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Des Moines, located where the Raccoon River and Des Moines River meet, officially got it's name on this date in 1857.

including one such school here in Iowa. For nearly a century, the Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District has rallied behind its “Mighty Midgets” mascot. Initially coined by a ...

Iowa State QB and Pop-Tarts Bowl MVP Rocco Becht chooses Cinnamon Roll to get toasted. REQUIRED READING: Is the Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot edible? Explaining mascot, flavors for college football bowl ...

The task of picking which mascot would meet their glorious end fell to Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht, who had a terrific game. He spent the first half trading touchdown drives with Miami ...

Iowa State game was but the undercard to the main event. The biggest question throughout the Pop-Tarts Bowl — apart from whether Cam Ward was playing or if he was injured — was which Pop-Tarts mascot ...

No. 19 Iowa State — which won the Pop-Tarts Bowl Saturday with a thrilling 42-41 come-from-behind win vs. No. 16 Miami — dug into a giant Pop-Tart in a postgame ceremony. The bowl game mascot ...