AUDUBON – Audubon’s longtime softball coach Eric Borkowski is making the switch to the Wheeler’s baseball dugout this summer.
ELK HORN – The Exira-EHK baseball team, under second-year coach Randy Kelly, found some success a year ago, going 8-6 in the Rolling Valley Conference to finish fourth, and 12-9 overall.
Audubon: The Audubon sprint medley relays were the Wheelers’ lone events on Day 1 of the Iowa state track meet, both preliminary heats.
AUDUBON – Audubon’s longtime softball coach Eric Borkowski is making the switch to the Wheeler’s baseball dugout this summer.
ELK HORN – The Exira-EHK baseball team, under second-year coach Randy Kelly, found some success a year ago, going 8-6 in the Rolling Valley Conference to finish fourth, and 12-9 overall.
Audubon: The Audubon sprint medley relays were the Wheelers’ lone events on Day 1 of the Iowa state track meet, both preliminary heats.
TREYNOR – The Audubon girls track team had to wait overnight after last week’s Iowa Class 2A state qualifying meet in Treynor to see if anyone would be competing at state.
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CARSON — Riverside High School senior Kyler Rieken has been selected as a recipient of the esteemed 2024 GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship.
A blood drive in Elk Horn will be held on May 21 at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. To schedule an appointment, contact Cindy Fredericksen at 712-249-4582 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter ElkHornIa and make an appointment online.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a major disaster declaration for areas of Iowa that were hit by tornados and severe weather in late April, approving a request from Gov. Kim Reynolds.
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Brazil will host the 2027 Women’s World Cup after a vote of FIFA’s full membership chose the South American bid over a joint proposal from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. The FIFA Congress on Friday selected from a reduced field of two candidates to host the 2027 tournament after a joint bid by the United States and Mexico was pulled late last month and South Africa withdrew its candidacy in November. It was the first time that all 211 of FIFA’s members associations had the opportunity to weigh in on the host of the women’s tournament. Previously, it was decided by the FIFA Council. Brazil will be the first South American country to host the event.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elly De La Cruz went 4 for 4 with a career-best four stolen bases and scored three times in the Cincinnati Reds’ 7-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.
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WEST DES MOINES — Many health risks — like sitting too much, eating unhealthy foods and smoking — can be avoided. Other health threats — like not being able to get certain prescription medicines — are out of our control and can wreak havoc.
The Iowa Beef Industry Council and the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association are proud to announce the 15th Annual Iowa’s Best Burger Contest. Nominations will be taken from Monday, February 12 to Tuesday, March 12.
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Brazil will host the 2027 Women’s World Cup after a vote of FIFA’s full membership chose the South American bid over a joint proposal from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany. The FIFA Congress on Friday selected from a reduced field of two candidates to host the 2027 tournament after a joint bid by the United States and Mexico was pulled late last month and South Africa withdrew its candidacy in November. It was the first time that all 211 of FIFA’s members associations had the opportunity to weigh in on the host of the women’s tournament. Previously, it was decided by the FIFA Council. Brazil will be the first South American country to host the event.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is focusing on trade and cultural exchanges during his state visit to China that started with bonhomie in Beijing and a meeting with China’s leader Xi Jinping that deepened their “no limits” partnership as both countries face rising tensions with the West. Putin is attending a China-Russia Expo in the northeastern city of Harbin on Friday and meeting with students at Harbin Institute of Technology. Harbin was once home to many Russian expatriates and retains some of those historical ties in its architecture, such as the central Saint Sophia Cathedral, a former Russian Orthodox church. While Putin's trip has been short on concrete proposals, he and Xi have made clear their ties are strong.
BANGKOK (AP) — FIFA will seek independent legal advice before holding an extraordinary council meeting by July 25 to make a decision on a Palestinian proposal to suspend Israel from international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas.
Australian professional soccer has been rocked by accusations that the captain of A-League club Macarthur FC paid two younger teammates up to 10,000 Australian dollars ($6,600) to deliberately receive yellow cards in a scheme set up by a South American gambling connection. Macarthur team leader Ulises Davila and fellow players Kearyn Baccus and Clayton Lewis were arrested by police Friday over their alleged involvement in the match-fixing scheme. Authorities still want to interview a fourth player allegedly involved in the scheme and have threatened to extradite him if he does not return to Australia to face questioning.
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