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Cyclone women start rebuild through transfer additions

AMES — The Iowa State Cyclones women’s basketball program has begun reshaping its roster through the transfer portal, highlighted by the addition of guard Ashleigh Connor, according to Cyclone Fanatic. Connor, a 5-foot-11 junior guard transferring from La Salle, announced her commitment ...

Little Cyclones blow through Bobcats

Without time to practice the game plan, it was hard for the Marshalltown girls’ soccer team to hold the line. The Bobcat defense forced numerous offsides against Class 3A No. 13 Ames, but the Little Cyclones capitalized enough times to tally a 4-0 triumph over Marshalltown on another cold ...

George Foreman laid to rest in Sioux City

SIOUX CITY — The late boxing great George Foreman lies buried in a cemetery in the northwestern corner of Iowa — a place he has no connection to outside of a lone visit to the region nearly 40 years ago. Foreman died March 21, 2025, at the age of 76 in Houston and was buried in Logan Park ...

Fever extend Boston under WNBA’s newest provision

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston is cashing in on the WNBA’s new collective bargaining agreement. The Fever on Friday signed the three-time All-Star and 2023 Rookie of the Year to the first Exceptional Performance on Initial Contract provision in league history. Team ...

ISU adds women’s wrestling

AMES — Iowa State, which dropped its women’s gymnastics program last month, will start a women’s wrestling team that will begin competing in 2027-28, the school announced Thursday. The Cyclones are the second power-conference school to add women’s wrestling. Iowa just completed its ...

’Cats claim second at Toni Dickey Invite

ANKENY — The Marshalltown girls’ golf team made a strong showing in its first 18-hole event of the spring season, scoring second place at Thursday’s Toni Dickey Hawkette Invite at Otter Creek Golf Course. Marshalltown finished in with a 354 team total, trailing only Southeast Polk’s ...