by Todd Kimm | Feb 27, 2015 | Sports
The Drake women visit Wichita State today and the winner will have the inside track to the Missouri Valley regular season title. Both teams are 13-1 in the Valley and this will be a game of contrasting styles. Drake coach Jennie Baranczyk says her team is a little...
by Todd Kimm | Feb 26, 2015 | Sports
The Iowa Hawkeye women open the final week of the regular season with a game at home against Wisconsin. At 12-4, the Hawkeyes have a chance to secure a second place finish heading into the conference tournament. “I don’t know what you can ask for that...
by O. Kay Henderson | Feb 26, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
There’s growing frustration among lawmakers about the not-yet-opened state prison in Fort Madison. Representative Bobby Kaufmann, a Republican from Wilton, says he has an email that confirms water pipes froze at the facility this week — information that...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 26, 2015 | Business, News
There’s fear of potential “panic buying” of gasoline in Iowa over the next few days as pump prices will rise a dime a gallon on Sunday, thanks to legislators and the governor passing an increase in the state fuel tax. Rose White, with AAA-Iowa, says...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 26, 2015 | News, Politics & Government
A new poll of likely Iowa Democratic Caucus participants finds Hillary Clinton with a huge lead among the party’s potential 2016 presidential candidates. Peter Brown is assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. He says it appears if Clinton runs for...