Northwest Iowa — One of the sure signs of spring is becoming more visible in northwest Iowa with each passing day. No, I’m not talking about robins, I’m talking about farmers in their field, planting seeds for this crop year. Read more
Dordt’s Van Eps Wins 800 At Drake Relays, Stuit Hits NAIA Standard
Des Moines, Iowa — The Dordt Defender men’s track and field team sent a large contingent to the Drake Relays and the Dordt women had many solid performances that filled day two of the Drake Relays on Saturday morning, April 24. Read more
Dordt Baseball Drops Two To Mount Marty
Yankton, South Dakota — Dordt faced off with Mount Marty in the third game of the weekend between the two teams, as the Defenders begin the final stretch of the regular season. Read more
Northwest Iowa Community College is Hosting NW Iowa Visual Arts Show
Sheldon, Iowa — Northwest Iowa Community College is hosting the NW Iowa Visual Arts Show on campus and virtually on the NCC website opening on Monday, April 26. Read more
Sports Scores For Saturday April 24th
Northwest Iowa — A limited sports schedule for Saturday highlighted by playoff football. Read more
Sand may run for reelection as auditor in 2022, or for governor, maybe US Senate
Statewide Iowa — State Auditor Rob Sand says he hasn’t made a decision about the 2022 campaign. Sand, a Democrat, won a four-year term as state auditor in 2018 in his first race for elected office. Read more
Bill before Congress would prompt farmers to use climate-smart practices
Statewide Iowa — More than 50 agricultural groups, including the American Farm Bureau, are backing a measure now before the US Senate called the Growing Climate Solutions Act. Iowa Farmers Union President Aaron Lehman says it’s solid legislation that will help farmers to address climate change. Read more
Top House Republican Says GOP Mental Health Plan Needs ‘Guardrails’
Des Moines, Iowa — House Speaker Pat Grassley says a Senate plan to have the state pay all costs and take over management of the mental health system from regional and county officials needs more work. Senate Republicans want to shift financing of the system from county property taxes to state tax dollars. Read more
Congresswoman Hinson Says DC Statehood Unconstitutional
Washington, D.C. — Iowa Congresswoman, Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, says she voted against the bill that would make the District of Columbia a state because it is unconstitutional. Read more
Sports Scores For Friday April 23rd
Northwest Iowa — Track highlighted the Friday sports schedule. Read more
Dordt And NWC Women’s Golf Compete In Round Three Of GPAC Championship
Council Bluffs, Iowa — The Northwestern College women’s golf team is in seventh place and Defenders are in 10th place after the third round of the Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship played Friday at the Bent Tree Golf Course in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Read more
Raiders Push Win Streak to Five With Sweep vs CSM
Omaha, Nebraska — The Northwestern College softball team scored 22 runs in a double header sweep against College of Saint Mary played Friday in Omaha, Neb. The Raiders defeated the Flames 11-1 (5 innings) in game one and earned an 11-9 win in game two. Read more
Dordt Baseball Splits With Mount Marty
Yankton, South Dakota — The Dordt Defender baseball team dropped a 3-1 decision in game one of its doubleheader followed by a strong outing from Gyeongju Kim and put up eight runs in the first three innings on the way to a 13-8 victory at Mount Marty to get a split of the GPAC doubleheader in Yankton, South Dakota.with Mount Marty on Friday afternoon in Yankton, South Dakota. Read more
Five Raiders Run Personal Bests At Drake Relays
Des Moines, Iowa — Dylan Hendricks met the provisional mark in the 5K and the 4×100 relay advanced to Saturday’s final to highlight the first day of competition for the Northwestern men’s track and field team at the Drake Relays. Read more
4×800 Relay Teams Highlight Drake Relays For Dordt
Des Moines, Iowa — The Dordt men’s 4×800 relay first place finish highlighted day one competition for the Defenders on Friday at the Drake Relays. The quartet of Trey Engen, Payton Mauldin, Cole Zevenbergen and Matthew Van Eps ran a 7:34.57 and was ten seconds better than the NAIA National Automatic qualifying time. Read more
Dordt Softball Drops Doubleheader To Morningside
Sioux City, Iowa — The Dordt Defender softball team lost an 8-0 and a 4-2 decidion to Morningside in Great Plains Athletic Conference action on Friday afternoon in Sioux City, Iowa. Read more
House/Shed Damaged By Fire Near Hospers
Hospers, Iowa — A house and shed combination building was damaged in a fire on Thursday, April 22, 2021, near Hospers.
Four Democrat Lawmakers Tour Prison Where 2 Employees Were Killed Last Month
Anamosa, Iowa — Congresswoman Cindy Axne and Democrats in the Iowa legislature are calling for a federal investigation of the murders of two employees at the state prison in Anamosa. Read more
State’s Top Health Official Shares Story Of Her Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Experience
Des Moines, Iowa — The head of the Iowa Department of Public Health says her own experience with one of the Covid vaccines shows adverse reactions are incredibly rare. Read more
Subsoil Moisture Levels Have Improved For 2021 Crop Production
Northwest Iowa — Iowa State University has completed their spring survey of subsoil moisture in northwest Iowa, according to ISU Extension and Outreach Field Specialist Joel DeJong. Read more