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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 ...

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 ...

Hawkeyes ink Whiting from Oklahoma State

IOWA CITY — Oklahoma State transfer Amari Whiting has signed with the University of Iowa women’s basketball program, it was announced Thursday by head coach Jan Jensen. A senior-to-be, Whiting, will have one season remaining. She is the second transfer portal prospect to sign with Iowa ...

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 ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Hull’s victory leads East Marshall girls at Madrid

MADRID — East Marshall junior Sydney Hull won the 800-meter run to lead the Mustangs to seventh place at the Madrid Co-Ed Invite on Tuesday night. The Mustangs scored 49.5 points to place seventh out of eight teams. Roland-Story rolled to the team title with 259 points, followed by Boone (190) and host Madrid (178.5). Hull topped the field in the 800 with a time of 1 minute, 6.99 seconds, holding off Boone’s Briella Johnson (2:32.76) for the gold. Hull also bagged bronze in the 400 with her time of 1:06.99. In field events, Marisa Cahalan came away with second place in the high ...