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IU women earn top seed, rural college prep, childhood obesity | Indiana Newsdesk

Coming up on  Indiana Newsdesk:

For the first time ever, the Indiana women’s basketball team earned a top-seed for the NCAA tournament. The Big Ten champions will be hosting first and second round games this weekend.

Rural schools are working to prepare students for post-graduate learning, offering more college prep and advanced placement courses. However, rural students still have a lower college completion rate than urban students.

And we look at ways some schools are trying to combat childhood obesity, which saw a spike during the pandemic as students stayed home.

Those stories and the latest news headlines from across the state, Friday at 6 on  Indiana Newsdesk.

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Anchor "Indiana Newsdesk," "Ask The Mayor" - WTIU/WFIU News. Formerly host of "The Weekly Special." Hebron, Ind. native, IU Alumnus. Follow him on Twitter @Joe_Hren