Voters in five Des Moines suburbs have approved a one-percent local option sales tax that will go into effect January 1. In March, voters in six Polk County cities, including Des Moines, approved raising the […]
Disney/IMDb(BERLIN) — Once upon a time, there was a wealthy woman named Maria Sophia von Erthal. Born in 1725 in the castle of the Medieval German town of Lohr am Main, she was a baroness […]
twinsterphoto/iStock(WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic escalation of his administration’s pressure campaign against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump has imposed a full embargo on the socialist president’s government. The executive order, signed late Monday, freezes […]
An Iowa man who burned LGBTQ books he borrowed from a public library in northwest Iowa has been convicted of a simple misdemeanor. Sixty-three-year-old Paul Dorr of Ocheyedan was convicted of fifth-degree criminal mischief and […]
Netlfix/Adam Rose(LOS ANGELES) — Octavia Spencer’s forthcoming Madam C.J. Walker Netflix series has found its starting lineup. According to Deadline, Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo, Blair Underwood, Garrett Morris and Kevin Carroll have signed on for […]
Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney(TORONTO) — New Zealand-born director Taika Waititi will be honored with the inaugural Ebert Director Award at this year’s inaugural Toronto Film Festival, named after late, legendary movie critic […]
Firefighters in the central Iowa town of Nevada are investigating the cause of a mobile home fire early this morning that claimed the life of one person. The Nevada Fire Department received the call after […]
Two people died in a fatal wrong-way crash on Highway 30 Sunday night in Cedar Rapids — making it seven deaths from wrong-way crashes in eastern Iowa since 2016. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Bob Conrad […]
High water due to prolonged flooding at a southwestern Iowa nature preserve is changing some of the habitat and a few species are taking advantage of it. The DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge typically sees a […]
DNY59/iStock(PAISLEY, Scotland) — One of the two United Airlines pilots who was arrested on suspected intoxication just before his flight departed appeared in court Tuesday, while the other has since been released, officials said. Glendon […]
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — For the fourth time in less than two weeks, North Korea has fired missiles into the Sea of Japan, a U.S. official said. The two missiles, fired on Tuesday morning […]
Iowa State sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton is headed to the Nike Skills Academy in Thousand Oaks, California. The college players portion academy runs Wednesday through Friday, though Haliburton will return early Friday due to Iowa […]
Photo Credit: Daniel Smith/Universal Pictures(NEW YORK) — While Fast and the Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is built around the two titular tough guys — played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham — […]
Iowa Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer hosted a member of the Federal Communications Commission on a Dyersville farm Monday to highlight the need to ensure farmers have access to broadband. “That’s so important for their yields and […]
From ice cream socials to picnics, some four-dozen Iowa cities are taking part in this year’s National Night Out, which in most communities is tonight. Hamilton County Sheriff Doug Timmons says Webster City is hosting […]
A central Iowa hospital is cutting services — again. Saying there simply aren’t enough women choosing to deliver babies locally, UnityPoint Marshalltown says it will be closing its obstetrics and women’s health care center at […]
The annual Iowa Mission of Mercy (I-MOM) free dental clinic is returning to Davenport in September. Doctor Ben Lloyd is chair of the local planning committee for the event, which he says was started 12 […]
Photo: © Michael Lionstar(NEW YORK) — Toni Morrison, the famed author whose book Beloved won her the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, died on Monday night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She was 88. […]
Marvel Studios(LOS ANGELES) — Prior to this year’s big-screen blockbuster Captain Marvel, female superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had been relegated to supporting roles, but ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke told Deadline on Monday […]
ABC/Paula Lobo(LOS ANGELES) — Tyrese Gibson has a clear message for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs & Shaw: Your film’s “NOT a win.” In a now-deleted Instagram post captured by The […]
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