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Some members of the North Scott baseball team began their Saturday at 7:45 a.m. to prep the stadium for the Lancer Invitational. They shut the front gate close to 10 p.m. that night as champions of ...

With state playoffs in the books, it is time for the high school soccer awards to roll in. This year, eight Lancers received recognition for their play in the Mississippi Athletic Conference. Senior ...

Brenna Bird and the Trump administration apparently don’t see eye to eye when it comes to what constitutes hindering the enforcement of federal immigration laws. At least not when it comes to one ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds signed more than 20 bills into law Friday, including funding for the state’s Opioid Settlement Fund and state-level Medicaid work requirements. The governor has a little more than a ...

The final stop on the Iowa high school tennis tour brought Lancers Lucas Persson and Maddy Jepsen to Marshalltown for the coed state doubles tournament. For the second year in a row, they are walking ...

I never thought I had much in common with Elon Musk, but when he said the “One Big Beautiful Bill” could be big or beautiful but not both, he caught my attention. When he referred to the budget bill ...

Masked Department of Homeland Security officials in tactical gear carried out several raids in Los Angeles designed to provoke conflict. Trump’s narrative that L.A. is under siege does not stick. The ...

As the weather improves and Scott County residents look forward to water crafting activities, North Scott Junior High teacher Courtney Wiedenmann’s students spent a day last month at the Regional ...

President Donald Trump and U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa have refiled their lawsuit against the Des Moines Register and its former pollster, J. Ann Selzer, over the results of a 2024 Iowa ...

Thursday, May 29 4:23 p.m. — Complaint of juveniles causing a disturbance in the 600 block of East LeClaire Road. Handled by officer. 6:43 p.m. — Complaint of juveniles lunging in front of vehicles in ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “healthier and cheaper” alternative to federal summer food assistance programs is again facing criticism that it is less convenient and covers fewer food-insecure Iowans than the ...