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Yahoo
2 days ago
- General
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Explorers' starting pitching paving way for early-season success
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) – The Sioux City Explorers have tallied 14 wins on the year through 22 games, tied for second-most in the American Association and just one back of league-leader Kansas City. A key contributor: the team's pitching. The bullpen has been stellar, but it's the starting pitching for Sioux City that has stood out for the club so far. Just one season after earning American Association All-Star honors as a reliever, Kyle Marman is tied for the league lead with 40 strikeouts. His 2.43 ERA is just outside the top ten in the AA. Jared Wetherbee has fanned 32 batters this season, including 17 in his last two starts combined to go with 13 innings, allowing just three runs in a pair of wins. Austin Drury has tallied seven or more strikeouts in three of his four appearances this season. Zach Willeman is coming off his first win of the season, following up a 12-strikeout performance at home against Gary SouthShore on May 22nd. For an Explorers team that leads the American Association with 247 punchouts, the motivation for Sioux City's starters lie within each other. 'We work off each other so well. I think we do a great job of coming together, putting a good scouting report together, and just being able to build off of each other,' Wetherbee said. 'They've started to compete among each other. You hear the chatter among them, amd that's good when you can get the four guys that have really stepped up in the rotation to to keep competing against themselves, not competing against their starter, compete against yourselves,' Explorers manager Steve Montgomery mentioned. 'One guy goes seven, you hear the next guy the next night wanting to go eight,' Sioux City begins its three-game road series at Sioux Falls tonight at 6:35 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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Cherokee man enters plea in first-degree murder case
CHEROKEE, Iowa (KCAU) — A man from Cherokee, Iowa, has pleaded not guilty in a murder case. Court documents stated Richard Hammond, 66, has pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree murder. Authorities claimed Hammond ran over Christopher Wheeler on April 21 at a farm east of Cherokee, leaving the scene afterward. Story continues below Top Story: Rob Sand announces run for Iowa governor Lights & Sirens: Crash temporarily blocks traffic from I-29 to Virginia Street Sports: Explorers defeat Cougars 4-3 in ten-inning thriller Officials alleged Hammond intentionally ran over the man while driving at a high speed. Wheeler reportedly tried to run away, but he couldn't escape and was killed. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Politics
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South Sioux City school bond ballots due Tuesday evening
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KCAU) — Tuesday is Election Day in South Sioux City, Nebraska, concerning a proposed school bond. The bond is for $127-million, and the funds would go toward new construction and upgrades to school facilities. Story continues below Top Story: Rob Sand announces run for Iowa governor Lights & Sirens: Crash temporarily blocks traffic from I-29 to Virginia Street Sports: Explorers defeat Cougars 4-3 in ten-inning thriller The mail-in election comes after months of community engagement helping to decide the future of the district's infrastructure. Completed ballots are due at the Dakota County Courthouse no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Politics
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Iowa schools tweaking cell phone policies due to new law
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — For many Iowa students, there's only a couple more weeks till school is out. However, when they return next fall, some may find their schools' policy on phones has changed due to a law going into effect this summer. Governor Kim Reynolds signed the law on April 30; it directs Iowa schools to develop policies that restrict the use of electronic devices during class and setting up ways they will securely store students' phones. Story continues below Top Story: Rob Sand announces run for Iowa governor Lights & Sirens: Crash temporarily blocks traffic from I-29 to Virginia Street Sports: Explorers defeat Cougars 4-3 in ten-inning thriller The superintendents of Westwood Community Schools and Lawton-Bronson Community School District both say they've had these policies in place before the Governor's law. 'In the elementary, students are not to have them out during the day. They leave them in their bags and in their lockers. High school differs. Some of them have baskets, and when you walk in the room, you have to deposit your phone in the basket, and when you walk out of the room at the end of class, you can pick your phone up. And, you know, if it's not a basket, it's some other container,' said Chad Shook, the superintendent with Lawton-Bronson Community School District. Due to the new law, both school districts are making a few changes to comply with it. 'A lot of it is looking at our policies and see how they match up, and one of the things that I know right now our policies don't include wearable devices as much as it probably should. So that is one thing that the governor put in there is wearable technology needs to be addressed, and so we'll be addressing that this summer,' said Jay Lutt, the superintendent with Westwood Community Schools. 'We're talking about methods of collecting cell phones when kids come to class that are consistent from classroom to classroom. Right now, that's kind of in the hands of our teachers, but we want to be consistent. You know, when we're talking about adapting the model policy put about put out by the Department of Education,' said Shook. Rob Sand announces run for Iowa governor Lawton-Bronson's superintendent says he doesn't see why this needed to become a law when many schools were already tackling the issue. 'I feel like this is something that our teachers, parents, students, school board are very capable of handling. I'm not sure that we needed legislation to address this, but it's here. So, we'll make sure where we fall in line like all the other schools,' said Shook. Iowa schools need to have some sort of cell phone policy in place by July 1 when the law goes into effect. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Business
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Congressman Randy Feenstra files paperwork hinting he may run for governor
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCAU) — has filed paperwork that may hint that he's planning to run for Iowa governor. On Monday, a DR1 – Statement of Organization form for a committee named 'Feenstra for Governor' was filed with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board. Though Feenstra has not made an official announcement of his intention to run, this could indicate that the Hull native may be making an announcement sometime soon. This announcement comes after Governor Kim Reynolds announced that she would not be running for Iowa Governor earlier this year. Story continues below Top Story: Rob Sand announces run for Iowa governor Lights & Sirens: Crash temporarily blocks traffic from I-29 to Virginia Street Sports: Explorers defeat Cougars 4-3 in ten-inning thriller Iowa's current sitting Auditor, Rob Sand, officially announced Monday morning that he would be running for the governorship Monday morning. Feenstra was first elected to Congress when he beat incumbent Steve King in the 2020 election. KCAU 9 has reached out to Congressman Feenstra's team for a statement and has not yet heard back at the time of publishing. Iowa Democratic Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement on the possibility that Feenstra may be running for governor: 'Whether in Washington or Des Moines, Congressman Randy Feenstra has been a reliable foot soldier for the misguided partisans and insiders ruining our state. Meanwhile, Iowa is now 49th in economic growth and losing manufacturing jobs while Rep. Feenstra has failed to deliver a farm bill, voted to gut Medicaid, and supported Iowa's unaccountable voucher program that's jeopardizing Iowa's fiscal budget. We need a new direction and Randy Feenstra is just more of the same failed leadership.' Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
