DES MOINES – Widely regarded as one of the most accurate pollsters in the nation, the firm responsible for the Des Moines Register political poll is assessing a massive miss from the final results on election day. KCCI-TV reports that J. Ann Selzer wrote an op-ed in the Des Moines Register claims she used the same method that accurately predicted Donald Trump’s victories in the state in 2016 and 2020, when reporting a slight lead for Vice President Kamala Harris just before the election. Trump won the state by an even larger margin in 2024, and thus, had the Iowa Poll miss by more than a dozen points.

IOWA CITY – While WBNA Rookie of the Year and two-time National College Women’s Basketball player of the Year Caitlin Clark whipped the state of Iowa and the nation into a frenzy over the past few years, it has not translated into the high school game. Sports Illustrated released a report late last week that Sibley-Ocheyedan and West Sioux shuttered their high school girls basketball teams in the coming season. This has spurred rumors that a few more schools may make the move after practice started last Monday.

CEDAR FALLS – The longtime head coach of the UNI Panthers football team is retiring. The university issued a release on Sunday noting that Mark Farley will end his 24 seasons at the helm of the program following the conclusion of the ongoing season. Farley is the winningest coach in Missouri Valley Conference History, with 182. He guided the Panthers to seven conference titles and was the 2007 FCS National Coach of the Year.