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Celebrate Caitlin Clark’s 23rd birthday with her top-23 Iowa women’s basketball moments
Iowa women’s basketball honored during Iowa football vs. Northwestern
Caitlin Clark and members of Iowa women’s basketball were honored on field at Kinnick Stadium during the Iowa football vs. Northwestern game.
Caitlin Clark was born on Jan. 22, 2002.
Twenty-three years later, the Des Moines native and former Dowling Catholic and Iowa women’s basketball superstar is one of the most famous athletes in the country and the reigning WNBA Rookie of the Year for the Indiana Fever.
There is plenty to celebrate throughout her illustrious career, so let’s look back at her top-23 moments with the Hawkeyes, with help from her career timeline on NCAA.com.
23. Caitlin Clark gets buckets in first college game (11/25/2020)
Clark put the basketball world on notice in her first college game, notching 27 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. It was the first of many stat sheet-filled outings.
22. Caitlin Clark scores her first 40-point game (1/2/2022)
In a 93-56 win over Evansville, Clark totaled 40 points for the first time in her career. She’d finish her career with 13 such games.
21. Caitlin Clark tallies first career triple-double (12/22/2020)
Clark notched 13 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to get her first triple double. She’d finish her career with 17, trailing only Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu (26).
20. Caitlin Clark announces she’s entering the WNBA Draft (2/29/2024)
Although not an on-court moment, Clark decided to forgo her final year of college eligibility and enter the WNBA Draft after her senior season. The announcement allowed for her, teammates, coaches and fans to fully enjoy the final weeks of her legendary career.
19. Caitlin Clark becomes Big Ten’s all-time leading scorer (1/31/2024)
With 35 points against Northwestern, Clark broke future Indiana Fever teammate Kelsey Mitchell’s Big Ten career scoring record.
18. Caitlin Clark becomes first player with consecutive 30-point triple-doubles (1/20/2022)
Clark became the first Div. I player to ever notch back-to-back 30-point triple-doubles in conference victories.
17. Caitlin Clark breaks Big Ten assists record (12/30/2023)
In a win over Minnesota, Clark broke the conference’s career assists record and became the first Div. I men’s or women’s college basketball player with at least 3,000 points, 900 assists and 800 rebounds in a career.
16. Caitlin Clark surpasses 1,000 career assists (2/11/2024)
In the second quarter of a game against Nebraska, Clark became the sixth player to reach 1,000 career assists and the only one with more than 3,000 points.
15. Caitlin Clarks breaks record for most points in a single NCAA Tournament run (4/2/2023)
With 30 points in the national title game vs. LSU, Clark broke Sheryll Swoops’ record for points in a single NCAA Tournament with 191.
14. Caitlin Clark’s historic 40-point triple-double leads Iowa past Louisville in Elite Eight
With the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA Tournament history – 41 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds – Clark helped Iowa beat Louisville in the Elite Eight. In the game, she also became the first player with 900 points and 300 assists in a single season.
13. Caitlin Clark buzzer-beater vs. Michigan State (1/2/2024)
A signature logo triple ignited Iowa’s 2024 run to a Big Ten Tournament title and NCAA championship game appearance.
12. Caitlin Clark beats No. 2 Indiana at the buzzer (2/26/2023)
In what might’ve ignited her and Iowa women’s basketball’s rise to national superstardom, Clark put away the Hoosiers with a leaning triple as time expired.
11. Caitlin Clark, Iowa women’s basketball make Big Ten history (3/6/2022)
With a 74-67 win over Indiana, Clark and her teammates helped that Iowa team become the first in program history to win both the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles.
10. Caitlin Clark’s triple-double helps Iowa to back-to-back Big Ten Tournament titles (3/5/2023)
With the first triple-double in a Big Ten Tournament title game – 30 points, 17 assists, 10 rebounds – Clark led Iowa to a victory over Ohio State and hoisted the trophy for the second straight year.
