The 2024 Iowa High School State Track and Field Meet is set to take place next week.

We take a look at which Hawkeyes signees, commits and recruits qualified, who has a chance to win a state title, young prospects in the field and more.

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Climate change costs are piling up on Iowans.

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It’s balls ass hot and humid AF out here in Florida. Lightning been eliminated and who the fvck cares about basketball playoffs? Is Lebron still playing? Anywho, what’s everyone up to today? Been a nice chill Saturday for me. First weekend in a while where I didn’t have anything going on and I’m loving it. Let’s get McLovin wasted and post some boobies!!!!! Love you all!!!!

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... including the body of Shani Louk, who became an international symbol of Hamas’ savagery after images showed her being paraded around half-naked in the back of a pickup truck during the Oct. 7 attacks.



“Overnight, our troops recovered their bodies and brought them back home to Israel. We will continue operating to bring all of our hostages.”

Shani’s family reportedly learned she had been found Friday morning. Her father, Nissim Louk, told Israel’s Channel 13 TV that her body was discovered in a cool, deep tunnel and was in good condition when she was brought home.

He said it was a “gift” that they were able to give their daughter a peaceful burial in Israel.

“There will be a place to lay a wreath, maybe build something in her memory,” he said. “Shani radiated light in her life.”

Looking to be the second Hawkeye to play in the NWSL after undrafted Alyssa Walker played some games for Portland last year:
Login to view embedded media Login to view embedded media Great interview with her on ION Network. Will post when it’s available. They mentioned this makes Iowa officially the 100th school to be represented in draft history.

Hey All,

My mom is going to move out of her home in Arkansas and move back to Iowa to live in an assisted living facility that also focuses on memory care. If one of your parents had to do this, I was hoping you could provide recommendations on a particular facility around the Des Moines Metro area (suburbs included). Your experiences and whether the care was good and your parent(s) was/were happy there ( as happy as could be expected)?

Thanks!

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The story:

Arizona prosecutors in recent weeks issued grand jury subpoenas to multiple people linked to Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign, a sharp acceleration of their criminal investigation into efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the state.

The new steps, first reported here, are a sign that Attorney General Kris Mayes, a Democrat, is nearing a decision on whether to charge Trump’s allies in the state, including GOP activists who falsely posed as presidential electors in December 2020.

Six people were granted anonymity to share these details about the ongoing investigation.

The attorney general’s office declined to comment.
It was not clear whether Mayes is considering charges against people close to Trump’s national campaign, or whether her investigation remains focused on the Arizona GOP officials and activists who aided Trump’s bid to overturn the state’s presidential results. In November, Mayes told CNN that the investigation is “robust.”
Mayes’ investigators are scrutinizing the so-called “alternate electors” who signed paperwork falsely claiming that Trump had won the state. Prosecutors in Georgia, Michigan and Nevada have already brought charges against pro-Trump fake electors in their states.

Mayes’ team has also asked people about Trump himself, as well as former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Trump attorneys John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro.

Chesebro, an architect of Trump’s scheme to organize slates of false electors in six states won by Biden, pleaded guilty for his role in that scheme in Georgia, and he has cooperated with investigators in Nevada, Michigan and Wisconsin. He agreed late last year to speak to Arizona prosecutors as well.

Several prominent Arizona Republicans aided Trump’s post-election efforts, including former state GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward, who was one of the 11 activists who posed as fake electors in the state. Two of the other fake electors, Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, are state senators.

The state became a focal point of Trump’s efforts to unravel Biden’s victory, featuring some of the earliest, loudest and flimsiest claims of election fraud.

Trump pushed then-state House speaker Rusty Bowers and then-Gov. Doug Ducey to help him. Their resistance helped scuttle Trump’s plans and put them at odds with Ward and other party leaders who favored Trump’s radical approach.

Mayes could become the final prosecutor to bring charges related to Trump’s efforts to resist the 2020 election results. At the federal level, special counsel Jack Smith has charged Trump with a conspiracy to disenfranchise millions of voters. And in Georgia, state prosecutors charged the former president and 18 of his allies with a racketeering conspiracy to meddle in the election there.

The attorneys general in Michigan and Nevada have also charged the Republicans who falsely claimed to be their states’ presidential electors.

Asked about the escalation of the Arizona probe, George Terwilliger, a lawyer for Meadows, said: “As the Supreme Court made clear yet again in the Trump v. Anderson decision, federal elections are federal matters. The fiasco in Georgia demonstrates what happens when state officials take it upon themselves to police federal matters.”

Terwilliger was referring to the Supreme Court’s decision on Monday that prevented states from removing Trump from their 2024 ballots under the Constitution’s insurrection clause.

Ward and the other false Arizona electors joined a late-2020 lawsuit seeking to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to assert the power to block Biden’s victory on Jan. 6, 2021, when he would preside over the electoral vote count in Congress. That lawsuit featured in Smith’s indictment of Trump in Washington, D.C., which noted that Trump “berated” Pence for opposing it.

Ward asserted her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination in response to efforts by the Jan. 6 select committee to subpoena her testimony about these episodes. Ward also fought an effort by the committee to obtain her phone records, but lost at the Supreme Court.

