CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – The man accused of shooting and killing Dexter Meeks in Cedar Rapids in 2011 has pleaded not guilty. Mykel Roberts entered a written plea on Thursday. Dexter Meeks was shot in the head.

KANSAS CITY, MO (IRN) – A decision about Steve Prohm’s future with the Iowa State men’s basketball program may not come until next week. The Cyclones’ historically poor season came to an end Wednesday night with a 79-73 loss to No. 24 Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. The Cyclones have a 2-22 record, an 18-game losing streak, and finished the regular season 0-18 in the Big 12. With two other losing seasons since 2017, it’s uncertain if Prohm will return to the Cyclones for a seventh season.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (IRN) – Gabbie Marshall scored 22 of her career-high 27 points by halftime and the sixth-seeded Iowa women’s basketball team knocked third-seeded and No. 19-ranked Rutgers out of the Big Ten tournament 73-62 in Thursday night’s quarterfinals. Iowa will face seventh-seeded Michigan State, which had earlier upset No. 9-ranked Indiana, in a Friday semifinal.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – After cancelling for the first time ever last year because of the pandemic, the annual SaPaDaPaSo Parade will go on this year. The 46th annual Saint Patrick’s parade will take place this Saturday at the Hawkeye Downs racetrack, drive-thru style. People attending can drive around the race track in their vehicles and view all the stationary parade entries.