A bill to reduce the taxes Iowa businesses pay into the state fund that pays out unemployment benefits is advancing in the House, but Republican Representative Dave Deyoe of Nevada said they’re seeking a detailed […]

Iowa State guard Curtis Jones says the seventh ranked Cyclones have focused on offense as they get ready for Tonight’s quarterfinal round game against Kansas State at the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. In […]

Drake junior guard Kaire Dennebier has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. Dennebier averages 18 points and seven assists for a Bulldog team that will bid for a second straight Missouri […]

The state’s largest food bank plans to host a series of regional roundtable meetings, starting later this month, to address Iowa’s hunger problem. Annette Hacker is spokeswoman for the Food Bank of Iowa, which serves […]

The Iowa House has approved a bill that sets up a state school safety grant program and, if a companion bill becomes law, it could provide stipends to school staff who get a professional permit […]

The remains of an eastern Iowa man who went missing during a World War Two battle in France have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recently updated the identification of Army Private First Class […]

A Republican senator is using his authority to block consideration of a bill that critics say could make in vitro fertilization illegal in Iowa. Under current law, there are criminal penalties for terminating a human […]

A House committee has approved a bill with guidelines for a limited revival of state incentives for movies and TV shows filmed in Iowa, but the original version has been altered. The plan no longer […]

A 911 dispatcher from northeast Iowa and two area residents are being honored for their efforts during an incident last November. A suspect in a shooting at a grocery store in Monticello was spotted in […]

A former IKM-Manning teacher has received the maximum prison sentence on multiple felony charges for sexual misconduct with students. A Carroll County District Court judge sentenced 24-year-old Cassidy Sue Kraus (Branning) to 33 years in […]

The U.S. House passed a bill this morning  calling on the video app TikTok to divest itself from the Chinese company ByteDance to remain available in the U.S. Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from […]

A bill that would have let state agency budgets be audited by private CPA firms rather than the State Auditor’s Office has stalled in the Iowa House. It was the first bill Republicans in the […]

The CEO of the Iowa Pork Producers Association says the pending closure of the Tyson pork plant in Perry will not only lead to lost jobs, but will also put a strain on producers. Association […]

The Iowa House has voted to impose new limits on hemp products, including a cap on how much THC extracted from hemp can be in food or drinks sold in Iowa. The bill would require […]

The State Transportation Commission approved millions of dollars Tuesday for economic development road projects. The DOT’s Deb Arp presented a request from the city of Des Moines and its airport authority to add more funding […]

NAACP leaders are raising concerns about a bill that would ban citizen review boards in five Iowa cities that review complaints about police. According to Iowa/Nebraska NAACP president Betty Andrews, her organization helped establish four […]

Iowa Workforce Development is sending its new mobile Iowa Works center to Perry after the announcement that Tyson plans to shut down the pork plant there. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend recently talked about […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley predicts President Biden’s just-released budget for fiscal year 2025 will need to be rejected in order to, in Grassley’s words, “rescue future generations from even greater economic harm.” “It’s dead on […]

Warm temperatures, dry conditions and gusting winds are combining to make conditions extremely dangerous for open burning in many areas of Iowa, with burn bans active in 22 counties. In southwest Iowa, Glenwood Fire Chief […]