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‘I’ve never had damage like this’: Iowa woman says recent storms worst of three she’s seen in 51 years

PLEASANT HILL, Iowa (Gray Television Iowa Capitol Bureau) – The tornadoes that hit the state put an Iowa woman in a position that she’s unfortunately found herself numerous times. She’s cleaning up from another natural disaster.
Rose Ostrand has lived in the same house in Pleasant Hill for 51 years. In that time, she’s been through the Flood of 1993 and a few tornados, but somehow the house is still here. “This is the third one out here but I’ve never had damage like this. I mean, I’ve had a couple blown windows, maybe a broken door, but nothing that we couldn’t fix ourselves. Nothing to even turn in to the insurance,” Ostrand said.
Others in the neighborhood weren’t so lucky when the EF-2 tornado touched down just before nine Friday night. The winds, which peaked around 125 miles per hour, toppled trees, blew over headstones in the cemetery, a neighbor’s trampoline ended up in a tree.
Despite living through major storms before, Ostrand still headed for cover. “I got down to my little cubby hole and I heard a loud ‘boom’, and then just glass breaking, so I knew I’d been hit, and when I got a chance to go back upstairs, I looked out the patio window and I saw my car with no garage,” Ostrand said.
Ostrand’s big tree came down and knocked out her gas meter, so she’s been without hot water since the storm. Still, she considers herself lucky that she has neighbors, like Tyler Luft, who look out for her. “They’ve done more about cleaning out my yard than I have. I’ll go out and I’ll pick up a few things and he and his wife are dragging stuff out,” Ostrand said.
Ostrand says she’s “their senior” and they’re always checking on her. Luft says the favors go both ways. “Yeah but don’t let her fool you, snow in winter, sometimes she she’d do my snow before I would get to it,”” Luft said.
Right now though, they’re focused up on cleaning from the spring storm. Ostrand has seen many come through the neighborhood before, and she says they’ll be just fine.
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Conner Hendricks covers state government and politics for Gray Television-owned stations in Iowa. Email him at conner.hendricks@gray.tv; and follow him on Facebook at Conner Hendricks TV or on X/Twitter @ConnerReports.
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Weather Forecast and Conditions for Iowa City, IA – The Weather Channel | Weather.com

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Iowa women’s basketball freshman Aaliyah Guyton enters transfer portal

Aaliyah Guyton ready to do whatever Iowa women’s basketball needs after success vs. Northwestern
Aaliyah Guyton ready to do whatever Iowa women’s basketball needs after success vs. Northwestern
Iowa women’s basketball freshman Aaliyah Guyton has entered the transfer portal, a source with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Register on Monday.
A top-100 prospect in the 2024 class, Guyton finished the year appearing in 29 games with one start — while averaging 16.4 minutes and 4.7 points per game.
Much like Iowa’s season as a team, Guyton’s freshman campaign was a seesawing one. She entered coming off a torn ACL suffered during her senior season at Peoria High School. However, once Guyton jumped into action on Nov. 24 against Washington State, it didn’t take long before she was a main piece in Jan Jensen’s rotation.
Guyton had 11 points in 24 minutes with Lucy Olsen out to propel Iowa past BYU in the Cancun Challenge. Nine points in 20 minutes arrived against Purdue early in Big Ten play. Guyton made her lone start of the year on Jan. 9 at Illinois and was lauded as a key voice during Iowa’s five-game losing streak. Fourteen points in 26 minutes against Nebraska — then 15 in 31 minutes versus Northwestern three games later — emphasized that value.
Even when Olsen fully found her footing as Iowa’s most reliable offensive option during the back half of Big Ten play, Guyton’s playing time didn’t fall off the map. She remained a key on-ball defender that Jensen regularly deployed early off the bench. But Guyton’s offensive contributions soon took a hard nosedive.
The freshman shot just 25% from the field (14-for-57) and 22% from deep (7-for-32) over Iowa’s final 13 games. Guyton piled up 24 turnovers in that same stretch.
Assuming Guyton doesn’t eventually remove her name from the portal, Iowa now has three open scholarships to work with for next season. The Hawkeyes had 14 of the maximum 15 in use this year and will gain another with three coming in (Addie Deal, Journey Houston, Layla Hays) and four going out (Lucy Olsen, Sydney Affolter, Addison O’Grady, A.J. Ediger).
Jensen talked repeatedly after Iowa’s season-ending loss at Oklahoma about how the Hawkeyes will be a player in the portal this offseason. This move allows for more potential activity.
Dargan Southard is a sports trending reporter and covers Iowa athletics for the Des Moines Register and HawkCentral.com. Email him at msouthard@gannett.com or follow him on Twitter at @Dargan_Southard.
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Vote: Who should be Iowa’s high school athlete of the week? (3/30/2025)

