DES MOINES — The Bobcats caught the Scarlets red-handed. The Marshalltown boys’ basketball team stole a win from host Des Moines East on Friday night, foiling the Scarlets for a 53-49 triumph in an Iowa Alliance Conference clash on Sam L. Powell Court. The Bobcats (13-7) trailed by as ...

IOWA CITY — Marshalltown junior Jacob Seberger squeezed all he could out of his training to get to state. There just wasn’t enough left to ring out of it once he got there. Seberger represented the Bobcats in two individual events on Friday at the IHSAA State Swimming Championships at ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Northern Iowa men’s basketball player Tristan Smith has been selected to the watch list for the Slam Dunk Championship as part of the 2026 State Farm College Slam Dunk and 3-Point Contest as announced Thursday. The event, which invites a collection of the nation’s elite ...

WATERLOO — Camillya Thomas won’t lose any sleep over how close she came to an all-state finish. She’s proud of her performance and thankful for the opportunity, and that’s what makes her “Bobcat Barbie.” The Marshalltown High School bowler and East Marshall senior improved upon ...

TWIN LAKES — Authorities on Thursday identified a 19-year-old from South Dakota as the sole fatality of a bus crash in rural Iowa that injured 32 other members of a community college’s baseball team. Carter Johnson was an outfielder from Rapid City in his first year at Iowa Lakes ...

STATE CENTER — The East Marshall boys’ basketball team blew through West Marshall for its fourth-straight win, beating the host Trojans 89-46 on Thursday night to close out the regular season. Jackson Bidwell scored a game-high 24 points to lead East Marshall (15-6), while Jackson Busch ...