Gazette Daily News Briefing, Sept. 25

This is John McGlothlen with The Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Monday, September 26th.

Today is expected to be mostly sunny, with a high near 64, according to the National Weather Service. Also, it will be breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. The low tonight should be about 41. The high and low temperatures are about 7 degrees below average for this time of year. Some areas could see frost by mid-week.

In Hawkeye football, Iowa’s defense forced three turnovers, avoided big plays and even scored twice in the Hawkeyes’ 27-10 blowout win over Rutgers Saturday. Cooper DeJean scored first with an interception returned 45 yards for a touchdown. It was DeJean’s third interception through four games of his sophomore season. Then in the second quarter Sebastian Castro forced a fumble and Kaevon Merriweather recovered it and went 33 yards for a touchdown. Quarterback Spencer Petras had his most efficient performance of the season, going 11-for-17 for 148 yards.

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