As October 31st approaches, Iowans are preparing to deck themselves out for costume parties and trick-or-treating as everything from presidential candidates to Wednesday Addams. Juanita Cameron, at the Theatrical Shop in West Des Moines, says […]

A University of Iowa study finds package delivery companies would save bundles of time and money if their delivery truck drivers spent more time on foot and less time looking for parking spots. Ann Campbell, […]

Officials in the state courts say they’re working to fix computer programming mistakes that led to incorrect distribution of $26.5 million in court debts over the past five years. A computer program distributes court fees […]

The director of the Iowa Department of Public Safety talked in detail for the first time today about the investigation into the January shootings at Perry High School that left the principal, one student and […]

A report from the Iowa Tourism Office finds visitors spent $7.3-billion dollars in Iowa during 2023, a new all-time record. The report says tourists shelled out an average of $20-million — per day — experiencing […]

Court records show a 58-year-old northern Iowa man has agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder for killing a nurse who worked in Mason City. Sixty-two-year-old Leallen Bergman of Ventura was stabbed to death […]

A filmmaker who was born in Italy and now calls Iowa home says shooting should wrap today in Oskaloosa on the first round of filming on his latest movie. Max Leonida, the Film Artist-in-Residence at […]

State tax revenue is projected to drop by 11.6% over a 24-month period — a decline the governor’s budget chief said was expected due to recently-approved tax cuts. Kraig Paulsen, director of the Iowa Department […]

The final Iowa county has fallen to the Emerald ash borer invasion. The invasive insect that destroys ash trees was discovered recently in an ash tree in Armstrong in Emet County in northwest Iowa, marking […]

The governor’s budget director says he’s been told by a top court official that the computer programming error that has improperly distributed over 53 million dollars in court fees and fines has not been fixed. […]

Some Iowans are in the habit of gobbling a few multivitamins daily, but one health care professional says too much of a good thing -can- lead to complications. Halley Molstad, a registered dietician at Gundersen […]

A western Iowa dining establishment is the winner of the Iowa Pork Producers “Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin” contest. Lori Thomsen and her husband Greg own the Dairy Sweet of Dunlap which won this year’s title. […]

A libertarian think tank’s latest Fiscal Responsibility Report Card on America’s Governors gives Iowa’s Kim Reynolds its highest score. The CATO Institute’s report says Reynolds has overseen lean budgets and been a champion tax reformer. […]

Iowans are warned not to do any open burning today, and farmers need to use caution in the fields with their hot harvest equipment, as 88 of the state’s 99 counties are under a Red […]

A Fort Dodge church will be the setting for tonight’s candlelight vigil to remember victims of domestic violence in Iowa. Leah Bair, of the Fort Dodge-based Domestic/Sexual Assault Outreach Center, says it’s a somber, annual […]

The Internal Revenue Service is holding an event in central Iowa today where they are looking to hire more than 100 people. IRS spokesperson Christopher Miller says the employees will help taxpayers. “You don’t have […]

The CEO of the Casey’s Convenience store chain says customers are continuing to weather the economy with a few changes in spending. CEO Darren Rebelez says 75% of their customers are upper income, or make […]