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Hart says date of Iowa Democrats’ 2024 Caucuses undecided

News

August 11th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart says Democrats have not yet decided whether to hold their Caucuses on the same night as Iowa Republicans. The Iowa G-O-P announced in July their first-in-the-nation Caucuses will be held on January 15th. Hart says she’s not going to commit to that date until the Iowa Democratic Party’s State Central Committee reaches a consensus.

“We’ve said from the very beginning that we would have the Caucuses on the same day as the Republicans,” Hart says. “I certainly would like to see that we are able to do that.”

The two major parties have typically held their Caucuses on the same night as the first voting event in presidential campaign seasons. National Democrats have decided South Carolina will vote first in 2024, followed by four other states. Iowa Republicans have secured the opening spot in their party’s 2024 nominating process. Hart says Democrats were not consulted when Republicans announced their Caucuses would be held on January 15th — the Martin Luther King, Junior holiday.

“I think in the past Republicans and Democrats have worked together on determining that date,” Hart says, “so it was disappointing that we did not have any input.”

Hart says she’s speaking with black leaders around the state to see if they are concerned the Democratic Party’s Caucuses would conflict with events to mark the Martin Luther King, Junior holiday. In 2004, Iowa Democrats and Republicans held their Caucuses on M-L-K Day. Hart made her comments during taping of the “Iowa Press” program that airs tonight (Friday) on Iowa P-B-S.

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Pence says Trump should debate his GOP rivals

News

August 11th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Former Vice President Mike Pence says he’s looking forward to a vigorous discussion as the 2024 Republican presidential candidates debate on August 23rd. Eight candidates have qualified for the debate in Milwaukee, but former President Trump has not yet announced whether he’ll be there. Pence says the debate will give voters a fresh look at him and the other candidates.

“Everyone that is standing for the Republican nomination, from my former running mate on down, ought to be on that stage, ought to be making their case,” Pence said, “and we’ll let the American people decide.” Pence spoke at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair Thursday, and briefly debated a man in the crowd. Pence was asked why he committed treason on January 6th, a reference to Pence’s role in certifying Joe Biden’s Electoral College win. A couple of other people in the crowd booed and Pence intervened.

“It’s a fair question. Look, come on people. That’s why I came…There’s almost no idea more un-American than the notion that one person could pick the American president. The American presidency belongs to the American people and the American people alone,” Pence said, to applause and cheers from many in the crowd. North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum — also campaigning at the State Fair — told reporters he doesn’t need a break through moment in the debate.

“Debate prep looks like this: being at the Fair, talking to real American citizens,” Burgum said. “We’re not going in some closet and trying to memorize lines. We’re talking to real people and what they’re concerned about. They’re concerned about inflation.”

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was at the fair Thursday to offer the Democratic Party’s rebuttal to the G-O-P candidates. “Democrats are going to vote and they’re going to vote for President Biden,” Walz said. “They know what the alternative is.”

Four G-O-P presidential candidates will be at the State Fair today (Friday) and each will appear with Governor Reynolds for one of her Fair Side Chats.

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RICHARD W. DOLAN, 79, of Casey (Mass of Christian Burial 8/16/23)

Obituaries

August 10th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

RICHARD W. DOLAN, 79, of Casey, died Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023, at Community Care Center, in Stuart. A Mass of Christian Burial for RICHARD DOLAN will be held 10:30-a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Adair.  Schmidt Family Funeral Home, in Adair has the arrangements.

Visitation with the family present will be held on Tuesday, August 15th from 6:00 p.m. to  8:00 p.m. at the Schmidt Family Funeral Home in Adair.

The family invites you to join them for a luncheon at the 5×80 Golf and Country Club in Menlo immediately following the services, Wednesday.

Burial is in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery, in Casey.

Memorials can be made in his name and left or mailed to the funeral home at P.O. Box 523 – Atlantic, IA 50022 and will be designated at a later date.

RICHARD DOLAN is survived by:

His son  – Brett (Betsy) Dolan, of Houston, TX.

His daughters – Kelly (Jim) Konz, of Clive, and Trish Dolan, of Chicago, IL.

His brother – John (Dalene) Dolan.

His sister –  Helen (Jim) Anderson.

2 grandchildren, 1 step-grandson, his sister-in-law, other relatives and friends.

