Month: December 2023

U.S.D.A. Rural Development is funding two rural Iowa projects to repair and rehabilitate housing. Iowa Rural Development director, Theresa Greenfield, says the funding is through the Housing Preservation Grant program. “Its goal really is to […]

The Trump campaign event on Friday, January 5 will not be on the Dordt University campus as originally announced and has been moved to an event center in Sioux Center. Dordt University has released a […]

The Delaware County Attorney has ruled a deputy sheriff used “reasonable force” when he shot and wounded the suspect in a fatal shooting outside a grocery store in Monticello. On November 7th, 48-year-old Aaron McAtee […]

Planners hope the Central Iowa Water Works will be ready to launch on January 1, 2025 and manage the drinking water supply for nearly 19% of Iowa residents. The West Des Moines Water Works agreed […]

A nonprofit in Muscatine that helps adults with disabilities and the elderly is reopening its holiday fundraiser after vandalism and theft shut it down. Crossroads Incorporated set up a holiday light show in Muscatine’s Weed […]

As the end of the year nears, Iowans are being warned about a sharp rise in bogus phone calls over the paying of your taxes. Internal Revenue Service spokesman Christopher Miller says scammers are calling, […]

The updated Iowa Drought Monitor shows 97% of the state is in drought or near-drought conditions. Much of the state is in severe or extreme drought. The area of extreme drought in eastern Iowa goes […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says it’s time for a “comprehensive review” of Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies that mainly provide services to children with disabilities. “The AEAs are a bureaucracy that’s been in place for 50 […]

Vaccination rates in Iowa for both the flu and COVID-19 are lagging behind recent years, and health professionals are referring to the trend as “vaccine fatigue,” as some people would like to forget the whole […]