Researchers recently discovered what’s known as a “remnant prairie” at the Iowa State University Horticulture Research Station and they’re working to restore it. Remnant prairies have never been plowed or completely converted into non-native species. […]

A survey by the Iowa Brewers Guild finds Iowa breweries generated a total economic impact of $1.25 billion from operations, trade, and tourism in 2022. That’s a big increase from the $245 million impact in […]

Nearly 50 Iowans who’re Democratic National Convention delegates will soon be called upon to pick a new nominee after President Biden’s exit from the 2024 race. Iowa Democratic Party Rita Hart said she’s sad Biden […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, says former President Donald Trump set the proper tone in calling for unity in his acceptance of the party’s nomination last night. “I do you think everybody […]

Thousands of bicyclists on RAGBRAI — the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa — will leave Glenwood Sunday and peddle through the small southwest Iowa towns of Silver City, Henderson, and Emerson arriving in […]

Cyclists are converging in western Iowa this weekend for the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, commonly known as RAGBRAI. Glenwood is the starting point for the 434 mile route. Glenwood City Administrator Amber […]

Southpark Mall, a retail hub in Spencer that was hit by flash flooding a month ago, will reopen according to an executive with the company that owns the property. “We’re looking for all of our […]

Iowa Republican Party leaders say there have been clear signals this week that their Iowa Caucuses will be first-in-the-nation again in 2028. Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann was chosen to deliver the nominating speech for […]

Today is the 35th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines flight 232 at the Sioux Gateway Airport. The Mid American Museum of Aviation and Transportation is holding an open house to remember the 112 […]

The Dickinson County Emergency Management Commission will lift high water speed restrictions on the Iowa Great Lakes area this weekend. Dickinson County Emergency Management Coordinator Michael Ehret says some commissioners wanted to extend the five-mile-an-hour […]

A man from western Iowa drowned after going under the water at Lake Anita State Park in Cass County last night. First responders arrived at the Lake Anita Beach and learned 53-year old Ysota Rekis […]

An Algona woman is accused of stealing $1.8 million in state and federal funds from a state agency in South Dakota. Sixty-eight-year-old Lonna Carroll is charged with two felony counts of aggravated grand theft. Carroll […]

One of Spencer’s school buildings won’t be opening this fall due to flood damage and about 500 third, fourth and fifth graders who would have been starting school at Lincoln Elementary next month will attend […]

An Iowan at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee is not only a delegate, he’s a historian who has written a book about William Jennings Bryan and Hubert Humphrey — Democrats who run for president. […]

A group of Iowa National Guard soldiers who’ve been deployed to the Middle East are returning Friday. National Guard spokesperson Jackie Schmillen says 150 soldiers from the Iowa National Guard’s 831st Engineer vertical construction company […]

Iowa’s unemployment rate held at 2.8% in June. Iowa Workforce Development director, Beth Townsend, says there weren’t any big changes during the month. “A slight decrease in the labor force participation rate of two-tenths of […]

New state rules regulating hemp products have gone into effect this week. According to Iowa Hemp Alliance spokesperson Theresa Harms, between 50 and 80% of the products at the businesses who’ve joined the group are […]

After facing online criticism, John Deere has announced it will no longer sponsor “external social or cultural awareness events” like parades or festivals. Deere’s statement says the company is “always listening to feedback and looking […]

Iowa is seeing a bumper crop of bugs this summer, with flying and biting pests aplenty that are making the great outdoors much less great for humans. The state’s had a lot of rain in […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is urging Iowa Republicans to be wary because he doubts Joe Biden will be the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. DeSantis, who spoke yesterday at a luncheon for Iowa delegates at the […]