For years, Arizona was a Republican stronghold. But that’s changing. In 2020, Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win there since 1996. And in 2022, Mayes won her race to be attorney general by just 280 votes. The state is also home to a competitive 2024 Senate race, where Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) takes on Kari Lake, one of Trump’s staunchest allies.

Might help to have one thread for all the game chat and in-season stuff.

Hawks have taken two from Rutgers so far.

Won the first contest on Friday, 7-1(?), and earned the series win in the afternoon contest, 15-5.

Hawks sit at 21-15 overall and 8-6 in conference play.

To my fellow GIAOT degenerates, I come asking for a favor.
My son enjoys creating animations and sharing them on YouTube.
He's been down lately because there hasn't been a lot of views on them, and to top it off another boy at his school has 3 times the subscribers on his youtube channel.

So I come asking for a little of bit of internet help, if you would be so ever generous to maybe click and view a video or two and perhaps even subscribe to his channel you would really make a young boy extremely happy and proud of his work. I don't want to see him give up because he so passionate about creating them.

TIA

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Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver has been diagnosed with a brain tumor and is receiving radiation therapy, he announced in a news release Friday.

Whitver, a Republican from Grimes, intends to remain in his Senate leadership position while he receives the treatment.

In a statement, he said the diagnosis came after the 2024 legislative session concluded April 20.

"My physicians and care team have implemented a treatment plan and I have begun radiation therapy," he said. "I am responding well to the initial treatments and am grateful for my medical team."

Whitver, 43, was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2010, became its president in 2016 and has led Senate Republicans as the majority leader since 2018. He has overseen several successful election cycles for Senate Republicans, and the party holds a 34-seat supermajority, their largest majority since 1970.


He is one of the top Republicans in the state and has been talked about as a candidate who could someday run for higher office.

"I am leading Senate Republicans through this election cycle in the same way I have since becoming leader in 2018," Whitver said in the statement. "Our Senate Republican team is full of capable and accomplished people and I am grateful for the trust and support of the Senate Republican caucus. I am confident Senate Republicans will be as successful this November as we have been the last several election cycles."


Whitver represents Iowa Senate District 23, which includes Grimes and parts of rural Polk and Dallas counties. He is an attorney and business owner. He holds degrees from Iowa State University and Drake University Law School.

While at Iowa State, Whitver was a three-year starter for the Cyclones football team as a wide receiver. He and his wife, Rachel, have three children.

"I appreciate the kind words and prayers my family and I have received," he said. "We ask for continued prayer and support as we continue this treatment."



Under Whitver's leadership, Senate Republicans have pursued a conservative agenda that includes multiple rounds of tax cuts. GOP senators have been champions for Gov. Kim Reynolds' agenda, including providing families with taxpayer-funded scholarships to pay private school costs, restricting abortion, reorganizing state government agencies and overhauling Iowa's Area Education Agencies.

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Leverkusen just completed the first undefeated season in Bundesliga history, beating Augsburg 2-1. One of the best seasons by any club in any of the big European leagues has the chance to get even better, as Leverkusen will still contest the DFB-Pokal (FA cup) final and Europa League final.

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Never learned about this or heard of him. Amazing

Just accidentally live streamed himself watching gay porn.
Blames Israel.

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“She sank 3-pointers and made elaborate passes throughout the first official day of practice, looking like the same player she was in college.”

Also, sounds like not only Iowa players have problems catching some spicy passes:

“Her new teammates will just have to get used to those passes coming their way.

"Her passing ability, I mean, you saw some of the passes," coach Christie Sides said. "Like, I'm more mad at how many missed layups that we had. It was off a couple of her passes that I think we're just not used to having, you know, someone who can make some of those passes. So, for me, it's her passing. I'm just enamored at times."

6:00 pm CT Tip
New York: 7.5 pt favorite
O/U: 168.5

3 ways to watch:

(1) I will post a game link close to tip off. If you use it, you must first have an Ad Blocker installed on your device. A good ad blocker is uBlock Origin.

UPDATE: The pregame is streaming now. Lots of fans in #22 jerseys.

Here you go. Enjoy.

NY Liberty at Indiana Fever

(2) Amazon Prime Video

(3) Local TV Stations in 5 different states airing the game include:

Davenport, Iowa: WQAD 8.1, 8.3 (TEGNA)
Des Moines, Iowa: WOI 5.1 & KCWI 23.1 (TEGNA)

Indianapolis, Ind.: WTHR 13.1, 13.3 & WALV 46.1 (TEGNA)
Evansville, Ind.: WFIE 14.2 (Gray Television)
Fort Wayne, Ind.: WPTA 21.3 (Gray Television)
Lafayette, Ind.: WPBY 35.1, 35.2 (Coastal Television Broadcasting Group)
South Bend, Ind.: WCWW 25.1 & WMYS 69.1 (Weigel); WNDU 16.2 (Gray Television)

Champaign-Springfield, Ill.: WCIX 49.1 & WCIA 3.1 (Nexstar)

Cincinnati, Ohio: WXIX 19.3 (Gray Television)
Dayton, Ohio: WKEF 22.3 (Sinclair)

Lexington, Ky.: WKYT 27.2 (Gray Television)
Louisville, Ky.: WHAS 11.1, 11.2 (TEGNA)