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DES MOINES – Saturday was a very successful day for area track teams at the Iowa state track meet, for each of the area teams.
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DES MOINES – Saturday was a very successful day for area track teams at the Iowa state track meet, for each of the area teams.
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Iowa’s state shooting sports season is here, where thousands of student athletes from elementary to high school and colleges across the state compete in seven shooting sports championship events over the next several weeks, for the chance to earn scholarships, prizes and more.
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DES MOINES – Saturday was a very successful day for area track teams at the Iowa state track meet, for each of the area teams.
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DES MOINES – Saturday was a very successful day for area track teams at the Iowa state track meet, for each of the area teams.
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Iowa’s state shooting sports season is here, where thousands of student athletes from elementary to high school and colleges across the state compete in seven shooting sports championship even…
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Iowa DNR Manchester Fish Hatchery staff Dan Rosauer, Aaron Schwartzhoff, Eric Bailey and Garald Rivers were recently honored by the Iowa Driftless Chapter of Trout Unlimited with their Stream …
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The final segment of Iowa’s spring turkey hunting season closed Sunday, ending the spring season with a record harvest of 16,059 birds reported, surpassing the 2023 record harvest of 14,843.
The Audubon County Board of Supervisors are hoping they are closing in on a solution to the roof repair at the courthouse, agreeing Wednesday to have their engineering firm and an area roofer meet to discuss a possible solution.
Some farmers who rely on satellite data to plant their fields were delayed in recent days by a geomagnetic storm, according to field agronomists who have been monitoring corn and soybean planting.
During the months of June and July, Iowa Western Community College will host students in grades 5th, 6-8th and 9th-12th at Summer Day Camps and High School Discovery Days for fun, friends and hands-on learning! Camps are being offered on all sorts of topics for students including: Art, Autom…
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NASCAR star Kyle Larson looked like an Indianapolis 500 veteran Sunday, reaching the final round of pole qualifying and putting his No. 17 Arrow McLaren on the second row f…
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Jim Otto, the Hall of Fame center known as “Mr. Raider” for his durability through a litany of injuries, has died, the team confirmed Sunday night. He was 86.
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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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The container ship that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge was refloated at high tide Monday and began slowly moving back to port
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's hush money trial has entered its final stretch as the prosecution's star witness Michael Cohen returned to the stand Monday.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he’s seeking arrest warrants for both Israeli and Hamas leaders in connection with their actions during the seven-month war. Israel and Hamas both immediately denounced Monday's announcement by ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan. Khan announced his intention the same day Israel said it would expand operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in its effort to crush Hamas. Adding to the region's extraordinary tensions, Iranian officials announced the death of its president and foreign minister Monday in a helicopter crash. Iran backs Hamas, and last month launched an unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel.
Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen admitted to jurors in the Republican’s hush money trial that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from Trump’s company. The admission came Monday as defense lawyers seized on the star witness’ misdeeds to attack his credibility. Defense lawyers have pressed Cohen about his criminal history and past lies to paint him as a serial fabulist who is on a revenge campaign aimed at taking down Trump. Under questioning from defense attorney Todd Blanche, Cohen admitted that he pocketed cash that supposed to be reimbursement for a $50,000 payment Cohen claimed he had shelled out to a technology firm. But Cohen said he gave the technology firm only $20,000.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Fast-moving storms with strong winds, large hail and apparent tornadoes swept Oklahoma and Kansas, blowing roofs off homes and blocking roads with toppled trees and downed power lines. Meanwhile, Houston made progress in recovering from last week's deadly storms.
Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, has said in his inauguration speech that he seeks peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats against the self-governed island that Beijing claims as its own territory. Lai pledged on Monday to “neither yield nor provoke” Beijing. But he emphasized that the island democracy is determined to defend itself. Lai’s party, the Democratic Progressive Party, doesn’t seek independence from China but maintains that Taiwan is already a sovereign nation. Lai takes over from Tsai Ing-wen, who led Taiwan through eight years of economic and social development despite the COVID-19 pandemic and China’s escalating military threats.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The helicopter crash in which Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister and other officials were killed is likely to reverberate across the Middle East, where Iran’s influence runs wide and deep.
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Karim Khan said Monday that he believes Netanyahu, his defense minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Israel. The prosecutor must request the warrants from a pre-trial panel of three judges, who take on average two months to consider the evidence and determine if the proceedings can move forward.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s foreign minister have been found dead hours after their helicopter crashed in fog. That leaves the Islamic Republic without two key leaders as extraordinary tensions grip the wider Middle East. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei quickly named a little-known vice president as caretaker Monday. The supreme leader has the final say in the Shiite theocracy. He insisted the government was in control, but the deaths mark yet another blow to a country beset by pressures both at home and abroad. Iran has offered no cause for the crash nor suggested sabotage brought down the helicopter. It fell in mountainous terrain in a sudden, intense fog.
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