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Iowa State's Addy Brown talks return from injury, win vs Arizona State

Iowa State's Addy Brown talks return from injury, win vs Arizona State

  • Ben Hutchens

What was it like for Iowa State coach to get Addy Brown back from injury? "Like my grandkids at Christmas time."

One man dead in Clinton shooting incident Tuesday night

One man dead in Clinton shooting incident Tuesday night

  • Thomas Geyer

Clinton police officers and firefighters were sent to the 500 block of 22nd Avenue N to investigate a report of a gunshot victim at about 9:02 p.m. Tuesday.

Billie Lee Ray, former Iowa first lady, dies at 97

Billie Lee Ray, former Iowa first lady, dies at 97

  • TOM BARTON Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau

She served as Iowa’s first lady from 1969 to 1983.

Capitol Notebook: Iowa lawmakers advance bill naming stretch of Highway 30 for soldier killed in Syria

Capitol Notebook: Iowa lawmakers advance bill naming stretch of Highway 30 for soldier killed in Syria

  • Maya Marchel Hoff

The portion of Highway 30 in Marshalltown would be named the “Staff Sergeant William ­Nathaniel Howard Highway."

Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies

Pritzker proposes $56B budget with minimal new spending, tax on social media companies

  • BEN SZALINSKI Capitol News Illinois

The Illinois governor is proposing a $56 billion budget with minimal new spending. Outside of key areas like pensions, education and health care costs, discretionary spending would rise 0.5%.

Iowa veterans, lawmakers urge Congress to allow medically retired veterans to receive full benefits

Iowa veterans, lawmakers urge Congress to allow medically retired veterans to receive full benefits

  • Maya Marchel Hoff

The legislation has over 300 cosponsors in the U.S. House and 77 in the U.S. Senate. 

Iowa House bill would require English proficiency for CDL licenses

Iowa House bill would require English proficiency for CDL licenses

  • LEE-GAZETTE DES MOINES BUREAU

Commercial truck drivers would be required to pass an English language proficiency test to receive or renew a commercial driver’s license. 

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February 18 recap: Quad-Cities news you may have missed today

February 18 recap: Quad-Cities news you may have missed today

Don't miss Wednesday's most popular stories from The Quad-City Times.

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Quad-Cities neighbors: Obituaries for February 18

Quad-Cities neighbors: Obituaries for February 18

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February 17 recap: Quad-Cities news you may have missed today

February 17 recap: Quad-Cities news you may have missed today

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Quad-Cities neighbors: Obituaries for February 17

Quad-Cities neighbors: Obituaries for February 17

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February 16 recap: Quad-Cities news you may have missed today

February 16 recap: Quad-Cities news you may have missed today

Get a quick digest of today's top local news stories from The Quad-City Times.

Photos: Parker Sutherland Memorial at UNI, Feb. 16

Photos: Parker Sutherland Memorial at UNI, Feb. 16

Family, friends and teammates gather for the memorial service for Parker Sutherland outside the UNI-Dome at the University of Northern Iowa on Monday in Cedar Falls. Sutherland, a freshman tight end for the Panthers football team, died after practice on Saturday.

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Gretchen at Work: Serving up sandwiches at Hungry Hobo

  • Gretchen Teske

The Hungry Hobo makes fresh bread at its bakery in Rock Island.

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Davenport Assumption’s Anna Timmons post-game interview | February 18th, 2026

Davenport Assumption’s Anna Timmons post-game interview | February 18th, 2026

Bill Fennelly postgame Arizona State | Iowa State basketball | Feb. 18

Bill Fennelly postgame Arizona State | Iowa State basketball | Feb. 18

Iowa State's Addy Brown talks injury recovery win vs Arizona State | Feb. 18

Iowa State's Addy Brown talks injury recovery win vs Arizona State | Feb. 18

Molly Miller postgame Iowa State | Feb. 18

Molly Miller postgame Iowa State | Feb. 18

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Davenport Assumption’s Anna Timmons post-game interview | February 18th, 2026

Davenport Assumption’s Anna Timmons post-game interview | February 18th, 2026

A post-game hit with Assumption junior Anna Timmons. She was one of two double digit scorers for the Knights, in their 39-26 3A regional semifinal win over the Monticello Panthers

Bill Fennelly postgame Arizona State | Iowa State basketball | Feb. 18

Bill Fennelly postgame Arizona State | Iowa State basketball | Feb. 18

Iowa State basketball coach Bill Fennelly discusses Addy Brown's return, a 90-64 win against Arizona State.

Iowa State's Addy Brown talks injury recovery win vs Arizona State | Feb. 18

Iowa State's Addy Brown talks injury recovery win vs Arizona State | Feb. 18

Iowa State press conference after a 90-64 win against Arizona State.

Molly Miller postgame Iowa State | Feb. 18

Molly Miller postgame Iowa State | Feb. 18

Arizona State women's basketball coach Molly Miller reacts to a 90-64 loss at Iowa State.

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Amy Tan, Ekow Eshun and Michael Connelly among L.A. Times Book Prize honorees and finalists

Amy Tan, Ekow Eshun and Michael Connelly among L.A. Times Book Prize honorees and finalists

LOS ANGELES — Finalists and honorees for the 46th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were announced Wednesday. Writer-curator Ekow Eshun is among the biography finalists for "The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them," which parses Black masculinity as embodied by various civil rights activists, philosophers and other visionaries. Contenders in the fiction categories ...

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'Kissing Is the Easy Part' is the latest Tubi rom-com | Streamed & Screened podcast

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This publisher enlists 'bookfluencers' to choose its titles. Is it working?

When young adult author Courtney Summers got the rights back to her backlisted titles in 2024, she initially wasn't sure what to do with them. Summers' novels, the bulk of which enjoyed peak popularity in the 2010s, had by then faded into the periphery — despite a film adaptation of her 2012 zombie thriller "This Is Not a Test," which is slated to be released in theaters Feb. 20. But the ...

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Rock Island guard Jimara Combs 2/16 post-game interview

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