Author Archives: Western Iowa Today

(Fort Worth, TX) Despite trailing for most of the night, #9 seed Creighton downed #8 seed San Diego State 72-69 on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament. The overtime victory gives the Bluejays a shot at th...

(Sioux City) Morningside improved to 30-5 on the season with a 71-67 victory against Carroll in the NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament on Thursday afternoon. Sophia Peppers, of Exira-EHK, is a senior ...

(Buffalo, NY) #12 seed Richmond ousted #5 seed Iowa from the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Thursday afternoon. The Spiders scored a 67-63 win to advance to a matchup with Providence on Saturday....

(Oakland) Riverside athlete Austin Kremkoski has committed to play college football at Morningside. Kremkoski set multiple school records for the Bulldogs in his career. During his senior season he pa...

Memorial Services for 58 year old Richard Jorgensen of Harlan will be Monday, March 21st at 10:30 AM at the Harlan Church of Christ. Burial will be at the Red Line Cemetery in rural Harlan. The Pauley...

(Oakland) The Riverside girls brought home five medals from the state track meet and have all of their personnel returning. The Lady Dawgs placed at state in the 4X400, Shuttle Hurdle, 4X200, 200 Mete...

Bobby Joe "Bob" Beckendorf, the son of Joseph and Dorothy (Irene) Beckendorf, was born October 20, 1935, near Hancock, IA. Bob died March 16, 2022, at the Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, ...

(Elk Horn) The Exira-EHK girls golf team this spring will consist of two members. Shay Burmeister and Mollie Rasmussen return for coach Tom Petersen's Spartan squad. "We're still in the process of try...

(Oakland) The Riverside boys track team will be in action on Friday with an indoor meet at Concordia. This will be the second competition of the season for the Bulldogs who were among the 1A squads at...

(Elk Horn) The Exira-EHK School Board has set a Public Hearing date for April 11th for their 2022-23 Budget. Superintendent Trevor Miller says the tax rate will decline 15 cents from last year. "Our b...