1+ day, 47+ min ago   (582+ words) The West Marshall softball team saw firsthand how a senior can lead. Trojan shortstop Rachel Randall put up the numbers during Heart of Iowa Conference play to help her team compete in the top half of the competition-rich league, earning…...

22+ hour, 50+ min ago   (1108+ words) PHILADELPHIA — LeBron James’ first final decision was that he would retire. Weeks of deep reflection led him to change his mind, however, with all the familiar options in front of him to extend his career; a third trip with Cleveland,…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago   (825+ words) HAVERHILL — Anymore, it’s not unusual for a person to stay employed in the same profession or at the same job location for several decades. But when the work is a volunteer-only position, and involves potential danger, that longevity is far…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago   (1251+ words) Iowa’s official database of animal feeding operations, which serves as the state’s primary regulatory inventory of livestock facilities, does not include thousands of facilities that researchers say contribute to the state’s growing manure burden and potential water pollution. The difference…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago   (633+ words) TAMA COUNTY – Tama County Sheriff Casey Schmidt is ready to go big — really big — for area students. “I want this to be a completely over-the-top, special, make-a-big-deal-about-this award ceremony. Hopefully leave an impact on the kids,” Sheriff Schmidt told the…...

1+ day, 46+ min ago   (429+ words) RAGBRAI has come and gone, and by talking with well over a hundred riders, Marshalltown rocks and is on some riders top 5 lists of towns they have ever visited over the years of riding the event. Every single rider was…...

1+ day, 45+ min ago   (1685+ words) Iowa’s community colleges told lawmakers this year that portions of Iowa are lacking access to a higher education and one solution to eliminate “education deserts” is to offer bachelor’s degrees at their institutions. Private colleges pushed back against this premise,…...

1+ day, 49+ min ago   (356+ words) Iowa Senate Democrats criticized the state attorney general’s office Thursday for not distributing money from the Opioid Settlement Fund to organizations focused on opioid addiction treatment and prevention services. Iowa HHS is set to control 75% of the funds and the…...

1+ day, 50+ min ago   (647+ words) CHICAGO — Caitlin Clark was in awe after meeting former President Barack Obama after he surprised the WNBA All-Stars on Friday at his Presidential Center. Clark called her conversation with Obama “a moment I’ll probably remember for the rest of my…...

2+ day, 49+ min ago   (214+ words) Times Republican “We’ve got some where they don’t go as extensive that would be less, but we can only do what we can do,” Winters said. “There’s a lot of work, and what they’ll do is they told me they’ll…...