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RUSSELL COONEY, 70, of Oakland (Memorial Svcs. 8/15/23)

Obituaries

August 10th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

RUSSELL COONEY, 70, of Oakland, died Wednesday, August 9, 2023. A Memorial service for RUSSELL COONEY will be held 11-a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at the Oakland United Methodist Church. Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in Oakland is assisting the family.

A memorial fund is being established.

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Iowa Men’s Golf Announces 2023-24 Schedule

Sports

August 10th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa men’s golf will take on another slate of elite venues and competition for the 2023-24 academic year. The Hawkeyes will compete in four fall tournaments and six spring events.

Iowa hosts three home tournaments. In its second year at Blue Top Ridge Golf Course, the Iowa Fall Classic will bring a group of the top programs from around the Midwest to Riverside, Iowa. Hawkeye Mac McClear was medalist last season as Iowa took home the team championship.

The Hawkeyes also host the Calusa Cup from April 7-9 in Naples, Florida. In its fourth season, the event annually hosts a field of the nation’s elite programs at Calusa Pines Golf Club. Iowa’s final home event is the 30th Hawkeye Invitational, another opportunity for the Hawkeyes to defend their team championship from 2023.

Other highlights include a return to Pinehurst No. 2 from March 4-5, and a trip to Biloxi, Mississippi, for the Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational, Oct. 15-17, at Fallen Oak.

2023 Fall Schedule

Date Event Location
Sept. 5-6 Iowa Fall Classic Riverside, Iowa
Sept. 18-19 Chicago Highlands Collegiate Chicago, Ill.
Oct. 1-2 Fighting Irish Classic South Bend, Ind.
Oct. 15-17 Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational Biloxi, Mississippi

2024 Spring Schedule

Date Event Location
Feb. 11-13 Puerto Rico Classic San Juan, P.R.
March 4-5 Wake Forest Invitational Pinehurst, N.C.
March 18-19 All-American Intercollegiate Houston, Texas
April 7-9 Calusa Cup Naples, Fla.
April 13-14 Hawkeye Invitational Iowa City, Iowa
April 19-21 Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Columbus, Ohio
April 26-28 Big Ten Championships Columbus, Ohio

The complete schedule is available at hawkeyesports.com.

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Peacock offers college student Discount for $1.99 per month for 12 months

Sports

August 10th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

Peacock is offering college students subscriptions to the streaming service for $1.99 a month for an entire year by verifying their student status; this marks the first-time Peacock has created a special subscription for students at
https://www.peacocktv.com/student.

Just in time for football season, students will be able to stream Big Ten and Notre Dame football games on Peacock, including eight exclusive games. Additionally, the first-ever streaming-only NFL Playoff game will be exclusive to Peacock. The game will take place immediately after another Wild Card game on Jan. 13.

NBCUniversal struck a landmark deal with the Big Ten Conference, making NBC and Peacock the exclusive home of “Big Ten Saturday Night” football package, with Peacock delivering eight additional Big Ten football games each season. This long-term agreement with college sports’ top conference also includes men’s and women’s basketball games, golf and more, providing hundreds of hours of Big Ten content across Peacock.

Peacock will be the streaming home of the 2024 Paris Olympics, providing fans with the most-comprehensive Olympic destination in U.S. media history. The service will stream every sport and event, including all 329 medal events, and will feature full-event replays; all NBC programming; curated video clips; virtual channels; exclusive original programming; and more.

Peacock is the only streaming service with next day access to all new shows from NBC and Bravo, hit movies right after they’re in theaters, more than 5,000 hours of live sports, fan-favorite library content, daily live news, channels like Hallmark and WWE, and breakout original series.

Qualified students must verify their eligibility through SheerID, the global leader in identity verification.  SheerID verifies over 2.5 billion people via more than 20,000 authoritative data sources; provides global insights from hundreds of the world’s leading brands, and never shares or sells customer data. Students can visit this link to instantly verify their identity and claim the exclusive Peacock offer.

College students can access all of Peacock’s content including eight exclusive Big Ten football games

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T.J. Tampa named to Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Watch List

Sports

August 10th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State senior defensive back T.J. Tampa has been selected as part of the 2023 Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Preseason Watch List, announced Thursday by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame and Jim Thorpe Association.

Tampa is one of 35 defensive backs on the list, which represents 10 conferences and one independent school. 

