Ben McCollum, architect to the most successful men’s college basketball dynasty of the last decade, was named men’s basketball head coach at Drake University, Athletics Director Brian Hardin announced on Monday, April 1. A native […]

The wife of a Woodbury County Supervisor has been sentenced to prison after being convicted late last year on 52 counts of voter fraud. Kim Taylor must serve four months in federal prison and four […]

A deadline is coming up for those who may have unclaimed tax refunds from 2020. IRS spokesman, Christopher Miller, says there is a chunk of unclaimed money out there. “The IRS estimates there is nearly […]

A popular summer concert series in central Iowa is changing its venue. Andy TeBockhorst, the interim executive director of the Des Moines Music Coalition, says the 80/35 Music Festival has been held the past 14 […]

County officials could decide if property owners in their county may continue getting a tax exemption for land with timber or fruit trees on it under a bill in the Iowa Senate. The bill, which […]

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he hopes Iowa officials reconsider the decision to turn down additional federal food assistance in the summer for about 240,000 Iowa children from low income households. “I’m hopeful that […]

The Iowa Utilities Board released its ruling today on MidAmerican Energy’s request for a natural gas service rate increase. The IUB approved a 3.8% increase in natural gas service rates following hearings on the rate […]

One northeast Iowa farmer has a head start on coloring his Easter eggs. Mark Westbrock keeps between 180 to 200 chickens on his Solstice Farm in Waverly. They provide eggs that range in color from […]

Organizers of an annual Christian music festival held in northwest Iowa are hoping to break an attendance record that was set long ago by the Ku Klux Klan. Rob Roozeboom, founder and president of Rise […]

Republicans in the Iowa House have released an overall state spending goal for the next budgeting year that’s $82 million higher than Republicans in the Iowa Senate have proposed. It’s also $35 million than Governor […]

The top Republican in the U.S. House says he’ll push for approval of wartime funding for Ukraine when the House reconvenes in April. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion who is a member […]

A small team is reporting huge success with a program that helps University of Iowa Health Care patients save money on their prescriptions. Last year, the UIHC Medication Assistance Center saved thousands of uninsured or […]

The Iowa House has voted to let landowners seek a court ruling now on whether carbon pipeline developers qualify for the government’s eminent domain authority to force unwilling property owners to let the pipeline on […]

The second weekend of the college basketball tournaments is underway and for Iowans with a gambling addiction, it can be a true challenge to avoid the urge to place a bet. Andrew Gerodias, an official […]

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has released fish kill numbers from the fertilizer spill near Red Oak in Montgomery County March 11th. The DNR says nearly all the fish in an almost 50-mile stretch […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is sending a small group of Iowa law officers and dozens of Iowa National Guard soldiers to assist Texas authorities with border security. This is the third time Reynolds has deployed Iowans […]

DNR Hydrologist Tim Hall says the recent snow and rains have helped push back some of the drought conditions in the state. “The statewide average over the last seven days, three times the normal rainfall […]