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Believe they are taking apps through the end of this week and will begin interviews either next week or the week after (May 7-11). Goal is to have someone hired and on board by middle of June.

Yes, they run full-fledged stories and photos online late Friday night. Then they devote a page or two in Sunday's paper to Friday night's action. It's not ideal, but they do a pretty good job considering the situation they are dealt.

They may restructure beats, but the guy who left covered Iowa State football in the fall, Northern Iowa men's basketball in the winter and the Waterloo Bucks (a collegeiate level wooden bat team) in the summer. He left for a writing job with Fox Sports North in the Twin Cities - where most of...

It is an afternoon paper Monday through Friday, no Saturday edition and a Sunday morning paper. However, the hours during the week are closer to what a morning paper works. Since the paper is now printed in Cedar Rapids (about an hour away), the section's deadline is 8 a.m. each day so it...

In terms of applicants, they had approximately 75 for their last open position 18 months ago. I would expect a similar number this time.

They are definitely wanting to get someone who has some page design experience. Regardless of how roles get re-shuffled, the individual won't do desk more than two or three times per week. The rest of the week would be spent covering and writing. However, if you're wanting to strictly write...

It's a very attractive position. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but the UNI men's basketball beat could be given to the right individual. UNI won the Missouri Valley Conference last year and returns like eight of its top nine players this season. It's definitely a top 35 to 40 program this...

Thanks to the floods, interviews have been pushed back to next week. We could be putting our paper out at a different location later this week.

Rumor has it that Kyle Neddenriep, who was the beat writer at the Springfield News-Leader for Missouri State women's basketball, has landed the position at Indy.

The position just came open last week. We're still taking resumes/clips for another week at least.

Waterloo is located approximately 2 hours northeast of Des Moines, the state capital. It's about an hour and 15 minutes northwest of Iowa City (home of the Hawks), 3 hours southeast of Minneapolis, nearly 5 hours north of Kansas City and 4 1/2 hours west of Chicago. Waterloo is around 70,000...

The guy that left our department did primarily layout, but some of the beats and assignments will be restructured once we bring in a new person. There is a strong possibility the individual could cover Northern Iowa volleyball (a Top 35 to 40 program), Northern Iowa women's basketball and preps...