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AMES (AP) ? The start of the Big 12 track and field championships has been postponed by a winter storm that buried parts of the Midwest in more than a foot of snow.The meet was scheduled to start Friday on the campus of Iowa State but some teams and officials were not going to be able to arrive in Ames on time.The competition will follow the original schedule but now be held Saturday and Sunday. Action will ...

The looming winter storm dubbed ?Q? hasn?t even hit the nation?s midsection yet, but already it is having a major impact on boys? district final games across the state of Iowa.Among the many postponements is the Class 1A District 9 final between Pekin and Danville, originally scheduled to be played today in Muscatine. The game has been pushed back to 7 p.m. Friday, but it remains in Muscatine.Danville, the ...

KEOTA ? Nerves got the best of young Pekin early in its district semifinal game Tuesday, but the visitors settled down in time to pick up a 52-42 victory over host Keota.?It was pretty ugly, but we did get the win,? said Pekin head coach Ken Hutchinson. ?Offensively it was a struggle. I think part of it had to do with nerves. We missed some shots early on, and I think we let that linger.?While it may not have ...

DANVILLE ? Steven Soukup scored 45 points and the Danville boys advanced to the Class 1A District 9 final with an 80-40 victory over Van Buren on Tuesday.Danville, which also received 16 points from brother Michael Soukup, led 26-11 after the first quarter. The Warriors chopped the 15-point deficit to 26-23 midway through the second quarter, but Danville answered with a 20-2 run to end the first half.In the ...

Outside of Fairfield, nobody probably saw this coming.The Trojan girls? basketball team advanced to the Class 4A Region 5 final with a win over Oskaloosa on Saturday. The only team standing between them and the program?s first trip to Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines since 1990 is third-ranked Benton (20-2) today.The Trojans, who had a 9-12 regular season record, have upset two straight teams in the postseason ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? The University of Iowa officials will reseat ticket holders at Kinnick Stadium for just the second time starting in 2014.The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that most season ticket holders won't need to pay more to stay where they are. But about 1,600 seats near the south end zone will now require a $50 contribution by 2014.The school is also increasing the amount that fans need to donate to ...

Henry County deputies investigated a domestic abuse case and engaged in a chase with a motorist in recent days.Deputies were called on June 19 to a domestic disturbance in the 1800 block of Green Valley Drive. As a result of the incident, Maurah Leonard, of Mt. Pleasant, was charged with two serious misdemeanors ? domestic assault and assault on a police officer.On June 17, deputies attempted to conduct a ...

DES MOINES ? Trailing 5-1 in his state opener Thursday, Fairfield senior wrestler Seth Davisson was one period away from a possible defeat.The 170-pound senior then went on a dramatic run.Seconds into the third period of his opening match, Davisson took down his Perry opponent Schyler Knoll for a pin, then won three of his next five matches to earn a fifth-place medal at the individual state tournament at Wells ...