by Radio Iowa Contributor | Feb 28, 2006 | Sports
Despite stumbling over the finish line of the regular season U-N-I basketball coach Greg McDermott feels the Panthers have done enough to make the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers lost their last four Missouri Valley Conference games and take the sixth seed into the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Drake coach Tom Davis says the Bulldogs will be ready for the conference tournament despite closing the regular season by losing ten of their last 11 games. Six of those losses were in overtime or by three points or less. Davis says they need work on both ends of the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Iowa voters could decide whether their state representative’s terms should be two or four years long under legislation that has cleared the House State Government committee. Representative Jack Drake, a Republican from Lewis, says current members of the Iowa...
by admin | Feb 28, 2006 | Health & Medicine
A case of tuberculosis has been confirmed in Grinnell. Karen Fred of the Grinnell Regional Medical Center says health officials are taking steps to prevent the spread of the disease. She says the public health department has been in contact with anyone who...
by admin | Feb 28, 2006 | Education
Iowa high schoolers with a passion for poetry will have a shot at big scholarships this spring through a new contest. Jeff Morgan, a spokesman for the Iowa Arts Council, says the program is called Poetry Out Loud and it’s being sponsored by the National...