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.
- Bryan Clark
Clarinda's Addison Wagoner is the Southwest Iowa Herald Female Athlete of the Year
- Bryan Clark
The Shenandoah girls tennis team lost a home dual Monday 6-3 against Clarinda.
- Bryan Clark
The Clarinda girls tennis team earned a 6-3 win Monday at Shenandoah.
- Bryan Clark
Sidney volleyball’s goals and expectations are both quite high as the Cowgirls look to advance to a second straight state tournament
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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.
A judge has ordered the federal government to immediately release an immigrant held in an Iowa jail, saying it’s “hard to take seriously” the U.S. Department of Justice’s arguments.
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Clarinda's Addison Wagoner is the Southwest Iowa Herald Female Athlete of the Year
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