IOWA CITY — Iowa’s men’s basketball program is weighing the possibility of playing either a game or an exhibition in Sioux City next season, Athletics Director Gary Barta confirmed to The Gazette. Barta said nothing is “imminent” but with three current starters hailing from the Sioux City area, the situation has piqued athletics officials’ interest. “We [...]
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Kathryn Woerner, a teacher at Vernon Middle School in Marion, is the winner of the Iowa State Education Association’s 2012 Excellence in Education Award. Woerner teaches seventh grade social studies at the middle school, which is part of the Marion Independent School District. The award comes with a $1,000 individual cash prize from the Iowa [...]
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Gov. Branstad Thursday announced the appointments of individuals to Iowa’s boards and commissions. The following appointees’ term begins on May 1, 2012, unless otherwise noted and are subject to Senate confirmation: Accountancy Examining Board Robert Snodgrass, Creston Tommy Thompson, Fairfield Evelyn Rank, Clarinda Commission on the Status of African Americans Clair Rudison Jr., Des Moines [...]
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DES MOINES — Sioux City Heelan went to transition. And made a transformation. Down 10 points after one quarter, the third-ranked Crusaders went into overdrive and defeated No. 6 Dubuque Wahlert, 77-60, in a Class 3A quarterfinal at the girls’ state basketball tournament Tuesday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena. “Our shots started falling, and [...]
continue »BOYS BASKETBALL 1A District 2 Substate 1 Championship Dunlap Boyer Valley 46, Onawa West Monona 42 1A District 3 Substate 2 Championship Kingsley-Pierson 66, Le Mars Gehlen Catholic 55 1A District 4 Substate 2 Championship Boyden-Hull 63, Rock Rapids Central Lyon 43 1A District 5 Substate 3 Championship Storm Lake St. Mary’s 55, Harris-Lake Park [...]
continue »Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG picks the Class 3A girls’ state basketball tournament: Quarterfinals Sioux City Heelan 60, Dubuque Wahlert 54 MOC-Floyd Valley 58, Bondurant-Farrar 47 Davenport Assumption 49, Glenwood 42 Benton Community 47, Ballard 45 Semifinals Sioux City Heelan 59, MOC-Floyd Valley 51 Davenport Assumption 50, Benton Community 41 Championship Sioux City Heelan 54, [...]
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SIOUX CITY — A Cedar Rapids man who robbed Hills Bank and Trust last June while on federal supervised release for a 1990 bank robbery was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to 24 years in federal prison. Robert M. Rutan, 67, pleaded guilty in September to robbing Hills Bank and Trust on June 3. [...]
continue »BOYS BASKETBALL 1A District 1 Substate 1 Semifinal Council Bluffs St. Albert 59, East Mills 49 Treynor 54, Tabor Fremont-Mills 45 1A District 10 Substate 5 Semifinal Bellevue Marquette 44, Calamus-Wheatland 34 Lisbon 34, Preston 24 1A District 11 Substate 6 Semifinal Kalona Iowa Mennonite 75, Victor HLV 43 Lone Tree 76, Cedar Valley 63 [...]
continue »The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right: Class 4A Record Pts Prv 1. Ankeny (3) 21-0 93 2 2. Iowa City West (7) 21-0 88 1 3. Cedar Falls 19-2 80 3 4. [...]
continue »BOYS BASKETBALL 4A Substate 1 Quarterfinal Council Bluffs Lewis Central 69, Council Bluffs Lincoln 30 Sioux City West 65, Council Bluffs Jefferson 54 4A Substate 2 Quarterfinal Ames 72, Boone 53 Fort Dodge 52, Newton 51 4A Substate 3 Quarterfinal Marshalltown 61, Mason City 60, OT Waterloo West 68, Waterloo East 58 4A Substate 4 [...]
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