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Photos: North Linn vs. Newell-Fonda in Class 1A girls’ basketball championship

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March 2, 2024

Photos: North Linn vs. Newell-Fonda in Class 1A girls’ basketball championship

Top-ranked North Linn beat No. 2 Newell-Fonda 67-51 in the Class 1A Iowa high school girls’ state basketball championship game Saturday night at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) and North Linn’s Macy Boge (24) take the court before an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn players take the court during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn players and coaches during lineup introductions before an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Allie Haughenbury (20) takes the court before an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Macy Boge (24) dribbles during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) dribbles during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Molly Boge (30) defends during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Macy Boge (24) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Molly Boge (30) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Mackenzie Bridgewater (22) defends Newell-Fonda’s McKenna Sievers (23) during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Skylar Benesh (12) dribbles during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Allie Haughenbury (20) rebounds the ball during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Molly Boge (30) dribbles during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Skylar Benesh (12) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Allie Haughenbury (20) passes the ball during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley (10) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Molly Boge (30) passes the ball during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Macy Boge (24) and North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) embrace during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) passes to North Linn’s Molly Boge (30) during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Mackenzie Bridgewater (22) looks to pass during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) shoots a free throw during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Macy Boge (24) passes to North Linn’s Molly Boge (30) during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) shoots during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Mackenzie Bridgewater (22) dribbles during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) drives to the basket during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) looks to pass during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Newell-Fonda’s Greta Larsen (5) hugs teammates during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Molly Boge (30) celebrates during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley (10) and North Linn’s Mackenzie Bridgewater (22) celebrate with North Linn head coach Brian Wheatley during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Mackenzie Bridgewater (22), North Linn’s Allie Haughenbury (20), North Linn’s Macy Boge (24), North Linn’s Molly Boge (30), and North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) clebrate during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Meghan Wheatley (10), North Linn’s Mackenzie Bridgewater (22), North Linn’s Allie Haughenbury (20), North Linn’s Macy Boge (24), North Linn’s Molly Boge (30), and North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) clebrate during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn players celebrate during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Emilee Beuter (44) embraces teammates during an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn players celebrate following an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) carries the state championship trophy following an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn’s Macy Boge (24) and North Linn’s Kamryn Kurt (34) advance North Linn’s sticker on the official bracket following an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

North Linn players celebrate with students following an Iowa Class 1A girls’ basketball state championship game between North Linn and Newell-Fonda at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, March 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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A new facility in Marshall County could spark more conservation on Iowa farms

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June 26, 2026

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A new facility in Marshall County could spark more conservation on Iowa farms

The Iowa chapter of the Land Improvement Contractors of America (LICA) officially opened a new facility on its 80-acre demonstration farm in Marshall County Thursday.

Iowa LICA President Scott Bohle said having classroom and meeting space will make it easier to educate the next generation of professional contractors, along with government employees, lawmakers and students, to help conserve soil and water in the state.

Bohle said the building “gives people a place to gather, collaborate and continue the important work that defines our association.”

Just outside the new space are wetlands, terraces, sediment control basins, bioreactors and other features, which members have built since LICA purchased the farm near Melbourne in 2000.

“We call it the one-stop shop, where you can see anything being put to practice by our landowners,” said Kelby Kiefer, executive director of Iowa LICA.

Together, these “edge-of-field” practices remove 50% of phosphates and almost 100% of the nitrates from the runoff of a 1,000-plus acre watershed, according to the association.

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Dave Flewelling, a contractor and Iowa LICA board member, drives past a wetland during a tour of LICA’s conservation demonstration farm.

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Water on LICA’s demonstration farm flows through a series of structures, including this pond, to filter nutrients and sediment.

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A sign marks a bioreactor at LICA’s demonstration farm. Tile drainage from a nearby field flows through an underground pipe into a large pit of buried wood chips. There, microorganisms consume the nitrate and release nitrogen gas into the atmosphere. Bioreactors reduce annual nitrate loss by 43% on average, according to the Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance.