9. Caitlin Clark drafted No. 1 overall into WNBA (4/15/2024)
Although not a college achievement, Clark being selected No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever in a stacked draft class was the final bridge between her historic college career and the professional success that would follow.
8. Caitlin Clark, Hawkeyes avenge title game loss vs. LSU (4/1/24)
After losing the 2023 NCAA Tournament final to Angel Reese and LSU, Clark and the Hawkeyes knocked off the defending champions in the Elite Eight the next year. Clark went off with 41 points and 12 assists.
7. Caitlin Clark breaks Steph Curry’s 3-point record (3/8/2024)
In the fourth quarter against Penn State, Clark broke Davidson’s Steph Curry’s single-season 3-pointers made record.
6. Caitlin Clark breaks single-season scoring record (3/25/2024)
With 32 points in a second-round win during the NCAA Tournament, Clark passed Washington’s Kelsey Plum for the single-season scoring record with 1,113 single-season points.
5. Caitlin Clark helps break 3 records in one game (2/28/2024)
In a dominant win over Minnesota, Clark scored her 3,650th point to surpass Kansas guard Lynette Woodard as the highest-scoring player in major-college women’s basketball. Woodard played from 1977-1981 when the sport was still governed by the AIAW.
In the game, Clark also broke the single-season 3-point record, and the Hawkeyes broke the Big Ten’s single-game 3-point record with 22.
4. Caitlin Clarks leads Iowa women’s basketball to third straight Big Ten Tournament championship (3/10/2024)
With an all-time great second half and overtime performance, Clark helped the Hawkeyes beat Nebraska 94-89. She finished with 34 points, 12 assists and a clutch layup with 30 seconds left in regulation.
3. Caitlin Clark’s big night helps Iowa upset No. 1 South Carolina in Final Four (3/31/2023)
In perhaps the biggest game of Clark’s life and in program history to that point, she became the first player to score 40 or more points in consecutive NCAA Tournament games en route to an upset over undefeated No. 1 South Carolina.
2. Caitlin Clark breaks Kelsey Plum’s NCAA women’s basketball scoring record (2/15/2024)
In what was very fitting, Clark launched a deep triple to break the NCAA Div. I women’s college basketball scoring record. She also finished with a career-high 49 points, breaking the program record.
1. Caitlin Clark breaks 54-year-old Div. I college basketball scoring record (3/3/2024)
With a dramatic pair of free throws, Clark became the all-time career points leader in college basketball history, men’s and women’s.
She dethroned the legendary LSU Tiger “Pistol” Pete Maravich, who set the record in 1970.
Heading into their Week 8 bye, the Iowa State Cyclones had a few things that had to be addressed on the roster. On a two-game losing streak, there were plenty of things the coaching staff was looking to address.
For fans watching, the defense was certainly an area to emphasize. Before facing the Cincinnati Bearcats, the first team to hand the Cyclones a loss, they lost key contributors in their secondary in consecutive games.
First, it was Jeremiah Cooper, who didn’t suit up for the game against the Arizona Wildcats because of a knee injury. Prior to that game, it was revealed that he was dealing with a knee injury that would result in him missing the remainder of the season.
Against the Wildcats, their other starting cornerback, Jontez Williams, suffered an injury. He also suffered a season-ending knee injury, decimating the team’s depth at a key position defensively.
That left defensive coordinator Jon Heacock in a bind. Without Cooper and Williams, other players were going to be relied upon to step into sizable roles. But there were complications in getting them prepared on such short notice.
“The real emphasis became, ‘Who can help us? How do we get them enough reps without wearing them out and get them prepared to play in this stretch that we’re getting ready to get into?” Heacock said, via Alec Busse of Cyclone Alert, part of the 247Sports Network (subscription required).
The results were better than most people would have predicted. Especially when considering they were being thrown into the fire without the luxury of a bye to ease into things. However, the unit was far from as dominant when Cooper and Williams were patrolling the defensive backfield.
Brendan Sorsby and Kaidon Salter both picked apart the Iowa State defense with timely production. Big plays were created not only with their arms but also with their legs.
