top ranked Akron-Westfield takes on Bedford. For Akron-Westfield its the first trip to the state tournament since 2017. That’s Akron-Westfield coach Gordy Johnson who says it was at the end of last season he...
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