Here are the candidates for High School on SI’s Iowa high school athlete of the week for March 24-30. Read through the nominees and cast your vote.
Congratulations to last week’s winner: Kienna Lassen of MOC-Floyd Valley girls track& field.
Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. PT, Sunday, April 6. The winner will be announced in the following week’s poll. Here are this week’s nominees:
The Kansas State-signee broke the meet-record and qualified for Drake Relays with a 57.05 showing in winning the 400 at the North Iowa Indoor Championships.
A double-winner at the Buena Vista Indoor, Buckholdt claimed gold in both the 200 and long jump.
Cordes set a record in the 1,500 at the WaMaC, going 4:50.09.
Davenport dominated the Don Graves Classic throwing events, winning both the shot put and discus.
Dunn was first in the 60 hurdles and 200 at the Dordt Invitational.
Forkpa won the 100 and 200 at the Holly/Trojan Relays, ran the lead-leg of the winning sprint medley and was on the runner-up 4×100 relay.
Gosselink reached the Blue Standard to qualify for Drake Relays in the long jump, winning the WaMaC with a leap of 17-11.25. She also was first in the 60 in a meet record time of 7.94 while adding gold in the 200 and a second in the 400.
Hinz picked up golds in the 55 and 200 at the Wartburg Invitational. Her time of 7.46 in the 55 ranks second this year in Iowa.
Maasdam picked up three golds at the Dordt Invitational, winning the 60, 60 hurdles and long jump titles.
McDaniel won the 100 and 200 at the Simpson Classic.
McMurrin won both the 55 hurdles and high jump at the Wartburg Invitational. He cleared 6-7, which ranks third this year in Iowa.
Morton earned her spot at Drake Relays by winning the North Iowa Indoor Championships with a throw of 45-0 in the shot put. The mark is the best in Iowa indoors this year.
Myers was one of just a handful of Iowa athletes to capture gold at the MSU Varsity Showcase in Minnesota, as the University of Iowa softball signee won the shot put with a throw of 39-7.5.
Parker swept the sprint events at the Don Graves Classic, winning the 100 and 200.
Roberts went 6.99 to win the 60-meter dash at the MSU Varsity Showcase, besting a field of Iowa and Minnesota athletes.
Rubendall showed her speed and power, winning both the 60 and 60 hurdles at the Buena Vista Indoor. She also ran the lead leg on the winning 4×200 relay.
Russell was first in the 100 and 200, along with leading the sprint medley to a second, at the Holly/Trojan Relays.
Sullivan showed her range, winning the 400 and 1,500 at the Lady Lancer Relays.
Wallace had a night at the Simpson Classic, winning the 100 and 110 hurdles while running on the winning shuttle hurdle and 4×100 relays. The shuttle hurdle set a 2A record and cracked the Top 10 for fastest times ever at 58.12, qualifying for the Drake Relays.
Woods dominated the hurdle events at the Waukee Northwest Relays, winning both the 110 and 400. He also ran the anchor on the first place 4×400 relay.
High School on SI voting polls are intended to be a fun way to create fan engagement and express support for your favorite high school athletes and teams. Unless expressly noted, there are no awards for winning the voting. Our primary focus is to highlight the abilities and accomplishments of all the athletes and teams included in our poll. You can vote as often as you wish and are encouraged to share our polls with others.
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