Rachel Cramer / Iowa Public Radio

Adding more wetlands, saturated buffers and bioreactors across the state are a key part of Iowa’s Nutrient Reduction Strategy. It aims to cut nitrogen and phosphorus losses from farm fields by 41% and 29%, respectively.

The strategy is part of a broader effort to reduce nutrient pollution in the state’s waterways and the Gulf of Mexico by 45% compared to the 1980-96 baseline period. It does not include a target date.

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig said the state has accelerated edge-of-field practices in recent years, in part through the Batch and Build model. The approach bundles projects in a targeted watershed to reduce costs and save time for farmers and contractors.

Nearly 150 nitrate reducing wetlands and around 500 saturated buffers, bioreactors and multi-purpose oxbows had been built in the state as of 2024. Thousands more will be needed to meet the state’s nutrient reduction targets.

“[Clean water is] something we need to be focused on, and we can be proud of the work that’s happened, but we know that we need to do more,” Naig said. “Buildings like this help.”

Naig said scaling up conservation infrastructure across the state will require more skilled contractors. He described them as the “critical link” between concepts and “getting things on the ground.”

“It’s from that point where you say, ‘We have a design that’s ready to go, a willing landowner,’ but somebody needs to make it happen,” Naig said. “The land improvement contractor sits in that very important spot.”

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Iowa City Regina baseball finds winning formula under new leadership

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June 26, 2026

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Iowa City Regina baseball finds winning formula under new leadership

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Mark Roering returned to Iowa City Regina 30 years after serving as an assistant coach, and in just two seasons, he has transformed the Regals into one of Class 2A’s most dangerous teams.

“I was a senior in college. I just had finished playing baseball myself and was doing high school in the summers. Had one of those magical seasons here losing in the state finals,” Roering said. “I was just ready for something new.”

Prior to being hired at Iowa City Regina in 2024, Roering coached nine seasons at Dowling Catholic, where he helped the Maroons reach the state tournament six times. Regina was below .500 in three of the four seasons before his arrival. His first season at the helm, Regina went 22-6.

“I think the biggest difference is practice. Everybody is so much more locked in. Really that just comes from him. He gets on us everyday, he has to make the drive and hour and a half every day so we want to give that back to him for all the time and effort he’s put into us,” junior Trey Streb said.

Streb also described Roering as a very emotional coach who cares deeply about the team and winning.

The Regals’ bats have become a significant threat. Regina ranks fifth in the state and second in Class 2A with a .379 batting average and has the fourth fewest strikeouts among state teams.

“It’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced and it’s been super competitive and it’s nice to be with people who want to win and will do whatever it takes to win,” senior Emmett Burke said.

The team already sits at 20 wins with eight regular season games remaining.

Roering said the transformation comes when players start believing they can win in any situation.

“Winning is contagious just like losing is contagious,” Roering said. “Kids they start believing and it gets really dangerous you know that they can win no matter what situation they’re in.”

The turnaround has positioned the Regals to make a postseason run. With only one senior on the roster, the team could remain a threat next season.

“No matter what, we’re going to fight and we’re not going to roll over. We’re going to do what we need to do to win,” Burke said.

“We’re big competitors. We don’t accept defeat and I think that’s one of my favorite parts about this team,” Streb added.

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Iowa City residents face higher water bills in July

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June 25, 2026

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Iowa City residents face higher water bills in July

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) -Water and wastewater utility rates in Iowa City will increase starting July 1, following a city council decision on May 19.

The water utility rate will increase by 3%, while the wastewater rate will increase by 5%.

The increases are part of a funding model to help recover the costs of providing water and wastewater services to Iowa City residents.

The new rates will take effect in tandem with Iowa City’s 2027 fiscal year and apply to customers served by the Iowa City Water Division and the Iowa City Wastewater Division.

The city said the rate adjustment supports its continued provision of safe and reliable water service.

To learn more about the city’s utilities, visit their website.

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