NEWS

Former Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont volleyball star Karlie Taylor is having quite the senior year at the University of Northern Iowa.  Taylor was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year during last week’s MVC Conference tournament. …

By TERRY SPENCER MIAMI (AP) — After Richard Branson announced his Virgin Group would partner with Brightline, Florida’s new higher-speed passenger rail service, a train whisked the British billionaire, VIPs and journalists from Miami to…

Monday night (12/2) is the first night that boys’ high school basketball teams in Iowa can play games.  There are two boys and girls doubleheaders on tap: Grinnell at South Tama and Tri-County at Moravia. …

Two people were killed and one was injured Friday morning (11/29) after a one car crash in Colfax.  The Iowa State Patrol says the driver, 23-year-old Dallis Harrison of Newton and passenger 16-year-old Isaiah Eilander…

Eric Clapton announced a concert to celebrate the life of his Cream and Blind Faith bandmate Ginger Baker. "Eric Clapton & Friends: A Tribute to Ginger Baker" will take place on February 17 at London's…

By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP) — British police cleared the area around London Bridge in the center of the British capital on Friday following a stabbing and shooting incident that left several…

William Penn’s men's basketball team is ranked sixth in the new NAIA national poll, dropping two spots from fourth.  The Statesmen men’s and women’s basketball teams take on Clarke Monday night (12/2) in Dubuque.xosotin chelseathông…

Montezuma’s Shateah Wetering recently signed a national letter of intent to play for the Hawkeye women next season.  The senior is part of what’s considered the 15th best recruiting class in the country by one national…

There’s going to be plenty going on in Sigourney on Saturday (11/30).  Staci White is the executive director of the Sigourney Christmas Festival. "We start off with our Rudolph Run, we have a vendor fair,…

Neil Young has announced plans to release his long-awaited album Homegrown next year, about 45 years after the album was originally shelved. On his Neil Young Archives website, the rock icon wrote, "Homegrown will be…