Two major art festivals underway in Des Moines
If you need a new oil painting for your living room wall, a stone sculpture for the front yard, or just some hand-made earrings, Iowa’s largest city is hosting -two- sizeable art shows this weekend. […]
If you need a new oil painting for your living room wall, a stone sculpture for the front yard, or just some hand-made earrings, Iowa’s largest city is hosting -two- sizeable art shows this weekend. […]
The Iowa Economic Development Board has approved provisional funding from new hotel/motel and sales tax revenues for six Reinvestment Districts. The City of Ames has approval to spend $10 million on a proposed downtown district […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that now leaves open an option for refineries to apply for blending exemptions for renewable fuels. The executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, […]
Representatives from the student governments of the three state universities were supportive of proposed tuition increases during a meeting of the Board of Regents Thursday. Tuition would increase roughly 3.4% at Iowa State University and […]
A bill named in honor of a Davenport veteran who died by suicide has passed the US Senate unanimously last night and is headed to the president’s desk. The bill cleared the U.S. House in […]
The man who leads the union representing thousands of state employees plans to retire. AFSCME Council 61 president Danny Homan says he will retire at the end of his term and a new president will […]
Winnebago Industries reports third-quarter net income at $71.3 million. That compares to a net loss of $12.4 million in the prior year fiscal quarter that was impacted by the start of the pandemic, and net […]
Governor Kim Reynolds today said she’s “confident” the new majority on Iowa’s Supreme Court will overturn a 2018 ruling that upheld abortion rights. The court ruled a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion violated the […]
Governor Kim Reynolds is using $30 million in federal pandemic relief money on three school-related initiatives. Twenty million will be used for a new Iowa Center for School Mental Health at the University of Iowa […]
The state unemployment rate increased slightly in May as more people entered the job market. The rate bumped up to 3.9% in May from the 3.8% in April. Iowa Workforce Development says the total number […]
The new Miss Iowa was recently crowned at the pageant in Davenport and says she is still getting used to the title. Twenty-two-year-old Grace Keller is a native of Illinois, who just graduated from the […]
Not far from the birthplace of actor John Wayne, the tiny southwest Iowa community of Macksburg is hosting its annual National Skillet Throwing Competition this weekend. Organizer Becky Faust says they have a pile of […]
The Iowa Supreme Court has dismissed part of a Waterloo ordinance involving the use of the criminal history of job applicants. The court ruled the city cannot ban employers from making hiring decisions solely on […]
The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a district court ruling that allowed Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement and Water Watch to sue the state over water quality. The Supreme Court ruling says it is […]
Fireworks are now on sale in Iowa, mostly from tents, but just because you can buy the booming noisemakers doesn’t mean it’s okay to set them off. State law says cities and counties cannot ban […]
A Webster County woman is dead after an accident involving a bicycle and a truck Tuesday in Fort Dodge. Around 9:30 Tuesday morning the Fort Dodge Police Dept. responded to a call that a woman […]
An eastern Iowa boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert last night is now reported safe. Authorities issued the alert about 9 PM saying the boy was abducted from the Jackson County town […]
Police say a 20-year-old has been charged with shooting his parents and sister to death in the family’s Cedar Rapids home. Police were called to the home on the northeast side of Cedar Rapids shortly […]
A fire has destroyed the Dobson Pipe Organ Builders workshop in Lake City. A company statement on Facebook says an employee who discovered the fire and tried to put it out was burned, but “he […]
Democrat Ras Smith kicked off his campaign for governor with an online video this morning and an in-person rally in his hometown of Waterloo early this evening. “I believe that together we can accomplish so […]
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