 Top Story | The booms, cracks and sizzles of fireworks have filled the air in Council Bluffs for a few weeks now. But Thursday marked the first day fir… Read more |
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 | In the span of just six weeks, the Riverside softball team went from not knowing if they’d have a season to clinching a Western Iowa Confer… Read more |
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 | Sioux City East took both games of a doubleheader against host Thomas Jefferson by scores of 17-5 in five innings and 6-3 on Thursday. Read more |
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 | TORONTO (AP) — All 30 Major League Baseball teams will train at their regular-season ballparks for the pandemic-shortened season after the Toronto Blue Jays received a Canadian federal government exemption on Thursday to work out at Rogers Centre. Read more |
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 | WASHINGTON (AP) — The title sponsor of the Washington Redskins’ stadium wants the NFL team to change its name. Read more |
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 | NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball organization that presents the annual MVP awards will consider whether the name of former commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis should be pulled from future plaques. Read more |
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 | “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” will be performed live or played before “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to each NFL game during Week 1 and the league is considering putting names of victims of police brutality on helmet decals or jersey patches, a person familiar with the discussions told The Associated Press. Read more |
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 | INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Townsend Bell is putting his own unique twist on “double duty” this weekend by calling the IndyCar race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway before jetting to Florida to compete in the IMSA sports car race. Read more |
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 | PERGAMINO, Argentina (AP) — Soccer-starved Argentines have found a way to play their beloved sport while social distancing, though the rules have been altered and the dazzling end-to-end dashes produced by national legend Diego Maradona are impossible. Read more |
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 | PARIS (AP) — The French Open will allow fans to attend this year's postponed tournament. Read more |
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Face of the Day | Oscar Duran is here to aid Council Bluffs families in finding affordable housing. Duran is a native of southern Texas, growing up in the Ri… Read more |
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Obituaries | Katherine Louise Jefferis (nee' Barrier) died unexpectedly of natural causes on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. She was born on July 17, 1986 along… Read more |
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 | Janice LaVonne Prentice Summy, age 90, passed away July 1, 2020, at Risen Son. She was the daughter of the late Robert A. Prentice and Stel… Read more |
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