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Drake holds annual beautiful bulldog contest online

April 22, 2020 By Matt Kelley

The pandemic forced the cancellation of the Drake Relays, but Drake University's Beautiful Bulldog contest continued and was decided by online voting via Facebook on Tuesday. The winner is Hulk, a three-year-old English bulldog owned by Heath and Justine Johnson of Jewell. Justine Johnson says … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Interest, News Tagged With: Drake University, Track & Field

Addressing Iowa college games in sports betting debate

March 20, 2019 By O. Kay Henderson

It appears a bill that would legalize and tax sports betting in Iowa may ban bets on individual Iowans playing on college and university teams. Representative Vicki Lensing of Iowa City says there were concerns some athletes might be pressured to miss a free throw or drop a pass in order to secure … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Drake University, Gambling, Iowa State University, Legislature, University of Iowa, University of Northern Iowa

Cyclones and Hawkeyes win in final Des Moines matchup of Big 4 basketball teams

December 16, 2018 By Dar Danielson

Iowa State pulled away from a 63-63 tied with 5:15 to play in the game and went on to a 77-68 win over Drake in the final HyVee Classic in Des Moines. Drake had led by five before the Cyclones came back to forge the tie. "I was proud of our guys they way they finished the game and hopefully we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Basketball, Cyclones, Drake University, Hawkeyes, UNI Panthers

Iowa State women host Drake Sunday

December 14, 2018 By Todd Kimm

The Iowa State and Drake women meet Sunday in Hilton Coliseum. Cyclone coach Bill Fennelly says games with in-state opponents are always good ones and he expects a great challenge from a Drake team that has been in the ratings at one point this season. Fennelly says this will be a good test with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Basketball, Drake University

Drake student charged for racist note left under dorm room door

December 3, 2018 By Dar Danielson

Des Moines Police have filed charges against a Drake University student accused of leaving a racist note under a dorm room door. Police have charged 18-year-old Kissie Ram with making a false report to a public safety entity for the note that was found November 28th. Police were already … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Education, News Tagged With: Drake University

Drake gives Iowa State all they can handle before falling 27-24

December 1, 2018 By Dar Danielson

The Drake football team nearly pulled off an all-time upset Saturday against Iowa State in a soggy-snowy Jack Trice Stadium before falling 27-24. No one thought the Bulldogs would keep it close with the Cyclones, but Drake coach Rick Fox says he pushed his team to forget that. "Sometimes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Cyclones, Drake University, Football

Police say racist letter found at Drake written by alleged victim

November 30, 2018 By Dar Danielson

Des Moines police say one of the alleged victims of a racist note found at Drake University actually wrote it herself. Two female Drake University students reported on November 15th that they had received harassing, racist notes that were slid under their dorm room door. The same students … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Education, News Tagged With: Drake University

Drake students rally after racist incidents on campus

November 14, 2018 By Radio Iowa Contributor

Hundreds of Drake University students rallied on campus today in response to a couple of recent racist incidents. Robo-calls from an Idaho-based white supremacist group were made to students earlier this week. Those were followed by a threatening note that was slipped under a student’s dorm room … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime / Courts, Education, News Tagged With: Drake University

Severe thunderstorms force the cancellation of Iowa State, Drake football games

September 1, 2018 By Dar Danielson

Iowa State University's season opening football game was cancelled after weather forced players from the field at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames with 10:55 to go in the first quarter. The game officials cleared the field as lightning was spotted and thunderstorms moved in. The Cyclones were leading … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Top Story Tagged With: Cyclones, Drake University, Football

Motorcade carries Governor Ray’s body through Des Moines on final trip

July 12, 2018 By Dar Danielson

The final goodbye to former Governor Bob Ray began today with a procession from a Des Moines funeral home. Groups of people from businesses along Grand Avenue came out and stood in the heat to watch the motorcade go by with the hearse carrying the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt, Top Story Tagged With: Drake University, Republican Party

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