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Christina Crippes, WCF Courier CEDAR FALLS ? Iowa Regent Larry McKibben made clear from the outset of the tuition task force?s first meeting members are looking to be change agents.?We?re going to find changes and find things that are more efficient and better that improve all three of our universities,? said McKibben, who chairs the panel.He added, ?This isn?t going to happen overnight. ? This is a long-term ...

For most high school seniors, the choice of where to go to college is a frustrating, time-consuming process. For an athlete, it can get even crazier due to numerous recruitment letters, campus visits and options. For Fairfield?s Mikaela Amendt, the decision is made, the weight lifted and the senior can now look forward to what?s left of her senior year, as she signed a letter of intent to attend Culver-Stockton ...

The defensive intensity picked up in the second half, and the Cardinal boys? basketball team couldn?t keep pace with Highland, as the Comets suffered a 66-47 loss in the season opener.The Comets were outscored 24-11 in the third quarter against the Huskies, in a quarter that head coach Jay Olson thought defined the game.?I think legs caught up to us,? Olson said. ?It?s our first game out, and we aren?t too ...

The long ball was keeping Cardinal in the game through the first half.Eighteen of the 25 first-half points that the Comet girls? basketball team scored on Tuesday night came from behind the 3-point line, and they were sticking around against Highland at the break. Despite sticking within nine points, the Huskies didn?t allow Cardinal to stick around in the second half, utilizing a 15-5 run to open the third ...

By Brooks Taylor, Mt. Pleasant News Although it will be 18-24 months before Henry County has a new law enforcement center/jail, people already are asking what uses are planned for the current sheriff?s office and jail.County supervisors briefly discussed the matter late last winter when the plans for the new sheriff?s complex was in its infancy but never came close to making a decision.However, one use for ...

By Gazette Des Moines Bureau CLIVE ? Officials with the Iowa Lottery announced plans Thursday to revamp some of the lotto games available ? most notably calling an end to their Hot Lotto game this fall.The lotteries in Iowa and 13 other U.S. states that sell the $1 game have decided to end it and the final Hot Lotto drawing is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, said lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer. The game ...

By Sarah Ritter, Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE ? U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, visited a farm in Muscatine County Wednesday afternoon to discuss the future of the farm bill, crop insurance and other issues affecting rural Iowans.Loebsack, who represents Iowa?s Second District, met with about 10 Muscatine farmers, as part of his tour of small businesses this week in rural communities. Farmers asked the ...

By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette CEDAR RAPIDS ? Rather than spending state resources making it harder to vote, Jim Mowrer believes Iowa?s Secretary of State should be doing everything possible to make voting accessible to more Iowans.Mowrer, an Army veteran and a two-time U.S. House candidate, formally announced Thursday he is seeking the seat held by Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate in 2018. His focus ...