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Five Killed, Six Hurt In Separate Northeast Iowa Accidents The Memorial Day weekend has gotten off to a deadly start on northeast Iowa highways. Accidents in Bremer, Black Hawk and Fayette Counties during an 18-hour span have killed five people and injured six others. According to the Iowa State Patrol, one of the crashes was a triple fatality near West Union. Authorities said 71-year-old Evelyn Rogers of Denver died in the most-recent crash, which happened Friday around 5 PM north of Waterloo....

Four Northland womens reps selected in Blues womens team 27 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Tyler Nankivell is among four Northland womens rugby reps selected in the nib Blues squad to face Waitomo Chiefs this weekend. Photo / Tania Whyte Tyler Nankivell is among four Northland womens rugby reps selected in the nib Blues squad to face Waitomo Chiefs this weekend. Photo / Tania Whyte Northern Advocate Four Northland Farah Palmer Cup reps have been named in a talent-laden Auckland Storm wome...

Northland Kauri coach Cheryl Smith is on the Blues’ staff this week, working alongside fellow former Black Fern Anna Richards under Auckland Storm boss Willie Walker, and she is excited about the prospect of adding another level of action. “If we can get this off the ground, I think were just going to see more girls performing,” she said on Monday. “Its another stepping stone for our Black Ferns and our Farah Palmer Cup girls, but its a stepping stone for the new girls as well. “...

RNZ 15 April, 2021, 4:30 am Black Ferns captain Eloise Blackwell (left) with Chelsea Alley (far right) before the match against the New Zealand Barbarians last year. Photo: Photosport Ltd 2020 The Blues and Chiefs have named talent-laden squads for next month’s inaugural women’s Super Rugby match. More than 20 Black Ferns will feature in the historic encounter on Saturday, May 1 at Eden Park. The Blues squad is headed by Black Ferns captain Eloise Blackwell and also includes her Auckland...

There’s Prince. Of course, there’s always Prince. But many came before, and many after. For Black History Month, the Star Tribune celebrates 30 Black music makers from Minnesota you should know. We also asked peers (and admirers) in the Black community to help define those musicians’ legacies. Listed chronologically, these acts became Minnesota’s ambassadors to the rest of the world, or reshaped things here at home Story by Jon Bream and Chris Riemenschneider • Star Tribune • Feb....

Water remains in short supply, city leaders working to distribute to those in need Community leaders handing out water as grocery stores receive shipments By Briseida Holguin | February 22, 2021 at 7:01 PM CST - Updated February 22 at 7:16 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Water remains in short supply in the Mid-South and the big question is where can you find some. A line of cars wrapped around the Orange Mound Community Center Monday morning. Every person waiting in line hoping to get water. �...

new records. all the major indices are moving higher. check out the nasdaq, that is moving higher by three and a half points up a fraction of a percent. since many of you own dow stocks, if we break another record at the close again today, so far it looks like it, that would be the 14th record broken since march 5. the story right now if we pick apart the whole market or retail stocks accounting for four of the five biggest gainers on the s&p 500. a lot of you are making money, so lets...