The St. Petersburg, Florida, native is a preseason All-Big 12 pick by the league’s coaches and is also on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List. He earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in 2022. 

Tampa started all 12 games last season and tallied 40 tackles, including five stops for a loss. He intercepted his first pass against Oklahoma State and finished the season with a team-high nine pass breakups, which tied for fourth most in the Big 12 Conference. 

Pro Football Focus ranks Tampa as the highest graded returning cornerback in the Big 12 Conference. 

Football season tickets are available for as low as $249 at https://bit.ly/23FBSeason.

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North Dakota Governor Expects Carbon Pipeline To Be Approved

News

August 10th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum says he is fully confident an Iowa company’s pipeline to ship carbon to underground storage in North Dakota will be built. Burgum is the governor of North Dakota, where a three-member commission has rejected Summit Carbon Solutions proposed route through his state.

Burgum says he expects the pipeline to be approved after a reconsideration. Burgum says North Dakota already has carbon pipelines, including one that’s been running for 22 years. He says “carbon is not the devil element on the periodic table.”

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300-games abound as some of the world’s best bowlers are in Waterloo

News, Sports

August 10th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowans who enjoy bowling in their spare time should strike out for northeast Iowa to catch some of the top bowlers on the planet at the Professional Women’s Bowling Association Championship Week in Waterloo. Gene Kanak, spokesman for the P-W-B-A, says the event is actually three bowling tournaments in one, including the season’s final major championship.

After qualifying rounds in the P-W-B-A Waterloo Open on Wednesday, the top 12 competitors are bowling two six-game rounds of round-robin match play today (Thursday), and the top five players will advance to the stepladder finals. Kanak says the championships draw droves of spectators and it’s pretty easy to catch one of the pros for an autograph or a selfie.

The occasional bowler might be thrilled to break a hundred, but Kanak says these professionals are scoring significantly higher. A score of 300 is a perfect game, that’s 12 strikes in a row.

The seven-day championship event is underway at Cadillac Xtreme Bowling Center in Waterloo through next Tuesday.

PWBA.com

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Iowa Women’s Hoops to Host ‘Crossover at Kinnick’

Sports

August 10th, 2023 by Asa Lucas

IOWA CITY, Iowa — For the first time in program history, the University of Iowa women’s basketball team will host an outdoor scrimmage at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes will face DePaul in “Crossover at Kinnick” on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m.

Iowa women’s basketball season ticket holders from 2022 will have access to purchase tickets beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 15), followed by UI contributors and football season ticket holders on Wednesday (Aug. 16) and general public on Thursday (Aug. 17). Proceeds of the event will benefit The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

A limited number of Rain or Shine tickets will be sold at $20 that will allow fans to attend the event at Kinnick or Carver-Hawkeye Arena in case weather forces the game to be played indoors. Kinnick only reserved seat tickets will be $10 for adults, and $5 for students, and youth (age 18-and-under). Football stadium premium seat holders will be contacted separately and provided an opportunity to purchase tickets to the event.

The contest will broadcast on B1G+ and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

The UI women’s basketball team is coming off a historic season in which it won a school-record 31 games, finished NCAA national runners-up and was second in the country in attendance. Senior guard Caitlin Clark, who was the consensus National Player of the Year and Collegiate Woman of the Year, averaged 27.8 points, 8.6 assists and 7.1 rebounds per game. Seniors Gabbie Marshall and Kate Martin, and sophomore Hannah Stuelke also return for Lisa Bluder’s 24th season as Iowa’s head coach.

“We’re super excited to play in front of the best fans in the country inside Kinnick Stadium,” Marshall said. “We’re thankful to have an administration that gives us this platform to elevate our sport.”

If the Crossover at Kinnick event is moved to Carver-Hawkeye Arena due to inclement weather, Iowa Athletics will accommodate only those who purchased a $20 Rain or Shine event ticket. Tickets for Carver-Hawkeye Arena will be general admission. Ticket purchasers will not be refunded, those who purchased a Kinnick only ticket will receive a commemorative digital souvenir from the event if weather prevents it from being held in Kinnick. Please note when choosing seats, the basketball court layout is subject to change.

The 2023-24 Iowa women’s basketball regular season, presented by University of Iowa Energy Collaborative, starts Nov. 6, when the Hawkeyes host Fairleigh Dickinson.

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