Credit should be given to Tre Bell, an FCS transfer, and Quentin Taylor, who stepped into roles bigger than anyone anticipated for them. But now it is up to Heacock to figure out a way not to burn them out.
“We got to find guys that can give them a break,” Heacock said. “Some of those, they were playing close to 70 snaps in that game (at Colorado).”
Where will that help come from? The cornerback depth was already a bit thin before losing two starters. Beni Ngoyi, who has been contributing mostly on special teams, could see an increased role. Ditto for David Coffey, a redshirt freshman who is healthy and able to contribute.
The secondary is going to be tested in a big way coming out of the bye. This weekend, against the BYU Cougars, they will be tasked with slowing down Chase Roberts. The following week, it will be Jordyn Tyson of the Arizona State Sun Devils that they need to defend.
Top-tier cornerbacks have trouble slowing those two down. The Cyclones coaching staff is going to have to get to work creating winning schemes. Generating more pressure on the opposing quarterback would be a good place to start to take some heat off the secondary.
DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) — It is 136 pages long, took seven months to put together, and looks to modernize, streamline, and reshape state and local governments in Iowa. It also already has opposition before any of the new ideas have been put into implementation.
On Tuesday, Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, released the Iowa D.O.G.E. (Department of Government Efficiency) Task Force’s report that the 15-member volunteer group submitted to her last month.
Reynolds said while discussing the task force’s 45 recommendations, “It is important that we never settle, that we continue to look for ways to be more effective, efficient and accountable to the taxpayers of Iowa.”.
Read the task force recommendations here.
Task force members called for changing Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) but not eliminating it. The report suggested keeping IPERS available for current state employeees but giving new employees the option of using IPERS or joining a defined contribution plan.
Members also suggested studying benefits that state workers receive and whether they contribute enough to their health care costs.
The task force called for incentives for teachers based on performance, a focus on expanding the number of instructors in high demand fields, and introducing work-based learning experiences to freshmen and sophomore high school students.
Utilizing technology so that artificial intelligence could take over some tasks in state government and freeing up workers to concentrate on other areas was also a suggestion. So was digitizing government forms.
The task force recommended sharing services whenever possible in local government, which could be part of an overall strategy of lessening expenses in local government to reduce property taxes.
House Minority Leader Brian Meyer, a Des Moines Democrat, criticized the overall set of proposals.
“This Governor’s DOGE task force report is deeply disturbing, coming from individuals who’ve never worked a day in their lives. They’re attacking the very people who keep our communities strong, teachers, public safety officers, and other dedicated public servants,” Meyer said in a statement.
Other than stressing that she would preserve IPERS, Reynolds did not take positions on the list of recommendations. She could announce some of them as part of her 2026 legislative priorities when she delivers the annual Condition of the State Address in January.
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Iowa was once known as one of the top butter producers in America.
According to “The Annals of Iowa,” the Hawkeye State was second in America in dairy production in 1943. Iowa even reportedly produced one third of all butter made in the United States.
Iowa loves butter so much, the Iowa State Fair features a sculpture of a cow made mostly out of butter.
But did you know there are state laws about butter?
What’s the Iowa state law regarding butter?
According to Iowa state law, it is illegal to sell margarine as butter.
The state law says oleo, oleomargarine, or margarine must be labeled as such and the packaging should include a full and accurate statement of all ingredients it contains.
The state law also says that margarine or similar margarine products may not be advertised or represented in any form as a dairy product for purchase.
Misrepresentation of other dairy products such as renovated butter, imitation cheese, and nonfat dry milk is also illegal.
What’s the penalty for breaking this state law?
Under Iowa law, misrepresenting margarine as butter is a simple misdemeanor.
The penalty for a simple misdemeanor is a fine of at least of at least $105 and no more than $855. The court may also order a prison sentence of up to 30 days. The prison sentence may be ordered in place of the fine or in addition to the fine.
For restaurants and other eating establishments, violating this law could also result in the suspension of state-issued licenses for a year.
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