After this spring’s record flooding, Davenport leaders are considering a proposed $53-million revitalization plan for the Mississippi riverfront. One focal point is the Skybridge, a distinctive glass-and-steel pedestrian bridge that runs 575 feet over River […]
Twenty northeast Iowa students will be featured on national TV tonight in a weekly program about Future Farmers of America. Charles City and Rockford FFA members will appear on R-F-D T-V tonight at 6. They […]
As state ag officials work to create the rules for industrial hemp production, Iowa farmers are weighing whether the crop would be a good fit in their operations. Christopher Disbro, founder of the Iowa Hemp […]
Memorial Day weekend is often considered the opening of boating season in Iowa. Susan Stocker, boating law administrator for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, warns boaters that dehydration accelerates intoxication. “The sun, the glare, […]
At the close of business Friday, Republican Governor Kim Reynolds’ staff announced the governor had vetoed a bill that would have expanded Iowa’s medical marijuana program. The bill would have let more potent cannabis pills, […]
Iowa State University has landed a grant to study how quickly soil health changes after the implementation of prairie strips among row crops. Richard Cruse, an ISU agronomy professor, says the studies so far show […]
ABC News(LYON, France) — Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a parcel bomb detonated in the French city of Lyon on Friday, authorities confirmed to ABC News. Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner […]
iStock/xcctfsi(MEXICO CITY) — A 2007 Lamborghini Murcielago, a 2016 Ford Shelby pickup truck with a video camera embedded in the front grill and 17 bulletproof Chevrolet Suburbans were among the vehicles seized from alleged criminals […]
An Iowa native who was drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War ended up serving at one of the most hallowed grave sites in the United States. Thomas Tudor grew up in Des Moines […]
A holiday tradition in Scott County will be observed for the 100th time on this Memorial Day. The annual service at the Summit Church, north of Davenport, is one of the oldest, continuous Memorial Day […]
Buda Mendes/Getty Images(RIO DE JANEIRO) — After five tumultuous months with Jair Bolsonaro at the helm of the biggest democracy in Latin America, thousands attended demonstrations across Brazil’s major cities on Sunday to show their […]
Authorities say two women were seriously injured in an attempted robbery at the Le Mars Hy-Vee gas station early Sunday morning and the male suspect shot himself to death in Nebraska. Le Mars Police Chief […]
Four of the U.S. Senators who’re running for president spent the weekend in Iowa, holding events in 29 cities. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand kicked things off Friday afternoon in West Des Moines with a […]
Vietnam News Agency/Handout/Getty Images(TOKYO) — One day after President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton, said North Korea’s missile launches earlier this month violated a U.N. Security Council resolution, the president said Kim Jong […]
Kiyoshi Ota – Pool/Getty Images(TOKYO) — Standing on the sacred mound inside the sumo wrestling arena, President Donald Trump hoisted the massive 70-pound President’s Cup into the arms of a person befitting such a trophy: […]
iStock/Zzvet(NEW YORK) — A British man has died on Mount Everest, marking the tenth death in two months as mountaineers eager to take advantage of a brief window of good climbing weather encounter bottlenecks and […]
Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill Friday afternoon to extend Iowa’s one cent school infrastructure sales tax through the year 2051. Reynolds signed the measure in ceremonies at the Sioux City public school’s Career Academy. […]
Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the release of director Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi film classic, Alien. The film, about a blue-collar crew aboard a deep […]
iStock/MicroStockHub(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration on Friday said it would sell $7 billion-worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with getting congressional approval, citing Iran as an urgent threat. The move […]
iStock/Zzvet(NEW YORK) — A total of five people have died this week on Mount Everest, as crowds of climbers experienced bottlenecks in the rush to take advantage of a short window of good weather to […]
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