Hot Shooter Dooms Coyotes

Max Landis missed his first shot of the game, a 3-pointer, but not many more as he poured in a school-record 44 points to lead IPFW past South Dakota, 95-82 on Thursday night.

Gophers Still Winless In League

Tre Demps scored 23 points with eight assists and Bryant McIntosh added 20 points and six rebounds as Northwestern snapped a five-game losing streak with an 82-58 win over Minnesota on Thursday night.

GPAC Returns To Lincoln

The 2016 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Indoor Track and Field Championships are returning to the Bob Devaney Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska.

Wild Woes Continue

Derick Brassard set up the tying goal and scored the game-winner early in the third period as the New York Rangers rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the struggling Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Thursday night.

MidAmerican Energy Expands Wind Power in Iowa

Iowa’s largest utility company has wrapped up work on its eighth and ninth wind farm projects, and is preparing to start work on its 10th wind project his spring.

Iowa Senator Wants Apology from Stanford

A state senator says Iowa shouldn’t stand for what Stanford’s band did at halftime during the Rose Bowl last month.

Bald Eagles Thriving in Nebraska

The number of active bald eagle nests in Nebraska is at an all-time high.

Searching for Long Term Solutions for the Indian Health Service

The Indian Health Service and its shortcomings were the topic of a hearing yesterday of the US Senate’s Indian Affairs Committee. A number of problems have been documented for many years, with the latest being the closure of the emergency room at the IHS hospital on the Rosebud Reservation.

Testing Opt Out Bill Tabled in SD House Committee

While there won’t be a head on challenge to “Common Core” education standards in the South Dakota legislature this year, there will be bills dealing with some of its details.

SD House Committee Narrowly Passes Meningitis Vaccination Bill

The South Dakota House Health & Human Services Committee narrowly approved a bill that would add a meningitis vaccination to the list of mandated immunizations needed before a child could go to public schools.