IOWA (IRN) – Saturday wasn’t a good day to be a football fan in Iowa. Cam Pederson kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, giving North Dakota State a 23-21 upset win over 13th-ranked Iowa. TCU beat Iowa State 41-20. The Cyclones, with first-year coach Matt Campbell, are 0-3 for the first time since 1997. To complete the trifecta, after rallying from a 17-point deficit, a fake field goal lifted Eastern Washington over UNI 34-30.
CORALVILLE, IA (IRN) – An Iowa inmate serving a 10-year sentence for a burglary conviction has died in prison. KCRG-TV reports Christopher Cretin died Wednesday of natural causes due to chronic renal failure. He was 40. Cretin was serving a sentence for second-degree burglary in Pottawattamie County.
SANDUSKY, IA (IRN) – Approximately 40 people were arrested Saturday during a protest along the Dakota Access Pipeline route in southeast Iowa. More than 150 protesters gathered in Sandusky to try to block the $3.8 billion pipeline. The project would stretch over four states once complete, transporting oil from North Dakota’s Bakken formations to Illinois, crossing 18 Iowa counties.
WEBSTER CITY, IA (IRN) – A celebration of the Doodle Bug scooter took place last week in Webster City, according to WHO-TV. For 30 years the Hamilton County town has hosted a reunion of Doodle Bug owners and enthusiasts. The small bike was manufactured in Webster City by Beam Manufacturing from 1946-48. The company made about 40,000 of the bikes; only a thousand or so are left.
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