Nebraska beat Northern Iowa 4-0 in the NCAA softball regional tournament on Friday.

The Panthers play Tulsa Saturday in an elimination game.

This week’s show features a roundtable discussion on Immigration reform, battered Obama and the slow road to legislative shutdown. This episode features The Gazette’s political reporter James Lynch, Quad City Times political writer Ed Tibbetts, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier political writer Jon Ericson and Iowa Lee Bureau Chief Mike Wiser. The show was produced by The [...]

Reporter K.J. Pilcher talks with driver Brian Gibson about defending his Hawkeye Downs points title.

As it tries to market itself to new viewers and tries to improve itself in advance of the IOC’s September vote, wrestling gets a TV audience on Wednesday. The United States and Iran will wrestle against each other in Grand Central Station in New York City, in a made-for-TV event called the “Rumble on the [...]

A roundtable discussion of immigration reform, the races for the US Senate and Iowa 1st District, and gender balance on local government boards. This episode features The Gazette’s political reporter James Lynch, Quad City Times political reporter Ed Tibbetts, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier politics writer Jon Ericson and Gazette columnist Todd Dorman. The show was produced [...]

Community contributor Chad Cooper talks to Iowa Conference (IIAC) commissioner Chuck Yrigoyen about the baseball and softball tournaments and the conference as a whole.

Sports editor Nick Pugliese and community sports editor J.R. Ogden talk about the Gazette’s high school journalism program, which attracts high school writers to write for the sports websites of the Iowa SourceMedia Group, which includes iowaprepsports.com and more.

This year’s legislative session is winding down, dueling videos in education reform, Steve King’s embarrassment and Bill Northey decides to stay put. Featuring James Lynch, Ed Tibbetts, Mike Wiser and Jon Ericson. The show was produced by Max Freund and music heard in the podcast is courtesy of Craig Erickson of Cedar Rapids and Copperhead. [...]

Kernels reporter Jeff Johnson talks with the team’s manager Jake Mauer about his club’s recent winning streak, Byron Buxton and more.

Mental health and public safety, electoral politics and the resurrection of the fuel tax on this week’s episode. This week’s show features The Gazette’s political reporter James Lynch, Quad City Times political reporter Ed Tibbetts, Lee Iowa Bureau Chief Mike Wiser and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier political reporter Jon Ericson. The show was produced by The [...]

  FRY fest – A Celebration of All that is Hawkeye, presented by MidWest One Bank, is proud to announce Chris Cagle as the scheduled headliner for the FRY fest concert at 8:30 pm on August 30, 2013. Special guest, Dustin Lynch will open for Chris Cagle at 7:00 pm on the Two Rivers Bank & [...]

Spring is FINALLY here and in full swing. The grass is turning green, fields are being sown, fuzzy, fluffy, newborns in all forms are entering the world.  Why not celebrate the changing of our Iowa surroundings and introduce your palate to a gamut of new wines appropriate for those (hopefully) warmer days. We will be sampling [...]

Each week, Hoopla and the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance team up to showcase arts and culture events in Eastern Iowa. Below are the hidden gems:   The Amana Colonies Convention and Visitors Bureau invites you to the Homestead Journey Progressive Dinner on Saturday, April 27, at 6:00 p.m. Enjoy a delicious meal visiting the Amana Heritage Society’s historical sites [...]

Immigration reform introduced on Capitol Hill, campaign money moving in Iowa and women in politics on this week’s episode. This week’s episode features Gazette political writer James Lynch, Ed Tibbetts political writer for the Quad City Times, Lee Enterprises Iowa Bureau Chief  Mike Wiser and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reporter Jon Ericson. The show was produced [...]

IOWA CITY – Heavy rain overnight, in addition to heavy rain over the past 36 hours, has lead to additional flash flooding issues across Eastern Iowa.In Iowa City, a mudslide overnight at the Mayflower dorms on the University of Iowa campus caused minor damage to vehicles in the parking lot. Dubuque Street is closed at [...]

By Deb Neyens Doug Koempel wants to make sure no one forgets Tommy Stahr and his contributions to Iowa’s rock and roll legacy. Tommy, the long-time lead guitarist for the Rubber Band, a 2010 Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, lost a long battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in September 2012. After Tommy’s death, Doug [...]

This week’s episode features a “shrewd” move on education reform, a claim of Washington-style politics in Iowa over Senate confirmations and real Washington-style politics in Washington over gun control. This week’s show features Gazette political reporter  James Lynch, Quad City Times political reporter Ed Tibbetts, Lee Enterprises Iowa Bureau Chief Mike Wiser and Waterloo-Cedar Falls [...]