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After leading the Hawkeyes to a drama-filled title game, the nation’s best player is back to collect more memories—and maybe a championship.

Dorothy Hoffner, 104, went skydiving Oct. 1 and died Monday in her sleep. Guinness World Records is still working to confirm if Hoffner broke the record for the oldest person to jump from a plane.

The architects of the museum’s concept and vision are now doing all they can to bring attention to it while celebrating the state’s passion for basketball.

A perfect storm of events last Friday led to a massive gas spill in rural Illinois, which resulted in five deaths and five more victims airlifted to area hospitals. Sheila Flynn details the terror brought on by the night’s disaster — and small communities’ tough questions as loved ones continue…