Iowa
Casey DeSantis to hit campaign trail for first solo event appearance with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds
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Casey DeSantis, the wife of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), will be visiting Iowa next week for an event for “Mamas for DeSantis,” a grassroots organization rallying for the governor’s parental rights agenda.
Florida’s first lady will be joined by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-IA) in Johnston on Thursday, marking the first solo event in Iowa for the Floridian.
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“The parents’ revolution that started in Florida is coming to every home, school, and community across the country,” a news statement for the event read. “Governor Ron DeSantis is the fighter we need to protect the innocence of our children while defending and protecting the rights of parents.”
Casey DeSantis, who battled breast cancer and was declared cancer-free by doctors in February 2022, has held several high-profile roles in the state of Florida. In 2022, she pushed for a state disaster relief fund following Hurricane Ian’s destruction, raising over $60 million in donations.
Often speaking alongside her husband, Casey DeSantis has been a prominent figure on the 2024 campaign trail. She has made multiple appearances in Iowa, which will come first in the 2024 primary calendar. Most recently, she attended Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-IA) Roast and Ride in Des Moines with Ron DeSantis, joining several top 2024 GOP presidential contenders.
“Through the First Lady’s leadership, Mamas for DeSantis will work to support Gov. Ron DeSantis’s re-election campaign as a movement for Florida moms, grandmas, abuelas, nanas, and more to get involved in the re-election campaign,” the governor’s office said when the initiative launched last year to bolster DeSantis’s governor reelection. Mamas for DeSantis will now support his 2024 presidential campaign.
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“With the goal of signing up a million mamas across the state of Florida, this initiative will be the largest movement of parents in Florida history,” the 2022 statement read.
Doors are set to open at 5 p.m., and the event will be held at the Simpson Barn in Johnston.
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Iowa
Iowa City’s 33rd annual jazz festival
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – People in Iowa City got the chance to enjoy live music in the city’s thirty-third annual Jazz Festival.
The festivities kicked off last night with performances from numerous different jazz bands concluding with fireworks on the Pentacrest.
This year featured more music from local high schoolers and even international acts.
Some of the musicians there see it as a way for the community to have more exposure to the genre.
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Iowa
Caitlin Clark triple-double: Iowa basketball star, Fever rookie makes history vs. Liberty
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Caitlin Clark spent her four years at Iowa rewriting the record books of Big Ten and Division I women’s basketball.
Now, she’s doing the same in the WNBA.
With 19 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds in the Indiana Fever’s 83-78 victory Saturday against the New York Liberty at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Clark became the first rookie in WNBA history to record a triple-double in a game.
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It’s also the first triple-double by any player in the 24-year history of the Fever, who selected Clark with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
Clark secured the triple-double with 7:07 remaining in the fourth quarter, when she pulled down her 10th rebound of the afternoon.
“I think everybody was a little confused as to why they were going to so nuts over rebound,” Clark said after the game, laughing. “I mean, they can do that every time, but this was a little different.”
The 13 assists and 12 rebounds both matched career highs. It’s the fourth time in the past five games that Clark has dished out at least 10 assists. The West Des Moines native entered the day third in the WNBA in assists per game, with 7.1.
Clark’s production helped the Fever rally from a 10-point deficit with 6:05 remaining to knock off the Liberty, who came into the matchup with the best record in the WNBA. The win was Indiana’s sixth in its past nine games, improving its record to 9-13 following a 1-8 start to the season. The Fever currently holds the eighth and final spot in the WNBA playoffs.
For Clark, triple-doubles aren’t anything particularly new. She had 17 over the course of her four-year career at Iowa, where she led the Hawkeyes to back-to-back NCAA championship games while ending her time in college as the all-time leading scorer in Division I basketball.
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How many points did Caitlin Clark have today?
Clark finished with a team-high 19 points for the Fever.
She made seven of of 17 shots from the field and three of her 12 3-pointers.
Caitlin Clark stats
In 22 WNBA games, each of which she has started, Clark is averaging 16.1 points, 7.4 assists, six rebounds, 1.4 steals and 5.5 turnovers per game.
A prolific shooter throughout her career, Clark is making 39.3% of her field goals and 33.1% of her 3s this season.
Iowa
American Press Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Iowa benefits from Guillory’s leadership – American Press
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American Press Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Iowa benefits from Guillory’s leadership
Published 9:20 am Saturday, July 6, 2024
- Iowa’s Luke Guillory, a two-sport athlete and National Honor Society member, is taking his leadership skills and work ethic to the U.S. Air Force Academy. (Rodrick Anderson / American Press)
In his four years at Iowa High School, Luke Guillory grew into a leader everywhere he went.
His academic excellence and athletic skills landed him a coveted spot at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and earned him the American Press Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.
“He is an amazing young man,” Iowa Principal Luke Dietz said. “In everything he does, he works as hard in the classroom as he works on the playing field.
“In everything he does, he wants to be truly excel. He puts the work in to be able to do that. He is just a blessing to have here at the school. He has such high character.
“Even with all the success he has had in academics and athletics, I truly believe his best attributes are probably his character, work ethic and moral beliefs. He bases everything he does around those three things. It drives him to succeed in everything he does.”
Guillory started his six weeks of basic cadet training last week. He will be required to serve at least five years of active duty and three years as an inactive reserve after graduation.
Guillory ranked fourth in his class senior class at Iowa of 140. He scored a 32 on the American College Testing exam and a 4.36 grade point average.
He was a member of the National Honor Society, student council and helped start a chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes at the school.
His influence extends into the community where he volunteers for Special Olympics and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
“That kid is off the charts and in the community,” Iowa head football coach Tommy Johns said. “Anytime you needed him for something, he was going to show up. He was the guy that would get everybody else to show up with him. If Luke Guillory walked into the locker room and said, ‘We are going to help this organization,’ everybody got up and followed. Nobody had any questions. That is the kind of person he is.
“All of it comes from his parents. He was raised right. His parents have a very structured home. They demand excellence out of their kids. It has been very impressive. We are definitely going to miss him, not only the football player but the person.”
Johns said Guillory started at defensive end but found his place at tight end and turned into a top pass catcher with 36 for 420 yards and six touchdowns for the state quarterfinalist Yellow Jackets.
“When he first stepped on to our campus he was shy and a little timid,” Johns said, “but you could tell he had the body and the brain to be a great player. He is very, very intelligent. He progressed along.
“I remember after his freshman year he was questioning if he really wanted to play ball. We had a long, long talk in my office, and he decided to stick with it. From that day forward, he turned into a man. He has been our leader the last two or three years. He is a wonderful person.
“Everybody in the school respects him. They flock to him. He earned that. He is a tremendous asset to Iowa High School, the entire community and our program.”
His intelligence and athletic skills helped him to become a force in the lane for the Yellow Jackets’ 2023-2024 basketball Nonselect Division II state runner-up team. He was a second-team all-District 3-3A forward.
“He is so mobile,” Johns said. “I thought he was a little stiff when he was younger, but so is every other kid for the most part. For somebody to carry around that kind of frame and that kind of weight and move like he could was very impressive.”
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