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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The bizarre nature of the college football season in the Big 12 can be summed up by the fact that TCU and Texas Tech, both having already fired their coaches, could be headed to bowl games in a few short weeks. In fact, half

WINTHROP, Iowa (AP) — Sheriff’s officials in northeastern Iowa say a 12-year-old girl was killed when the utility vehicle she was driving overturned and pinned her. Sheriff’s deputies say the crash happened Sunday evening in Buchanan County southeast of Winthrop. Investigators say the girl was driving a Polaris Ranger UTV and carrying a passenger when

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Cedar Rapids contractor will pay $40,000 as part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought over improper asbestos removal from Washington High School during renovations in 2014 and 2015. The Gazette reports that a judge signed the order Monday to resolve a 2019 lawsuit the state of Iowa brought

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Five teenagers have been arrested after shots were fired from their car at police during a chase from Omaha, east into Iowa and back into Omaha. Omaha police said that the five people arrested early Monday morning were a woman who turned 19 on Monday, an 18-year-old man, two 17-year-old boys

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in rural western Iowa say a shooting involving a married couple that stemmed from a domestic disturbance left a woman dead and her husband wounded. Investigators say the shooting happened Sunday morning at a home in Pottawattamie County just east of Council Bluffs. Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Doty said in

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities in rural western Iowa say one person has been killed and another wounded in a shooting that stemmed from a domestic disturbance. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the shooting happened Sunday morning at a home in Pottawattamie County just east of Council Bluffs. Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Doty says deputies

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — Fire officials say a woman has died in a house fire in Bettendorf. Firefighters were called to the home late Saturday night and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the rear of the house. Officials say a man was able to escape from the burning home, but a woman was

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines are investigating a shooting over the weekend that critically wounded a 15-year-old boy. Police say the shooting happened late Sunday morning, when officers were called to an area in the Evelyn Davis Park neighborhood. Arriving officers found someone performing CPR on the wounded teen, who was

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old man was critically injured in a shooting in Fort Dodge Sunday. Fort Dodge police said the shooting was reported around 4:20 a.m. Sunday. When officers arrived they found the man with gunshot wounds in his abdomen. The victim was taken to an area hospital and later flown to

By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Alex Padilla took over for the banged-up Spencer Petras and led three scoring drives, Tyler Goodson ran for 141 yards and a touchdown and No. 19 Iowa beat Northwestern 17-12 to stop a two-game losing streak. The Hawkeyes got the bounce-back win they were seeking

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) — Austin Day found Hunter Cobb with a 10-yard pass in the final 10 seconds of the third quarter as Marist broke a scoreless tie against Drake, 7-0. Teddy Wright’s third-down sack of Drake’s Ian Corwin helped Marist preserve the shutout, a first at Tenney Field since the 2013 season. A Drake

CLERMONT, Iowa (AP) — A man is dead after a farm accident in northeastern Iowa. Fayette County deputies responding to a 911 call Thursday afternoon found 38-year-old Evan Pape of Luana pinned between a corn wagon and his service truck in a cornfield near the town of Clermont. The sheriff’s department said in a posting

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A woman shot by a Des Moines police officer last month has been released from the hospital, and is now facing charges. KCCI-TV reports that 35-year-old Katherine Margaret Louise Mehle of Des Moines is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault on a police officer with a dangerous weapon

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Court hearings have been set for Nov. 12 for two Iowa teens charged with murder in the death of high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber. Her family was left pondering what could have prompted such a violent act against Graber. Her daughter Nohema Marie Graber

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say a man who shot an air rifle at a squirrel in his yard unintentionally seriously wounded a Missouri man who was driving by. Authorities say 69-year-old Philip Olson, of Iowa City, turned himself in to police three days after the 20-year-old man was found Oct. 17 in

By DAVID A. LIEB, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 27 states have filed federal lawsuits challenging a vaccine mandate for employers issued by the Biden administration. They generally contend that the authority to compel vaccinations rests with the states, not the federal government. The

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed the state’s redistricting plan into law, finalizing the once-in-a-decade task complicated this year by late U.S. Census data that pushed the state past constitutional deadlines. Reynolds announced Thursday night she had signed legislation redrawing the legislative and congressional districts.

FORT MADISON, Iowa (AP) — A 17-year-old from the southeastern Iowa town of Fort Madison is now charged in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy. Authorities said Thursday that Dimari D.J. Meredith was charged with first-degree murder. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had an attorney. The victim’s name and information about a possible

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Jonathan Johnson spent weeks on a ventilator battling COVID-19, then decided to get married — in the hospital. The Omaha World-Herald reports that the 28-year-old man surprised his fiancée with the help of hospital staff and arranged a wedding in the intensive care unit of the hospital in Council Bluffs,