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DES MOINES — Aidan Jacobsen never met his late grandfather. But when Aidan competes, a piece of Dean Jacobsen — his wedding band, to be precise — comes along for the ride.
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DES MOINES — They were virtually unrecognizable. Gone, at least for this weekend, were Iowa City West’s trademark bright yellow girls’ track and field uniforms. “Banana suits,” coined by some.
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IOWA CITY — Another player will go from the UNI-Dome to the NFL. Northern Iowa defensive lineman Khristian Boyd was the No. 199 overall pick in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday.
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IOWA CITY — Logan Lee is the latest Iowa defensive lineman to find a home in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers took Lee off the board with the No. 178 overall pick early in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
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IOWA CITY — T.J. Tampa will be headed to Baltimore. The Ravens selected the Iowa State cornerback in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday.
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IOWA CITY — Iowa’s fan-favorite punter is headed to the Windy City. The Chicago Bears drafted Tory Taylor with the No. 122 overall pick in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Saturday.
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Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, wandered out of a hospital room to charge a cellphone he imagined he had. When he wouldn’t sit still, the police officer escorting Grant body-slammed him, ricocheting the patient’s head off the floor. Taylor Ware, a former Marine and aspiring college student, walked the grassy grounds of an interstate...
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IOWA CITY — “Tight End U” has another tight end on their way to the NFL. The Cincinnati Bengals drafted Erick All in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft with the No. 115 overall pick. It is a homecoming for All, who is from nearby Fairfield, Ohio.
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At least 10 tornadoes ripped late Friday through Western and Central Iowa, flattening scores of homes and businesses and injuring several — and more storms are on the way for the state. Over a thousand customers in Western Iowa remained without power Saturday afternoon, including in Pottawattamie County, which suffered some of the storm system’s...
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IOWA CITY — Officially, Cooper DeJean was a second-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. But as the Philadelphia Eagles see it, they drafted a second first-round-caliber player, just at No. 40 overall instead of No. 22.
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