by Dar Danielson | Mar 30, 2018 | Sports
Aplington native Darian DeVries took over the Drake mens’ basketball program today in a ceremony in Des Moines. Drake athletic director Brian Hardin introduced DeVries who has been at Creighton for 17 years as an assistant coach and spent 20 years on the staff...
by Dar Danielson | Aug 1, 2017 | Sports
Drake University announced today that Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb will be leaving the university this Friday. She has is taking a new job as senior partner with the Pictor Group, an intercollegiate athletics consulting firm. Hatfield Clubb was the first...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 14, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds is hiring a lawyer with a long career as a child advocate to lead a state agency under scrutiny for how its child welfare programs are managed. Sixty-four-year-old Jerry Foxhoven will take over as director of the Iowa Department of Human Services...
by Dar Danielson | Dec 18, 2016 | Sports
The Iowa Hawkeyes clamped down on defense against Northern Iowa and rolled to an easy 69-46 win in the HyVee Classic Saturday. UNI shot just about 27 percent from the field, including just 6 of 26 from three-point range. Hawkeye senior Peter Jok said they built on the...
by Matt Kelley | Dec 13, 2016 | News, Politics & Government
An operation that’s considered one of the leading sources of nonpartisan political information is moving it’s headquarters to Iowa. Vote Smart will be housed at Drake University in Des Moines early next year. Drake President Marty Martin says the move will...
