ATLANTIC – The best season in recent memory for Atlantic is about to hit the post-season.
It’s been a weird season, with at least two area teams spending time on the COVID-19 sidelines this past season.
ATLANTIC – The best season in recent memory for Atlantic is about to hit the post-season.
It’s been a weird season, with at least two area teams spending time on the COVID-19 sidelines this past season.
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AUDUBON — The undefeated Audubon Wheelers returned to the gridiron Friday night after a two-week layoff due to a Coronavirus outbreak and while by Audubon standards it took a while to shake of…
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TABOR – Fremont-Mills ended Exira-EHK’s season, handing the Spartans a 51-6 loss Friday night in the first round of the Iowa eight-man playoffs.
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Interviews from the Western Iowa Conference cross country meet, including AHSTW's Julia Kock and Chloe Falkena, and Audubon's Grace Slater and Hannah Thygesen.
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(The Center Square) – If a $15 an hour minimum wage were implemented nationwide, more than 2 million jobs would be lost, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Employment Policies Institute (EPI).
A roundup of campaign news items of interest for Monday, October 19, 2020:
SPRINGFIELD – A Sangamon County judge has ruled local units of government are exempt from a law the General Assembly passed this year declaring the Nov. 3 general election as a state holiday and requiring all government offices to be closed that day, unless they are used as polling places or for other election-related services.
A roundup of campaign news items of interest for Monday:
SPRINGFIELD – State officials on Monday announced the opening of a second round of grant opportunities for businesses and organizations to expand access to broadband internet service in underserved communities.
With a rare combination of size and speed, Chenal is set to start in a key spot for the Badgers defense.
Much of this opening list is going to be guesswork. After all, it’s been a 10-month offseason. Even so, here's what we came up with.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The formula the San Francisco 49ers used to get back on the winning track against the Los Angeles Rams was a familiar one.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The pressure is off coach Joe Judge and the New York Giants.
He's rushed for 2,238 total yards the past two seasons, although the Arizona Wildcats kept him mostly quiet in the 2019 contest.
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CARROLL — One subject was hospitalized and four arrested after a shooting in Carroll just before midnight on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
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CARROLL - Arrests have been made after a reported shooting early Wednesday morning in Carroll. Police Chief Brad Burke reported that the incident happened in the 500 block of East 18th Street …
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LC Clinic is holding a Community meeting open to the general public to learn about LC Clinic and its plans to open its third pregnancy medical clinic soon in Atlantic. This meeting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Memorial Building in Audubon, 410 N Park Place. …
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AUDUBON — With the number of hospitalizations across the state climbing, Governor Kim Reynolds said, “Yesterday, we reached an all-time high of 444 Iowans hospitalized across the state and this is disappointing news and sadly it’s what can happen when we are experiencing community spread,” a…
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Early mornings, feet pounding, heart racing, my book playing in my headphones. This is what gets me through every day. I am an avid runner and actually enjoy doing it daily. When I was in 4th grade, I learned that you could get a Presidential Award for running the mile at a certain speed. Th…
There’s no question about it: the last several months have been different, to say the least.
As challenging as the pandemic made spring and summer, it promises to make flu season significantly more difficult than usual, some in the medical community are saying.
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Kamala Harris has returned to the campaign trail with rallies in Florida to mark the first day of voting in the Sunshine State. She was briefly absent when people connected with her team tested positive for the coronavirus. (Oct. 19)
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Cass County Conservation is hosting their sixth biennial Lighted Halloween Campground on Saturday, Oct. 24 at Cold Springs Park in Lewis, from 7-9 p.m. This event is a great non-scary, family friendly, free drive into the night!
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(The Center Square) – If a $15 an hour minimum wage were implemented nationwide, more than 2 million jobs would be lost, according to a new report published by the nonprofit Employment Policies Institute (EPI).
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wasting no time, the Senate is on track to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by next Monday, charging toward a rare weekend session as Republicans push past procedural steps to install President Donald Trump's pick before Election Day.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Monday reimposed an order from Gov. Tony Evers’ administration limiting the number of people who can gather in bars, restaurants and other indoor venues to 25% of capacity.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border: one about a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings and a second about the administration's use of money to fund the border wall.
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea's opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo has declared himself the winner of the West African country's presidential election before the official results have been announced.
CAIRO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, a move that would open the door for the African country to get the international loans and aid that are essential for reviving its battered economy and rescue the count…
LONDON (AP) — Wales has become the second nation in the United Kingdom to lock down large swaths of its economy to combat rising coronavirus infections, even as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting loud calls to do the same throughout England.
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — More reports of shelling on Monday challenged the new cease-fire in the conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces has raged for over three weeks.
