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Festival Preview: Chicago’s New Year Transitions, Dec. 26–Jan. 1st

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Spanning 7 venues across 7 days, Transitions, the New Years Eve celebration by AURIS PRESENTS, in downtown Chicago has cultivated a lineup of the biggest names spinning records and electronica today. From December 26 – January 1st, Chicagoland will be ablaze as it welcomes the likes of 70 artists and a 21-hour marathon to ring in the new year at Outset. Here are the highlights coming this week to Chicago. 

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Interview: KRUI With The Plain White T’s

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At When We Were Young 2025, fellow Chicago area natives Plain White T’s sat down with me as we discussed how the local scene has changed, their tour with We The Kings, and how Las Vegas scares us all the slightest bit. We started the conversation out by sharing a mutual love of Death Cab for Cutie:

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Hawkeyes Win B1G Dual Title, Top Huskers 31-7

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The Big Ten dual titles have come naturally for the Iowa wrestling team. It’s the tournament championships that have eluded the Hawkeyes. Iowa clinched the outright Big Ten dual championship for the fifth time in six years with a 31-7 victory over Nebraska Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in front of 9, 514 fans. The Hawkeyes held an 11-7 lead at intermission, winning both matchups between ranked wrestlers. #1 Derek St. John came from behind to topple No. 6 James Green, 6-4, at 157 pounds, and at 174 pounds, No. 4 Mike Evans knocked off No. 2 Robert Kokesh, 9-6. A … Continued

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Iowa 4A Basketball Early Substate Preview

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With the release of the substate pairings by the IHSAA, the 48 teams in Iowa’s largest class — 4A— learned the road they will need to travel to arrive in Des Moines for the state tournament. With still a few weeks remaining in the regular season, much is still determined, but here are my initial thoughts on each of the eight substates: Substate 1: Council Bluffs Jefferson, Council Bluffs Lincoln, Lewis Central, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West In no other substate does the likely final have the local meaning as in this one. Save for a … Continued

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