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BY BROOKS TAYLORMt. Pleasant NewsWAYLAND ? While probably not quite as important as cash on hand, a school district?s spending authority is crucial to the district?s solvency.Spending authority does not mean cash on hand, nor does it increase property taxation. Rather, it?s akin to a credit card as the authority would be identical to the spending limit on a credit card. Iowa school districts cannot exceed ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? An accommodating schedule and perfectly placed bye week put Iowa in position for a good start.It's about to become more difficult for the Hawkeyes.Iowa (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) will finish 2013 against opponents who are a combined 25-11, with nearly half of those losses coming from Purdue.The Hawkeyes lost every game they played in the second half of 2012, but they're confident that the strides ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The Cardinals have been this close to the World Series before, and they don?t want to blow it this time.St. Louis got home runs from Matt Holliday and pinch-hitter Shane Robinson ? the first of the NL championship series ? and beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven playoff.The Cardinals have lost the NLCS both times they owned such a commanding ...

The eighth grade volleyball team hosted Ottumwa on Monday.The A team won a close match by the score of 13-21, 21-7, 15-13. The Trojans lost in Ottumwa earlier this season.?Both teams are good, so it made for a great rematch,? coach Trisha Copeland said.Ashley Pool led the team with five kills.The B team tied by the score of 17-21, 21-16. Claire Christensen had 10 serves and Carin Corrick had two kills.The C ...

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school football polls of the 2013 season with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:Class 4ARecordPtsPrv1. West Des Moines Dowling (14)7-014912. Pleasant Valley (1)7-013333. Ames7-012344. Waukee6-19555. Cedar Rapids Xavier6-16866. Iowa City High6-161NR7. West Des Moines ...

Van Buren FootballThe Van Buren football team lost Friday to Lone Tree 28-0.The Lone Tree defense frustrated Garrett Saunders, holding him to 108 yards passing and seven yards rushing.Casey Jones led the Warriors defense in tackles with 14. Saunders made 11 tackles on the night. Hunter Coffman had eight tackles.Brayden Starnes caught two interceptions. Fairfield JVThe Fairfield JV football team defeated ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) ? The University of Iowa will pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a former member of the women's rowing team who says the team's intense training workouts and lax oversight left her with debilitating leg injuries, both sides confirmed Monday.Margaret Krusing alleged in her lawsuit that former coach Mandi Kowal's excessive training regimen left her with chronic exertional syndrome, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? Games inside Arrowhead Stadium at the end of last season seemed as if they were being played inside a morgue. There was no energy. There was certainly no sound.Not with the Chiefs headed to a two-win season, one of the worst in franchise history.Things have changed dramatically in the less than a year, though. The roar has been restored in Kansas City ? a record-setting one at that ? and ...