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Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Lisa Bluder rubs her head as she walks off the court following Iowa's 76-75 loss to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in an NCAA college basketball game Monday, Feb. 11, 2013 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette-KCRG)

WBB: Huskers send Iowa to fourth straight loss

One-point defeat sends Iowa to 5-6 in the Big Ten, and tough stretch looms

IOWA CITY — The Iowa Hawkeyes ran out of time Monday night. They might be running out of opportunities. Nebraska’s Jordan Hooper scored 29 points, and the Hawkeyes’ last-ditch effort came up short in a 76-75 Big Ten women’s basketball loss in front of 3,937 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It was Iowa’s fourth straight defeat, and [...]

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WBB: Reeling Hawkeyes host Nebraska

Women's basketball: Iowa has lost three straight and approaching the NCAA bubble

IOWA CITY — Now it’s getting dicey. Three straight losses have moved the Iowa Hawkeyes into the second division of the Big Ten women’s basketball race. An NCAA Tournament bid, which seemed a slam dunk two weeks ago, is no longer a sure thing. The Hawkeyes (16-8 overall, 5-5 Big Ten) are approaching bubble status. [...]

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B1G Rewind: Finish line for Nebraska, Michigan

All Michigan needs is for the 4-7 Iowa Hawkeyes to beat Nebraska on Friday, then turn around and pop 11-0 Ohio State in Columbus on Saturday. Impossible? Hardly. Difficult to imagine? Pretty much. Nebraska and Michigan are tied the Legends Division at 6-1. With Nebraska’s 23-9 home win over a depleted Michigan on Oct. 27, [...]

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Robert Myers

Casey’s General Stores CEO joins Iowa Business Council

Robert Myers has been with the company 24 years

Robert Myers, president and chief executive officer of Casey’s General Stores, has accepted an invitation to join the Iowa Business Council. Myers, whose career with Casey’s General Stores started in 1988, was appointed to vice president of property support in 1992 and served as senior vice president and chief operating officer since 2003.  Shortly thereafter, [...]

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Meaghan Nelson earns first outdoor all-American honor w/video

By Rob Gray Gazette correspondent DES MOINES — Iowa State’s Meaghan Nelson paused, drew in a deep breath and put her hands on her hips. The former Xavier standout’s next move: High fives and hugs for family and friends leaning over a Drake Stadium railing. Her ultimate maneuver: Up the medal stand to fourth — [...]

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Tipton’s Miller, ISU’s Elahi, Iowa’s Doris gain gold at Drake Relays (w/video)

By Rob Gray Gazette correspondent  DES MOINES — Ashley Miller beamed, one hand on hip, one long-sought flag clutched in the other. As the former Tipton star-turned-Nebraska standout embarked on her first Drake Relays victory lap as a collegian on Saturday, she stopped to sign a pair of autographs. Another first, which drew another smile. [...]

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Quantrel Ward

Nebraska man charged in Cedar Rapids armed robbery

Victim reportedly tied up during Jan. 18 incident

A Nebraska man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Cedar Rapids in which a victim was tied up. Quantrel W. Ward, 19, of Lincoln, Neb., is charged with first-degree robbery after the Jan. 18 incident at 55 Florida Ct. SW. He is accused of displaying a knife during the crime, according [...]

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Health insurance co-op awarded loan in Iowa; Midwest Members Health will start new health insurance company

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  just announced that a nonprofit entity in Iowa and Nebraska, Midwest Members Health, known under the Affordable Care Act as a Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (or CO-OP), has received a loan award from the Department of Health and Human Services. More information can be found here: WASHINGTON, [...]

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Interstate 29, which connects Omaha, Neb., with Iowa at the Mormon Bridge, was flooded at the Iowa side June 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Corps to spend $1.8 million on flood repair work around Omaha

2011 flooding damaged many levees, drainage ditches along river

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $1.8 million to repair the flood-defense network around Omaha. The repairs being made around Omaha are part of the work being done along the Missouri River to prepare for spring. Last year’s historic flooding along the river damaged many of the levees and drainage ditches [...]

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Iowa Planned Parenthood not impacted by Pfizer birth control recall

CEDAR RAPIDS – Pfizer voluntarily recalled about one million packs of Lo-Ovral 28 birth control pills and its generic brand, Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol tablets. The drug company did this after learning some of the packets had the wrong amount of placebo-or inactive pills. Taking a packet with the wrong amount of active pills could [...]

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