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...But in the heart of a young Charles City wrestler named Logan. Logan Luft "ate, slept, and breathed wrestling."... ...He practiced five nights a week and took his family to tournaments in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas.... ...Wendy went home to start the grill for a barbecue they were hosting and got a phone call just as her husband -- Lenny Luft, a Charles City police... ...of the USA Wrestling Junior and 16U National Championships....

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...With Valentine's Day around the corner, the Better Business Bureau encourages those looking for love to be cautious....

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...Kim Reynolds at an event hosted by a national group that advocates for parents" rights in public education.... ...At the Thursday night event hosted by the group Moms for Liberty, Reynolds said under her proposal, educational material removed by any Iowa school... ..."It's sad that any of this actually needs to be written into law," Reynolds said.... ...You will begin to receive our Daily On Iowa Politics updates. Add [email protected] to your contacts....

thegazette.com —  15+ hour, 26+ min ago

...Childers became the Hawks" first finalist at the inaugural Iowa High School Athletic Union's state wrestling tournament Saturday at Xtream Arena.... ...Cedar Rapids Prairie's Mackenzie Childers parlayed all of her hard work for a shot at her ultimate goal.... ...Vinton-Shellsburg's Bree Swenson played the spoiler.... ...The sophomore 125-pounder handled Council Bluffs Lewis Central's fourth-seeded Sophie Barnes, 10-2, in the semifinal....

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...They had just suffered their fourth consecutive loss, against Dubuque Senior. The locker room wasn't a happy place.... ..."Our team chemistry has been a little off," Kyla Mason said. "Our captains thought a team meeting might help us get it figured out.... ...emphatic 62-46 victory over 5A No. 11 Linn-Mar in a Mississippi Valley Conference girls" basketball game Friday night at Ron Thillen Gymnasium.... ..."I think that was one of the complaints (Tuesday)," Xavier Coach Tom Lilly said. "Not everybody was sharing the ball....

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...The University of Iowa athletics department made that announcement Friday. Tipoff for that game is 1 p.m. at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.... ...IOWA CITY -- Iowa's regular-season women's basketball finale Feb. 26 against Indiana is sold out.... ...The Hawkeyes have won seven straight games heading into their game at Penn State on Sunday; they play at Indiana next Thursday.... ...Tickets for home games with Rutgers (Feb. 12) and Wisconsin (Feb. 15) are still available....

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..."We own it," said Ferentz, the Hawkeyes" head coach who staunchly defended his offensive coordinator and oldest son Brian Wednesday.... ...news conference since the Music City Bowl in December.... ...With 251.6 yards per game, the Hawkeyes had the worst offense of any Big Ten team during Kirk Ferentz's 24 seasons as head coach.... ...Ferentz and athletics director Gary Barta are trying to change the narrative, though, from Iowa's yardage -- or lack of yardage -- to Iowa's points...

thegazette.com —  3+ hour, 34+ min ago

...CEDAR RAPIDS -- Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks released a video Friday saying he expects to decide about filing charges in the fatal stabbing... ..."The homicide of Devonna Walker is a very important case.... ...Walker was stabbed Jan. 2 in the 2100 block of North Towne Court NE.... ...Activists have been protesting regularly at the Cedar Rapids Police Department, asking for an arrest to be made....

thegazette.com —  8+ hour, 26+ min ago

...Legislative action to correct a miscalculation by the Iowa Department of Revenue will mean the loss of millions of dollars in property tax revenues... ...The city of Iowa City, for example, could lose $1.7 million.... ...But the change wasn't reflected in the Iowa Code. So the Department of Revenue miscalculated the residential rollback....

thegazette.com —  6+ hour, 10+ min ago

...Kim Reynolds on Friday named a new top general to lead the Iowa National Guard roughly two weeks after its current leader announced his retirement... ...Reynolds announced Brig. Stephen E. Osborn will succeed Maj.... ...Army National Guard's Maneuver Center of Excellence in Fort Benning, Ga.... ...Army War College....