By BRUCE R. MILLER – Sioux City Journal, Iowa (TNS) The Iowa Film Critics Association named “Anora” Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Director in its annual polling of the state’s film critics. “The Wild Robot” won two awards – Best Animated Feature and Best Song {“Kiss the Sky”) while “The Seed of the Sacred
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE R. MILLER – Sioux City Journal, Iowa (TNS) You know real estate agents are the bravest workers in the world when one of them goes to the castle of Count Orlok and doesn’t think twice. NOSFERATU Nicholas Hoult stars as Thomas Hutter in director Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu.” That’s Nicholas Hoult in “Nosferatu,” a
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Yamada – Sioux City Journal, Iowa (TNS) SIOUX CITY — For chefs, two popular art forms to learn are fruit and vegetable carvings and ice sculptures. “Ice intrigued me more so than fruit and vegetable carving,” said Robert Dowd, executive chef at the Sioux City Convention Center. For more than 15 years, Dowd
Continue ReadingBy DOLLY A. BUTZ – Sioux City Journal, Iowa (TNS) SIOUX CITY — A Denver woman was arrested early Christmas Day on felony drug charges, after allegedly sideswiping a Sioux City Police patrol vehicle and striking a fire hydrant. Kayla J. Dreesen, 30, is charged with controlled substance violation and failure to affix a drug
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE R. MILLER – Sioux City Journal, Iowa (TNS) “Wicked” proved there’s still life in big-budget studio films. But the bulk of 2024’s best still came from independent studios, streaming services and foreign filmmakers. Does that say the business is expanding? Or has the capital of moviemaking shifted? Take a look at the list
Continue ReadingBy Nick Hytrek – Sioux City Journal, Iowa (TNS) SIOUX CITY — The City of Sioux City has reached a $7,500 settlement with a Nebraska woman whose nose was broken while tubing at Cone Park. Jennifer Peterson, of Elkhorn, Nebraska, had sued the city and Sioux City Parks & Recreation Foundation in August for negligence
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Zeilstra – The Kansas City Star (TNS) Friday’s TV / radio COLLEGE FOOTBALL The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Navy, at Fort Worth, Texas, 11 a.m., ESPN, KCTE (94.5 FM, 1510 AM) The Birmingham Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Vanderbilt, at Birmingham, Ala., 2:30 p.m., ESPN The AutoZone Liberty Bowl: Texas Tech
Continue ReadingBy SARAH WATSON – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) Voters in parts of Scott, Clinton and Jackson counties will vote Jan. 28, 2025, in a special election for their state senator, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Monday. Former senator for District 35, Chris Cournoyer, was sworn in a week ago as the state’s new
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By AP DALLAS (AP) — Parts of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas were under severe weather watches early Friday as the National Weather Service predicted a storm system in the Gulf of Mexico could bring high winds, hail and possible tornadoes to the region. “Heavy showers and thunderstorms continue to race across Louisiana and the Gulf
Continue ReadingBy Kellis Robinett – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Phoenix The Kansas State football team ended its season with one of the most exciting bowl wins in school history. Avery Johnson and Dylan Edwards led the Wildcats to a thrilling 44-41 victory over Rutgers at the Rate Bowl on Thursday inside Chase Field. It was
Continue ReadingBy Kellis Robinett – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Phoenix Call it the Dylan Edwards Bowl. Sure, Kansas State’s 44-41 victory over Rutgers on Thursday at Chase Field technically took place at the postseason football game known as the Rate Bowl. But fans will remember it fondly because of what Edwards accomplished during a thrilling
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By DAVID A. LIEB – Associated Press Artificial intelligence. Abortion. Guns. Marijuana. Minimum wages. Name a hot topic, and chances are good there’s a new law about it taking effect in 2025 in one state or another. Many of the laws launching in January are a result of legislation passed this year. Others stem from
Continue ReadingBy LORI PILGER – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Two teenagers died in separate crashes on Christmas Day, one in a rollover in rural Buffalo County and the other in a two-vehicle crash in Grand Island. The first happened just before 3 a.m. Wednesday. The Grand Island Police Department said officers were sent to South
Continue ReadingBy SHELLY KULHANEK – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen underwent a second successful surgery on Christmas Day to help stabilize the broken ribs he suffered when he fell from a horse on Sunday. “The procedure was a success and Gov. Pillen was returned to the step-down unit where he will continue
Continue ReadingBy MATT OLBERDING – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 16-year-old was arrested Tuesday after police say he shot and killed his 20-year-old brother in a case of mistaken identity. Lincoln police said at a news conference Tuesday morning that they were called to the Bridgeport Apartments near 14th and Superior streets at about 12:30
