Iowa
Trump support grows in Iowa Poll, nearly half say they could change their mind
DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Iowa Capitol Bureau) – Former president Donald Trump has picked up more potential Iowa GOP Caucus support over the past two months than his rivals in a new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll. But nearly half of Iowans polled (46%) say that they may choose a candidate other than the one they are now supporting.
See the full poll results here.
That last statistic may be the one that Trump’s challengers hope to use to their benefit if this race is going to be competitive by caucus night on January 15th, 2024. Challengers combined don’t match Trump’s statewide support in this poll, so they may need a sizeable number of people currently choosing Trump to switch to them if they have any hope of winning.
- Donald Trump: 51% (+8% from October)
- Ron DeSantis: 19% (+3% from October)
- Nikki Haley: 16% (unchanged from October)
- Vivek Ramaswamy: 5% (+1 from October)
- Chris Christie: 4% (unchanged from October)
- Asa Hutchinson: 1% (unchanged from October)
- Ryan Binkley: 0% (unchanged from October)
- None of these: 2% (unchanged from October)
- Not sure: 3% (unchanged from October)
Trump has not campaigned as much as his caucus competitors and faces 91 criminal indictments into his efforts to overturn his 2020 general election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. But, so far, his challengers have failed to use that to their advantage and cut into his lead. If challengers make the calculation that it is largely impossible for them to defeat Trump in Iowa, they may instead focus their criticism on each other instead of the former president.
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Iowa’s Greta Krob ready to compete in junior elite gymnastics U.S. championships
CORALVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) – When dozens of the top gymnasts in the U.S. arrive in Fort Worth, Texas for the U.S. championships, among the future and current Olympians will be 13-year-old Greta Krob.
Krob, who trains at Iowa Gym-Nest in Coralville, will be among 14 junior elite women, the top U.S. gymnasts under the age of 16.
“She has really big goals and she’ll do pretty much whatever it takes to get to them,” said one of her coaches, Erika Briscoe.
“I’m hoping to make the national team one day, and compete at the Division I level,” said Krob. “My goals (for the competition) are to be confident and then just hit my routines like I do in practice, and not get overwhelmed.”
Krob started gymnastics for fun, but her talent and drive took her to competitions at age seven.
“(At) two years old I joined a mommy and me class. I was a little bit wild so I needed something to get my energy out,” Krob said.
“She was taking off through the levels,” said Briscoe. “Most kids will do one level a year or maybe two years at a level, she was skipping through some of the levels, and it was coming pretty easy to her.”
Briscoe says Krob is talented and hard-working, but she also has maturity far beyond her years.
“She comes in, she gets here on time, she gets done whatever we ask of her,” Briscoe said. “She isn’t willing to give up easily even when we’re like ‘it’s ok if don’t get this skill this year, it’s ok if we don’t do this level this year,’ she’s like ‘no I’m gonna do it, don’t doubt me, I can do all of this.”
In last year’s Hopes classic – for ages 10 to 12 – she won the all around competition, scoring highest in the uneven bars and balance beam.
“I think she’s really good on bars and beam cause she’s able to stay calm under pressure,” Briscoe said.
In a competition, like the one coming up in Forth Worth, Krob says all those early mornings and tough practices lead to the landing.
“It is just a big sigh of relief knowing that all my hard work really paid off.”
Next Friday competition can be streamed on the USA Gymnastics YouTube channel.
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Winners announced in North Iowa Band Festival
(ABC 6 News) – The Mason City Chamber of Commerce announced the award winners and royalty for the 85th North Iowa Band Festival on Sunday.
North Iowa Bandfest celebrates 85 years
This year’s Band Festival King and Queen were Titan Pearson from Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock High School and Emily Jane McLaughlin from Clear Lake High School.
The Marching Band awards winners are:
- Northwood-Kensett High School for Class 1A
- Lake Mills for Class 2A
- Forest City for Class 3A
In the parade competition, the Grand Marshal awards for the parade entry with the best use of the festival theme “All-American Band Festival” went to:
- CURRIES in 1st place
- Randy’s Adventures/Project Based Learning in 2nd place
- NSB Bank in 3rd place
The Mr. Toot awards for the entry with the most originality, artistic quality, and well-crafted design, based on a theme of their choice went to:
- First Citizens Bank in 1st place
- Window World of Mason City in 2nd place
- Cargill Protein & North Iowa Community Credit Union tied for 3rd place
The carnival and concessions will open at noon on both Sunday and Monday in Downtown Mason City, weather permitting.
The carnival will hold “Wrist Band Days” on both days, providing unlimited rides for $20 each day.
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