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Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne says President Biden’s move to ensure E15 may be sold in the summer months shows biofuels like ethanol have an important place in the country’s energy portfolio. Gasoline with a 15% […]

Advocates for people who were sexually abused as children continue to lobby Iowa lawmakers to give survivors more time to file lawsuits against their abusers. Last year, the Iowa Legislature removed the state’s legal time […]

President Biden will visit an Iowa ethanol plant today to highlight steps to expand the use of “homegrown” biofuels. Biden is expected to announce that the Environmental Protection Agency will issue a waiver so E15 […]

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst says it appears efforts to contain bird flu are working to prevent the outbreak from growing far worse. “Those that have laying flocks and those that are also poultry producers have […]

The University of Iowa has been selected to be a partner in a $360 million national consortium to work on improving flood predictions. The U-I’s Larry Weber will lead the effort in Iowa and says […]

U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a district court judge’s decision that has thrown her off the June 7 Democratic Primary ballot. The Supreme Court has scheduled a […]

The federal tax filing deadline is now one week away. IRS spokesman, Christopher Miller, says that includes a few extra days this year. “So the deadline this year is Monday, April 18th, instead of the […]

Authorities have made an arrest in connection with a fatal shooting on Saturday afternoon in northwest Iowa’s Calhoun County. Law enforcement and EMS were dispatched to the Pomeroy home at approximately 4:25 p.m. and located […]

Two people were killed and 10 others injured in a shooting early Sunday morning in a Cedar Rapids nightclub and Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman says investigators believe the two men who fired at […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is calling on Christian conservatives to lobby Republicans in the House to pass a bill that provides state scholarships for 10,000 students to attend a private or parochial school. “We need to […]

Police have made an arrest in connection with a stabbing that happened earlier this week in Atlantic. Nineteen-year-old Michael Gehling of Atlantic is accused of stabbing an unidentified man who was taken to an Omaha […]

President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Iowa early next week. Officials from the White House told The Des Moines Register Biden will be in Des Moines on Tuesday, but details about when and where […]

The Davenport Fire Department is celebrating its 140 year anniversary with a series of open houses. Chief Mike Carlsten says the department started small and has grown to meet the needs of the community. “From […]

The chairman of the Mills County Board of Supervisors says the decision to close the state-run facility in Glenwood that provides residential care for Iowans with intellectual and developmental disabilities “is devastating.” Mills County Supervisor […]

Authorities in western Iowa have made an arrest in connection with a fatal motorcycle accident that happened in February of this year. The motorcycle operated by 29-year-old Caleb Jefferson Bartels of Council Bluffs left Interstate […]

Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne says it’s now up to the Senate to pass a bill Axne co-sponsored that would force insurance companies to cover dental procedures and oral surgeries needed to treat rare birth defects. […]

A majority of Iowa remains in dry or drought conditions — but things have improved quite a bit in the last month. The DNR’s Tim Hall tracks the water situation. “You compare the drought monitor […]

Advocates for victims of domestic violence and other crimes are urging lawmakers to dedicate more money to assist victims. In 2021, 20 fatalities in Iowa were attributed to domestic violence — the highest level in […]

A University of Iowa student from western Ukraine has been watching the war from afar and decided she wanted to do something in Iowa City to answer questions about her home country and explain its […]

A bill that would strengthen penalties for crimes against Iowans who are 60 or older has cleared its final legislative hurdle this week. The bill creates new criminal penalties for emotional abuse and neglect of […]