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The state board which oversees medical marijuana is recommending allowing patients with post-traumatic stress disorder to qualify for Iowa’s medical cannabis program. Medical professionals approved the recommendation after saying there’s not enough scientific evidence supporting […]

Today is the first day of open enrollment for the 39,000 Iowans who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Plans are being offered through Medica and Wellmark. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen recommends […]

Fourteen candidates are set to speak tonight at the Iowa Democratic Party’s annual fall fundraiser in Des Moines, but some of the campaigns aren’t waiting until the doors of Wells Fargo Arena open at 4:30 […]

Trick-or-Treaters had to thaw out their mini candy bars when they got home for the evening Thursday. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the cold and snowy spook night summed up the story on October. “It […]

The Easton Valley School District, with schools in Preston and Miles, has canceled classes today after a threat on social media last night. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported the school district administration notified them […]

California Senator Kamala Harris enters November after spending nearly half of October campaigning in Iowa — the most of any of the Democratic presidential candidates — and this week she shifted staff from California, Nevada […]

The Independence city council has approved a five-year contract to install speed and red light cameras along a quarter-mile stretch of First Street West where there are two elementary schools and two preschools and daycare […]

More than 13,000 people are expected at the Iowa Democratic Party’s “Liberty and Justice Celebration” this evening, by far the largest crowd ever for the annual party fundraiser. Six months ago, Iowa Democratic Party chairman […]

A prominent Des Moines attorney who was the Democratic Party’s first female candidate for governor has endorsed Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar’s bid for the White House. Roxanne Conlin was also the first woman president of […]

A man is now charged in the Christopher Bagley murder case in Linn County. Thirty-two-year-old Drew Blahnik was indicted by a Linn County grand jury on the charges of first-degree murder, obstructing prosecution and abuse […]

Iowans who have diabetes are waging a campaign with emails, calls and letters to members of Congress, urging them to pass what’s called the Special Diabetes Program. Aryn Lloyd, a volunteer advocate for the Eastern […]

The death of a former Sioux City realtor has turned into a homicide investigation. Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew says they were called out last Thursday to the home of David Davenport on the report […]

As expected, Iowa’s congressional delegation has split along party lines in the vote on procedures for the next phase of the House impeachment inquiry. Republican Steve King voted no. Democrats Dave Loebsack, Abby Finkenauer and […]

A fire Wednesday in a homeless camp damaged a downtown Interstate 29 bridge in Sioux City. DOT spokesman, Dakin Schultz, says traffic on the mainline bridge over Perry Creek has been cut to one lane. […]

A panel of lawmakers met yesterday to review the dozens of state tax credits that are available. Republican Representative Pat Grassley of New Hartford, a member of the committee, is also Speaker-Select of the Iowa […]

The bobcat comeback in Iowa continues and that’s led the Iowa DNR to raise the trapping limit in the area where they are most prevalent in the state. DNR wildlife biologist Vince Evelsizer, says they […]

An event designed to “perk” up the spirits of coffee lovers in northwest Iowa is planned for this weekend. The Siouxland Coffee Festival allows coffee drinkers to sample a host of hot and iced varieties […]

Fourteen presidential candidates are scheduled to address a crowd of more than 13,000 at the Iowa Democratic Party’s “Liberty and Justice Celebration” in Des Moines Friday night. For decades, the state party’s annual fall fundraiser […]

A Kossuth County man faces life in prison after a jury deliberated for six hours and found him guilty Wednesday of  first-degree murder. The jury found 61-one-year-old Jeffrey Lynn Winters guilty in the August 2018 […]

Blackout uniforms are a popular trend for college football teams and now the blackout license plate has taken over as the first choice for Iowa drivers. Iowa DOT Vehicle Services Manager, Daniel Yeh says sales […]