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ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The Big Ten is the latest Power Five conference to announce that a team must forfeit if it doesn’t have enough players available for a league game because of COVID-19. The Big Ten said the team that forfeits will be assessed a loss in the conference standings and its opponent will

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — One person is dead and another person has been arrested after a shooting in Sioux City. Police said the shooting was reported shortly before 9:45 a.m. Sunday in the 200 block of 21st Street. Authorities did not immediately release many details about the shooting. The names of the victim and

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A human body was found in the Big Sioux River in Sioux City on Saturday. The Sioux City Fire and Rescue department was called out to retrieve the body Saturday evening. A fisherman reported seeing the body peaking out of the water around 6 p.m. Saturday. The body was taken

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A rock band has canceled an Iowa concert because of the state’s so-called vaccine passport ban. The Des Moines Register reports the band Spoon nixed its Sept. 9 show. The band posted on Instagram that it wanted Des Moines’ Hoyt Sherman Place to require concertgoers to show proof of vaccination

Major League Baseball returns to the Field of Dreams site next season. The Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs will play a regular-season game in Dyersville, Iowa, on Aug. 11, 2022, at a temporary venue built next to the site where the iconic 1989 movie was filmed. That follows the inaugural game at the site last

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — A man who killed a Fort Dodge pastor outside a church has been sentenced to life in prison. Joshua Pendleton was sentenced Friday after being convicted in April of first-degree murder in the death of Rev. Al Henderson. The pastor was found unresponsive outside St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says an Iowa man seen in a videotaped confrontation with a police officer during the Capitol insurrection should be returned to jail until trial because he violated terms of his release by watching anti-government internet videos about the Jan. 6 attack. Douglas Jensen

AMES, Iowa (AP) — An Ames man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after police found a woman dead inside an Ames apartment. The discovery was made shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, when officers sent to an apartment for a welfare check discovered a woman dead there. Police have not released the name

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man has sued an eastern Nebraska county, its sheriff and several deputies, saying their lack of training led one of the deputies to shoot him in the eye with a pepper ball during a protest last year. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 24-year-old Adam Keup, of Council Bluffs, Iowa,

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Recreational vehicle and boat manufacturer Winnebago Industries is moving its corporate headquarters from Iowa to Minnesota. The company has been based in Forest City, Iowa, since its founding in 1958. It said Thursday that the official shift to Eden Prairie, Minnesota will be effective Dec.

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery players will get more chances to win giant jackpots as the Powerball game shifts to three drawings a week in an effort to build larger prizes and boost sales. The expansion will begin Monday, Aug. 23, marking the first time the game will expand

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press An Iowa investigation has found that sheriff’s deputies erred when they did not investigate a neighboring county prosecutor for drunk driving after encountering her intoxicated in her car on the side of a highway one night in 2019. Critics have questioned whether assistant Jackson County Attorney Amanda Lassance received

ONAWA, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old Mapleton man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for killing a 16-year-old. Jay Neubaum was sentenced Thursday in the death of Joseph Hopkins in January 2020. Neubaum was convicted in May of second-degree murder. Investigators determined Hopkins died of a gunshot wound to the head. Police found

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is lashing out at President Joe Biden after he ordered his education secretary to explore possible legal action against states including Iowa that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students against COVID-19. Education Secretary

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race has been sentenced to 25 years in prison on federal hate crimes charges. Nicole Poole Franklin had already been sentenced to up to 25 years on

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A pair of new lawsuits contend the office of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is illegally delaying the release of public records related to its $26 million, no-bid coronavirus testing contract. Reynolds and her office’s public records custodian are the latest officials to be accused

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer IndyCar will return to Iowa Speedway for a July doubleheader next season. Iowa is a short oval track beloved by fans and drivers that had fallen off the schedule after 14 years. Iowa Speedway opened in 2006 and IndyCar added it to its schedule the next season. IndyCar

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Police say a bicyclist has died after being hit by a pickup truck in north-central Iowa. Police report that the crash happened around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, when a 94-year-old man driving the pickup truck southbound on a city street hit the bicyclist, who was also southbound. The cyclist, identified as

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states suggests continued economic growth in the region, but some say worsening drought could threaten their banks. The overall Rural Mainstreet economic index dropped slightly in August to 65.3 from July’s 65.6. Any score above 50 suggests

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer President Joe Biden has ordered his Education secretary to explore possible legal action against states that have blocked school mask mandates and other public health measures meant to protect students. Biden’s order takes aim at Republican governors in Florida, Texas and other states that have barred schools from mandating