All three members of a House panel have voted against a bill that would have removed protections for gender identity from Iowa’s Civil Rights Act. Republican Representative John Wills of Spirit Lake sid he has […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is urging legislators to advance her plan to overhaul the state’s Area Education Agencies. “To stick our head in the sand and say: ‘Everything is perfect. I don’t want to change anything! […]

A special investigation by the State Auditor finds problems with the handling of funds by the former city clerk of Steamboat Rock. The investigation found more than $30,000 of undeposited, uncollected, or unbilled utility fees, […]

A deer in Sioux City somehow got its antlers stuck in hammock tied between two trees behind a house. Police and animal control were called to try and untangle the creature’s antlers from the mesh […]

Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Hull says the time for the U.S. to respond to the drone attack that left three American soldiers dead in Jordan is now. “Well, first of all, it’s […]

One person was killed in a garage fire in southwest Iowa early this morning. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office says the fire in a detached garage in Farragut was reported at around 12:15 a.m. Witnesses […]

If a bill in the Iowa House becomes law, a group of legislators could force lawmakers to vote on whether the proposed carbon capture pipelines can get state government permission to seize property for the […]

The Great Iowa Treasure Hunt returned an overall record of more than $30 million in unclaimed funds in 2023. State Treasurer Roby Smith says that included a record single return to one individual of $4.5 […]

The Iowa Department of Public Safety issued a statement today on the investigation into illegal sports betting by athletes at the University of Iowa and Iowa State. The statement comes after a lawsuit by one […]

An extensive botanical reference library that’s a growing resource for documenting and doing research has been on the Iowa State University campus for more than one-and-a-half centuries. The Ada Hayden Herbarium is home to nearly […]

The bill Governor Kim Reynolds has proposed to find out if foreigners are using a loophole to acquire Iowa farmland has cleared initial review in the Iowa Senate. Iowa’s secretary of state would be required […]

Democrats in the Iowa Senate have released a package of bills to expand birth control access and ensure Medicaid patients who are new moms get regular check-ups covered for a year to try to reduce […]

The suspect in Tuesday afternoon’s statewide Amber Alert is in custody and the seven year old who was abducted is safe after a two-and-a-half hour stand-off in northwest Iowa. Authorities say 34-year-old Brandon Duong took […]

Republicans on a subcommittee in the Iowa House have signed off on a bill that would require instruction about fetal development to start in first grade classes. The bill calls for students in first through […]

The operator of The Daily Iowan newspaper in Iowa City has purchased two area weekly newspapers from Dubuque’s Woodward Communications. Student Publications Incorporated is probably best known for its award-winning student newspaper. It has bought […]