Continue ReadingBy JENNA EBBERS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Three local organizations were recently awarded thousands of dollars in grant funding to expand after-school programs and other opportunities available to Lincoln students throughout the year. Lincoln Community Learning Centers, Partnership for a Healthy Lincoln and the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center received a combined $264,000
Continue ReadingBy L. KENT WOLGAMOTT – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence,” a reporter famously says, “When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” which is what director James Mangold, his co-writer Jay Cocks and his superb cast do with Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” Loosely based on Elijah
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 78-year-old Lincoln man who was found dead in his home early Christmas Eve after a fire in central Lincoln has been identified as James Ihrie. His death was declared accidental in an autopsy, the Lincoln Police Department said in a news release Thursday. Officers were
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET REIST – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Accessible playground, 12.19 Lincoln Parks and Recreation Director Maggie Stuckey-Ross (from left), Alex Toalson and Brent Toalson pose for a portrait at the Antelope Park playground last week in Lincoln. The first time Brent Toalson and Maggie Stuckey-Ross worked together, he was a teacher at Lincoln
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Lincoln Police news conference on fatal shooting, Dec. 24 A 16-year-old has been charged as an adult with manslaughter in the fatal shooting death of his 20-year-old brother on Christmas Eve in what police said was a case of mistaken identity. Kentrail McDaniel was charged Thursday
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VARGAS – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) A 78-year-old man was found dead in his home early Christmas Eve after a fire in central Lincoln. The Lincoln Police Department was called to a home in the 500 block of South 39th Street at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday for a welfare check after a
Continue ReadingBy NEAL FRANKLIN – Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Lego Party Bus, 12.19 Abel Handly, 13 (right), and Ezra Tanner, 12, inspect the Lego castle they built together during a competition inside the Brick Bus on Dec. 19. For an experienced Lego builder, entering the Brick Bus starts with a challenge. On this day, six
Continue ReadingBy Lincoln Journal Star, Neb. (TNS) Boy Scout Tree Pickup, 12.26 Boy Scout Troop 8’s Harrison Bishop tosses a Christmas tree off a trailer onto a collection pile in December 2023 at Woods Park during a “Scouting for Trees” pickup day. The city is again providing Christmas tree drop-off sites this year through Jan. 20
Continue ReadingBy NINA BAKER – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) A Davenport doula who specializes in end-of-life care has joined with the Midwest Writing Center to host a workshop on poetry as an expression of grief. The Dec. 28 “Narrating Grief Through Poetry” event focuses on using poetry and sound to capture, process and release
Continue ReadingBy OLIVIA ALLEN – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) Over the past two weeks, most Quad-Cities schools have celebrated the holidays in some fashion to keep their students engaged before winter break. Several schools host annual concerts or Christmas recitals during this time, while many teachers or clubs sponsor themed parties. Others, however, took
Continue ReadingBy NINA BAKER – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) The Swampland Jewels, a fusion band mixing Iowa charm and Gulf Coast soul, will perform on Sunday, Jan. 19, for the first 2025 show in Polyrhythms’ Third Sunday Jazz series. “Let The Swampland Jewels take you on a trip down old Highway 61, and across
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA SHIMKUS – Quad City Times, Davenport, Iowa (TNS) Starting on Jan. 1, 2025, the city of Moline plans to hire six new firefighters/paramedics with the intention of staffing a third ambulance in the city. This will be the first major staffing increase for the department in more than 40 years. According to a
Continue ReadingBy CHAD DRURY – Ottumwa Courier, Iowa (TNS) OTTUMWA — The last meeting was already going to be difficult for Brian Morgan. Then his wife and three kids walked into the Wapello County Courthouse courtroom single file, and took a seat in the back of the room. Morgan chaired his final meeting of the board
Continue ReadingBy CHAD DRURY – Ottumwa Courier, Iowa (TNS) As the year 2024 comes to a close, here’s a look back on a year’s of news that appeared in the pages of the Ottumwa Courier. These headlines were curated by Courier staff, and come from reporting by the Courier and our news partners. Part 1 covers
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By ROB GILLIES – Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers are visiting Palm Beach to talk border security and trade with the incoming Donald Trump administration as Trump threatens tariffs on all Canadian products. New Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will be in Palm Beach, Florida on
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