Many basketball fans will be grateful for Caitlin Clark during this upcoming Thanksgiving. The former Iowa Hawkeyes icon and current Indiana Fever superstar has brought a ton of eyes and intrigue to the sport of women's basketball,

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has pardoned two turkeys named after the state’s famous basketball star Caitlin Clark. The turkeys, Caitlin and Clark, were pardoned from the Thanksgiving dinner table on Tuesday morning at Terrace Hill.

Reynolds declared the two turkeys, named for the former University of Iowa basketball star, "free to roam" on Thanksgiving after their pardon.

Caitlin and Clark, turkeys raised by the Moline family in Manson, were pardoned in a ceremony Tuesday morning at the Iowa governor's mansion. Gov. Kim Reynolds read a proclamation outside Terrace Hill granting the birds — named after basketball superstar Caitlin Clark — freedom from becoming part of a Thanksgiving feast.

Gov. Kim Reynolds pardoned turkeys “Caitlin” and “Clark” at Terrace Hill ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday and thanked Iowa farmers for their contributions to the state. The turkeys came from Moline Farms,

Sgt. Paul Parizek provides an update on a deadly officer-involved shooting Tuesday morning in downtown Des Moines. An investigation is underway into an officer-involved shooting in downtown Des Moines after officers responded to a report about a person with a gun Tuesday morning.

Kim Reynolds reads a proclamation pardoning two turkeys — named Caitlin and Clark — on Tuesday morning at Terrace Hill in Des Moines. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau)

Reynolds Pardons Turkeys