Numbers are low this fall for Essex cross country but Ella Sandahl returns for her senior season, looking for a big finish
- Bryan Clark
Shenandoah girls cross country athletes Lilly Mather, Ava O’Rourke and Susie Babe preview the Mustangs’ season.
- Bryan Clark
The Shenandoah, Clarinda and Essex cross country teams were part of the field Tuesday at Shenandoah's Early Bird meet.
- Bryan Clark
Shenandoah's Teagan Brunk is the Southwest Iowa Herald Male Athlete of the Year
- Bryan Clark
Five Shenandoah Mustangs earned individual medals as the Mustangs fell three points short of winning their home early bird meet Tuesday, Aug. 25.
- Bryan Clark
Shenandoah's Ava O'Rourke, Lilly Mather and Susie Babe, as well as Essex's Ella Sandahl and Clarinda's Jenna King earned medals Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Shenandoah Early Bird Cross Country Meet.
- Bryan Clark
The Clarinda girls tennis team earned a 6-3 win Monday at Shenandoah.
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Coaches and front-office personnel spent a good chunk of Monday in the bunker at Halas Hall as the Chicago Bears zero in on evaluations for roster choices.
Many of the more than 100 residents in attendance protested the move. Council Member Gene Monk said at the last meeting, he voted to put a one-year moratorium in place, which was approved by the board in a 3-2 vote. He said it wasn’t until after the board voted that it was changed to be an approval to draft a moratorium. Monk argued the city council already approved a moratorium; they just needed to approve the language.
The U.S. Associate Attorney General participated in a roundtable discussion about U.S. Department of Justice grant funding and its local impact.
The chair of the Iowa House Higher Education Committee is urging universities in Iowa to release their responses to a national call to action from the U.S. secretary of education.
The replacement for "Beth," as Grassley would refer to his Hoover Concept Two vacuum, came from Iowa House Rep. Jacob Bossman, R-Sioux City, who works as his regional director.
A roundup of the good, the bad and the weird foods at the 2026 Iowa State Fair, from Lee Enterprises Des Moines Bureau Chief Hailey Peck.
A Macedonia woman has lost 124 pounds eight months after becoming one of the first patients in Jennie Edmundson’s new bariatric surgery program.
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Shenandoah's Teagan Brunk is the Southwest Iowa Herald Male Athlete of the Year
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