Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that gives Iowa’s attorney general subpoena power to investigate agland purchases and ensure foreigners and foreign governments are not investing in Iowa farmland. “Important legislation to […]

The Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines announced the largest expansion in zoo history Monday. Zoo CEO Anne Shimerdla says the expansion and renovation effort will include the “Wild Iowa” exhibit on Iowa’s endangered species. […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is accusing seven key federal agencies of “dragging their feet” on upgrading their systems against cyber attacks. Grassley, a Republican, says it may be putting our national security at risk, along […]

The Iowa legislature has voted to establish the new crime of “grooming” and a school employee accused of luring a student into a sexual relationship could be charged with a felony. Under the bill, schools […]

Some people from Iowa were out of state and got to see more of an impact from the solar eclipse than we saw here. Tim Loecke of Manchester was in Indianapolis Monday to visit a […]

Groups of Iowa Capitol insiders gathered outside the statehouse this afternoon to view a partial solar eclipse. A group of high schoolers who are House pages and paid to run errands for lawmakers stood on […]

Federal tax returns are due one week from today, and Iowans who think they’re not going to have their forms filled out by then should file for an extension. IRS spokesman Christopher Miller says it’s […]

DNR staff are now going out after dark and driving back roads to conduct surveys of wildlife. State deer biologist, Jace Elliott, says it’s something they do every spring. “Every county has two different 25-mile […]

The Iowa DCI investigating a shooting by Cedar Rapids police officers that left one man dead and another wounded. Cedar Rapids police were called to a residence on the northeast side around 6:30 Saturday evening […]

A coalition that supports Iowa’s long-standing “Bottle Bill” says 29 counties are now “redemption deserts” where there is nowhere to take an empty beverage can or bottle and redeem the deposit fee. Iowa lawmakers changed […]

Firefighters from 12 north central Iowa departments battled the wind and rain early Sunday morning to fight the flames at a grain facility in rural Hamilton County. Blairsburg Fire Chief Rod Harris says the call […]

The view of today’s solar eclipse will range from excellent to so-so to lousy, depending on where you’re located in Iowa at mid-day. Meteorologist Dylan Dodson, at the National Weather Service, says folks in the […]