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.
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IOWA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKC–T25-COLORADO-IOWA ST
DESCRIPTION: AMES, Iowa — No. 8 Iowa State hosts Colorado in a Big 12 game at Hilton Coliseum. 300 words, photos. Game starts 7 p.m. ET.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 06:00 p.m. CST, (‘Photo’, ‘Text’)
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BKW–T25-IOWA-USC
DESCRIPTION: No. 8 Iowa visits USC in women’s action. By Beth Harris. 300 words. Begins 9 p.m. ET.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 08:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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KANSAS – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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US–WASHINGTON MIDAIR COLLISION-INVESTIGATION
FORMATS: (‘Video’, ‘Photo’, ‘Text’, ‘LiveVideo’)
1. WITH: US–WASHINGTON MIDAIR COLLISION-INVESTIGATION
2. DESCRIPTION: The causes of last January’s deadly collision between an airliner and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., will be discussed at a National Transportation Safety Board hearing. The meeting will come two days before the one year anniversary of the deadliest plane crash on U.S. soil in decades. Sixty-seven people died in the crash.
3. UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 08:00 a.m. CST
4. WITH: WASHINGTON MIDAIR COLLISION RESPONDERS
5. DESCRIPTION: For the families of passengers on Flight 5342 life irrevocably changed in an instant. A year later memorials, NTSB hearings and potential litigation are planned. But there is an additional group reliving that night and subsequent days and weeks that followed: the first responders who dove into the murky river hoping to be rescuers. But over days and weeks they and others recovered the bodies, identified them and even months later were still trying to find personal effects to give grieving families and friends closure.
6. UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 08:00 a.m. CST
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – NEWS
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US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
FORMATS: (‘Video’, ‘Audio’, ‘Text’, ‘Alternate(backslash)xa0Headlines’, ‘LiveVideo’, ‘Photo’)
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 01/29/2026 01:01 a.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 01/29/2026 01:01 a.m. CST
13. WITH: US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
14. DESCRIPTION: Coverage of news conference by White House border czar Tom Homan in Minneapolis. Develops from 8 a.m. ET event.
15. UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:00 a.m. CST
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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 deceased, 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 01/29/2026 11:01 p.m. CST, (‘Photo’, ‘Text’)
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US IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT
DESCRIPTION: Continuing coverage of federal immigration enforcement across the U.S., with a primary focus on Minneapolis. Will include coverage of Tom Homan press conference.
SENT: By 01/29/2026 11:01 p.m. CST, (‘Video’, ‘Audio’, ‘Text’, ‘LiveVideo’, ‘Photo’)
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MINNESOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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HKN–FLAMES-WILD
DESCRIPTION: The Calgary Flames visit the Minnesota Wild. By Mike Cook. 300 words.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Photo’, ‘Text’)
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BKC–NORTH DAKOTA-ST. THOMAS
DESCRIPTION: North Dakota plays St. Thomas at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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BKN–THUNDER-TIMBERWOLVES
DESCRIPTION: The Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Minnesota Timberwolves. By Tyler Mason. 300 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 08:30 p.m. CST, (‘Photo’, ‘Text’)
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MISSOURI – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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HKN–PANTHERS-BLUES
DESCRIPTION: ST. LOUIS — The Florida Panthers visit the St. Louis Blues. By Joe Harris. 300 words. Game starts 7 p.m. CT.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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BKC–LINDENWOOD-SOUTHERN INDIANA
DESCRIPTION: Lindenwood plays Southern Indiana at Liberty Arena. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:30 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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BKC–SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE-WESTERN ILLINOIS
DESCRIPTION: Southeast Missouri State plays Western Illinois at LeRoy A. Ufkes Court at Western Hall. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:30 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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NORTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKC–NORTH DAKOTA-ST. THOMAS
DESCRIPTION: North Dakota plays St. Thomas at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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OKLAHOMA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKW–T25-TEXAS A&M-OKLAHOMA
DESCRIPTION: No. 10 Oklahoma hosts Texas A&M on Thursday. The Sooners have won two straight, including a huge win over South Carolina. By Cliff Brunt. 300 words. Game time 6 p.m. Central.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 06:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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BKC–ORAL ROBERTS-SOUTH DAKOTA
DESCRIPTION: Oral Roberts plays South Dakota at Sanford Coyote Sports Center. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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BKN–THUNDER-TIMBERWOLVES
DESCRIPTION: The Oklahoma City Thunder visit the Minnesota Timberwolves. By Tyler Mason. 300 words, photos.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 08:30 p.m. CST, (‘Photo’, ‘Text’)
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SOUTH DAKOTA – UPCOMING – SPORTS
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BKC–ORAL ROBERTS-SOUTH DAKOTA
DESCRIPTION: Oral Roberts plays South Dakota at Sanford Coyote Sports Center. 150 words, more on merit.
UPCOMING: By 01/29/2026 07:00 p.m. CST, (‘Text’)
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