A 16-year-old Indianola native is a licensed hot-air balloon pilot. Landon Olson grew up being interested in hot-air balloons. His first time in a basket was when he was just four years old.

Olson says he’s been getting ready for this moment since his first hot-air balloon ride when he was four years old.

Iowa State trailed by as many as 26 points against Ole Miss, and could never catch the red-hot Rebels. The Hawkeye women’s ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...