Great Plains Lookahead Digest
By The Associated Press
The following stories are planned for the next 24 hours. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan.
——————————
IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
——————————
BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE
FORMATS: (‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘Graphic’)
1. WITH: BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE
2. DESCRIPTION: High school girls basketball participation is declining even in Caitlin Clark’s home state of Iowa. Tiny Newell-Fonda in northwest Iowa truly is an outlier.
3. UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:00 a.m. CST
4. WITH: BKH–GIRLS BASKETBALL DECLINE-ABRIDGED
5. DESCRIPTION: Abridged version.
6. UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:00 a.m. CST
___
BKC–USC-IOWA
DESCRIPTION: USC plays Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 06:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
BKC–NORTHERN IOWA-SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
DESCRIPTION: Northern Iowa plays Southern Illinois at Banterra Center. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 06:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
BKC–EVANSVILLE-DRAKE
DESCRIPTION: Evansville plays Drake at Knapp Center. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 06:30 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
——————————
KANSAS – UPCOMING – NEWS
——————————
US–EXTREME WEATHER-ICE SAFETY
DESCRIPTION: File photos showing icy weather
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 02:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’, ‘Photo’, ‘Video’)
___
——————————
MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
——————————
US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
FORMATS: (‘LiveVideo’, ‘Video’, ‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘Audio’)
7. WITH: US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
8. DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage of federal immigration enforcement across the U.S., with a primary focus on Minneapolis.
9. SENT: By 01/28/2026 01:05 p.m. CST
10. WITH: US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT – PUSHING BACK
11. DESCRIPTION: If there’s been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it’s been the shriek of whistles and honking horns as thousands of volunteers track the movement of federal immigration agents through the region. A look at the army of volunteers that has grown with the surge of immigration agents to the Twin Cities region, doing everything from tracking agents’ convoys to standing watch at schools. While the White House’s tone has become more conciliatory in the wake of the second Minneapolis killing by a federal agent, activists remain unconvinced that things will change.
12. UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 01:05 p.m. CST
13. WITH: US-IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT-DEMOCRATS
14. DESCRIPTION: Democratic US Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday will visit the Texas immigration detention center where a 5-year-old boy from Minneapolis is being detained. ICE and its enforcement actions have become a major issue in midterm elections. Time of visit still TBD, Crockett expected to address media at 5 pm ET.
15. UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 01:05 p.m. CST
___
US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage of federal immigration enforcement across the U.S., with a primary focus on Minneapolis.
SENT: By 01/28/2026 11:01 p.m. CST, (‘LiveVideo’, ‘Video’, ‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘Audio’)
___
US–FEDERAL ENFORCEMENT-SHOOTING PROBES
DESCRIPTION: A law enforcement officer fatally shoots someone and authorities quickly move in to justify the loss of life before an investigation has been concluded, even if facts ultimately show the case isn’t as open and shut as authorities insist. It’s a playbook familiar for Black Americans when local police officers shoot and kill a community member or a loved one. But now in the wake of the shootings deaths of white protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal officers in Minneapolis, some Americans are newly outraged at how federal officials followed a similar playbook about the shootings and about the desceased, despite bystander video, witnesses and family statements contradicting their narrative. Racial justice activists, police reform advocates and Black families who have experienced loss after police violence say its a critique they have long had of law enforcement.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 11:01 p.m. CST, (‘Photo’, ‘Text’)
___
——————————
MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
——————————
OLY–HKW-GAME OF QUEENS
DESCRIPTION: Team USA’s Hilary Knight and Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin have gone at it for nearly 17 years and over 100 games on the international stage in an intense but friendly rivalry involving two of women’s hockey’s most accomplished players. And it will be in Milan next month when the two meet for a fifth and potentially final time at the Winter Games. By Hockey Writer John Wawrow. 700 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 01:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
BKN–TIMBERWOLVES-MAVERICKS
DESCRIPTION: The Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Dallas Mavericks. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:30 p.m. CST, (‘Photo’, ‘Text’)
___
BKC–MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN
DESCRIPTION: Minnesota plays Wisconsin at Kohl Center. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 08:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
——————————
MISSOURI – UPCOMING – NEWS
——————————
US–EXTREME WEATHER-ICE SAFETY
DESCRIPTION: File photos showing icy weather
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 02:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’, ‘Photo’, ‘Video’)
___
——————————
MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
——————————
BKC–SAM HOUSTON-MISSOURI STATE
DESCRIPTION: Sam Houston plays Missouri State at Great Southern Bank Arena. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
BKC–DENVER-KANSAS CITY
DESCRIPTION: Denver plays Kansas City at Swinney Recreation Center. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
——————————
NEBRASKA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
——————————
BKC–SOUTH DAKOTA STATE-OMAHA
DESCRIPTION: South Dakota State plays Omaha at Baxter Arena. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
——————————
OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
——————————
BKC–NORTH TEXAS-TULSA
DESCRIPTION: North Texas plays Tulsa at Donald W. Reynolds Center. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
——————————
SOUTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
——————————
BKC–SOUTH DAKOTA STATE-OMAHA
DESCRIPTION: South Dakota State plays Omaha at Baxter Arena. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/28/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
___
