COUNCIL BLUFFS — The Marshalltown Community College women’s basketball team suffered its seventh-straight loss, falling 67-47 at Iowa Western on Wednesday night. The host Reivers (5-3, 2-0) took a 13-4 lead after the opening quarter and slowly pulled away from there. Sydney Donaldson ...

Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman announced his retirement Wednesday after nearly 35 years in coaching and the last seven leading the Wildcats, a run that included a Big 12 championship three years ago and a bowl trip every season but one. Klieman was planning to announce his decision ...

REINBECK — Three players scored in double figures as the East Marshall boys’ basketball team beat Gladbrook-Reinbeck for the first time in eight seasons, winning 78-49 in Tuesday’s season opener for both teams. The Mustangs claimed the NICL West win to top the Rebels for the first time ...

DES MOINES — Marshalltown junior center Frankie Long celebrated her 17th birthday with a 16-point, 15-rebound double-double in leading the Bobcat girls’ basketball team to a 52-38 triumph over Des Moines Lincoln on Tuesday night. Long scored 13 of her game-high 16 points in the second ...

DES MOINES — Kyle Smith scored five of his game-high 28 points in overtime to lift the Marshalltown boys’ basketball team to a season-opening 53-50 victory over Des Moines Lincoln on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (1-0) led by as many as 12 points during the early stages of the third quarter, ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Coen Carr had nine of his 15 points in the second half after Jeremy Fears Jr. scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half, helping No. 7 Michigan State remain unbeaten with a 71-52 win over Iowa on Tuesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams. The Spartans ...