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1 week ago | 
soloneconomist.com | Jake Olson
SOLON — The Solon Public Library recently welcomed Mykle Clark as the new Adult Services Librarian — taking over for Alexis Kruth, who served in the position for the previous five years. Clark worked at the Iowa City Public Library from 2019 until taking the Solon job. “I fell in love with it immediately,” Clark said of library work.
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1 week ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
On April 12, with an hour remaining before game two between the Iowa and Nebraska baseball teams, fans and students gathered around the walkways of Duane Banks Field in Iowa City, anxiously waiting. The Hawks Nest Tailgate, in preparation for the afternoon's contest, was about to start. Outside of free items and opportunities to engage in the game day experience, it was a chance to meet Iowa baseball head coach Rick Heller and newly appointed men's basketball head coach Ben McCollum.
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1 week ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
Once a former Iowa baseball player who dazzled fans with both his pitching and hitting abilities in the 1990s, Wes Obermueller brings a life of baseball journeys back to his former program. Obermueller finished his Hawkeye career in 1999 and was immediately drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the second round of the MLB Draft. He made his major league debut in September of 2002 and spent the next five years pitching for the Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, and Florida Marlins.
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1 week ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
The Iowa baseball team took two of three games against Nebraska this weekend at Duane Banks Field. After winning on Friday and Saturday, the Hawkeyes blew an eighth inning lead and fell 6-4 to the Huskers. The series victory moves Iowa to 23-11 overall and 14-4 in Big Ten play, and currently sits in first place in the conference.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
Iowa baseball's bats showed how dominant they can be from top to bottom in an 11-6 victory over Milwaukee on Tuesday. With eight of the 15 Hawkeye batters recording a hit, the team showed plate discipline and executed multiple times with runners on base, all of which are signs of a great offensive attack. "Offensively, we've just been a tough out after tough out," Iowa head coach Rick Heller said.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
The Hawkeyes, now 21-10 overall, trounced the Panthers early, scoring a run in each of the first five innings to take a 9-0 lead. A few scuffles in the Iowa bullpen allowed Milwaukee to climb back into the contest and outscore Iowa 6-2 in the remaining four innings, but the Hawkeyes held on for the triumph. Here are three takeaways from the win: Jaron Bleeker makes longest collegiate appearance First-year Jaron Bleeker has had a limited role in the Iowa bullpen this season.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
Mike Boddicker was a homegrown talent in Iowa, born in Cedar Rapids on Aug. 23, 1957, and raised in Norway just 25 minutes from the city. He attended Norway High School and won two state titles. And after a dominant career on the mound for Iowa baseball, he remains the best. At Iowa, Boddicker filled the Hawkeye record books. In his first season, he posted a single season record 0.79 ERA. The remainder of his Hawkeyes career was just as remarkable as his first year.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
The Iowa baseball team took two of three games from the Northwestern Wildcats over the weekend in Evanston, Illinois. The Hawkeyes won the first two contests by a combined score of 19-2, but the Wildcats avoided the sweep with a 5-4 walk-off win on Sunday. Iowa, now 20-10 overall, remains atop the Big Ten standings with a 12-3 league mark. UCLA is close behind with a 10-2 mark.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
Trey BensonBasketball Nothing quite brings fans together like the idea of doing the impossible. The NCAA Tournament Bracket Challenge is an exciting 68-team do-or-die sports challenge where an estimated 34 million fans try to decide the correct outcome of the NCAA tournament. And it comes just one time a year - during March Madness.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailyiowan.com | Jake Olson
Last year was a season to forget for the Iowa baseball team. The Hawkeyes were coming off a record-setting 44-win season and just their third NCAA tournament appearance in 33 seasons. Many key players from that tournament team returned to the program in 2024, causing many college baseball experts to predict big things for Iowa. Not only did they predict the Hawkeyes to win the Big Ten title, but some even forecasted a run to the College World Series. But that did not happen.
