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...]
Motorcade carries Governor Ray’s body through Des Moines on final trip
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...]
DeVries happy to be home in Iowa as Drake’s new head basketball coach
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 there. He played college ball at the … [Read more...]
Drake athletic director leaving at end of the week
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 female athletic director for a … [Read more...]
Lawyer and child advocate tapped to take over as DHS director
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 on Thursday. Foxhoven worked … [Read more...]
Iowa easily downs UNI, ISU uses late run to beat Drake
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 good defensive effort … [Read more...]
Vote Smart organization moving to Drake University
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 strengthen Drake's reputation as a center … [Read more...]
Former Drake athletic trainer files complaint with Iowa Civil Rights Commission
The former head athletic trainer at Drake University in Des Moines has filed a formal complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission after being fired in September after 31 years in his job. Attorney Jerry Crawford spoke about the case Tuesday in a news conference, and says 61-year-old Scott Kerr … [Read more...]
Drake offers tuition guarantee to new students
Cable TV and phone companies commonly offer customers a "price lock guarantee", but it's not something you usually hear from universities. Drake University in Des Moines is changing that with an offer to incoming freshmen. President Marty Martin announced Drake's Tuition Guarantee program Tuesday. … [Read more...]
Drake students holding caucus training
Several groups have joined together to hold a "mock caucus" tonight on the Drake University campus. "We got together and said 'this would be a good thing to get people more excited to caucus if they know how,'" Jack Hellie, the editor-in-chief of the Drake Political Review. "The purpose is turn … [Read more...]