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The largest long-term care facility in the state is the Iowa Veteran’s Home in Marshalltown. It’s been over a month since the facility began putting procedures in place to protect its roughly 500 residents and […]

A district court judge Tuesday granted a petition to suspend Calhoun County Sheriff Scott Anderson without pay. The Calhoun County Supervisors on Tuesday met in a closed session and found that sufficient cause appears from […]

The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved grants for six projects to help improve roadways for businesses and business development. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson says Waterloo won a grant to improve the roadways in the area […]

While few Iowa farmers are able to do any spring planting yet in many areas, one expert says now is the ideal time to plan for the season ahead, taking coronavirus into account. Ellen Duysen, […]

New data indicates racial disparities in COVID-19 cases that have been reported in other parts of the country are also occurring in Iowa. Nearly 16.5% of Iowa’s COVID-19 cases are among Hispanics, who make up […]

A special investigation by the State Auditor’s office has concluded a clerk embezzled more than $42,000 from a small eastern Iowa town. The Scott County Attorney has charged Riki Harrington, the former deputy city clerk […]

Many young Iowans who are turning 14 while schools are closed due to the pandemic are anxious to get their learner’s permits to drive, and the Iowa Department of Transportation is working to accommodate them. […]

A man who prosecutors say raped a child will spend time in a federal prison. Twenty-two-year-old Damon Whitebreast of Montour pleaded guilty to two counts of sex abuse of a minor. Evidence in the case […]

State officials have confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks at three more long-term care facilities. A resident from the Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly was hospitalized for treatment of the virus earlier this month and Governor Kim […]

Governor Kim Reynolds today said the full extent of the COVID-19 outbreak among employees at the Tyson meatpacking plant in Columbus Junction isn’t yet known, but the governor’s spokesman said so far 166 employees have […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says the full extent of the COVID-19 outbreak among employees at the Tyson meatpacking plant in Columbus Junction isn’t yet known, but she’s releasing the latest tally. “We have tested a total […]

The director of the Iowa Department of Transportation says they are moving ahead with road construction projects as the weather allows. Scott Marler told the Transportation Commission Monday that he’s been talking with the asphalt […]

Iowa ethanol producers are struggling as fuel demand is dropping with so many Americans staying home during the pandemic. Both of Iowa’s U.S. senators are calling on the U.S.D.A. to provide aid for ethanol producers […]

The trucking industry has been on the front lines in the battle to distribute resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. A northwest Iowa company has continued trucking food in its refrigerated trucks to customers in 48 […]

Investigators have linked a botched armored car robbery in Waterloo last month to a local restaurant fire that occurred six days earlier. On Monday, authorities charged 29-year-old Kevin Cruz Soliveras of Evansdale with second-degree arson […]

With coronavirus forcing the closings of the Tyson Foods pork plant at Columbus Junction and the Smithfield Foods plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, additional pressure is being placed on pork producers. Lee Schulz is […]

Temperatures in the 60s and 70s had many of us seeing flowers and trees starting to bloom in our yards and gardens. The Easter weekend storm left many of those plants covered in ice and […]

More than 1700 Iowans have so far tested positive for COVID-19 and the governor on Monday said 43 percent of them have recovered from the virus — meaning it’s been at least seven days since […]

Sioux City’s police chief has confirmed he has tested positive for coronavirus. Police Chief Rex Mueller says he is one of the members of his department who has tested positive. The chief says he is […]

Blood drives are being canceled or postponed across Iowa due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the state’s blood centers are again asking the public for help to meet demand. Kirby Winn, the spokesman for the […]