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LAWRENCE, Kansas – The Iowa State women’s basketball team (17-11, 9-8 Big 12) closed out its 2019-20 road slate with a commanding 61-42 victory over Kansas (15-13, 4-13 Big 12).
Iowa State hit 12 three pointers in the contest to bolster the offensive attack. It’s the seventh time this season, and third time in the last five games, that the Cyclones have hit 10+ threes in a game. The Cyclones also were tidy on the glass, collecting 58 rebounds on the night, which is the highest total on the year.
With the win in Allen Field House, Iowa State has secured a bye in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament next week.
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Iowa State plays host to the nation’s No. 1 team in Baylor on Sunday afternoon. Tip is set for noon on Sunday afternoon. The game will be televised on FSN.
Jim Field visits with ISU Extension Nutrition and Wellness Specialist Barb Fuller about National Nutrition Month in March.
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A bond issue for one new western Iowa county jail was approved Tuesday, but votes for jail bonds in another county fell short. Woodbury County voters approved a $50.3 million bond issue to replace the existing jail, which officials say is overcrowded and has a number of deficiencies. Voters in neighboring Monona County narrowly rejected a $6.2 million bond issue that would have funded a replacement for the county’s overcrowded, 46-year-old facility. The measure received 57% — 3 percentage points less than the 60% required for passage.
Physical Plant and Equipment (PPEL – “Peppel) levies were approved Tuesday, by voters in both the Creston and East Union Community School Districts. Unofficial results from the Union and Adams County Auditor’s offices show in Creston, the PPEL passed 527-to-146 — or 78.3% to 21.%. East Union voters voted 122-to-70 to extend the levy.
PPEL funds may be used for facilities projects and maintenance, technology purchases, transportation vehicles and other expenses.
Voters in the Lenox Community School District have approved a $9.9-million bond issue, which will pay for several improvements to district facilities, including replacement of the Elementary School roof and installation of energy efficent windows in the Lenox High School, most of which are over 50-years old. Additional classroom space is also covered under the bond issue.
Unofficial results from the Adams, Ringgold, Union and Taylor County Auditor’s offices show the bond issue passed by a vote of 332-to 198 (62.6% yes, 57.4% no). A 60% super majority was needed in order for the measure to pass.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say Iowa’s high school graduation rate climbed to a record high of 91.6% in the 2018-19 school year. The Iowa Education Department says the class of 2019 figure was up two-tenths of a percentage point from the 91.4% in the class of 2018. Since 2011, Iowa’s four-year graduation rate has increased 3.3 percentage points overall, with gains in nearly every student demographic group. For example, graduation rates for Hispanic students have climbed by 9.3 percentage points and the rates for African American students have gone up 8.4 percentage points.
Iowa’s rates typically are among the nation’s highest high school graduation rates.
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