While many Iowans are enjoying temperatures well above normal in the 40s and 50s, it was just two weeks ago that high temps were some 60 to 70-degrees colder — in the teens below zero. […]

The economies in Iowa and the Midwest improved, slightly, during January, according to Creighton University’s monthly survey of business leaders and supply managers in Iowa and eight other states. Creighton economist Ernie Goss says the […]

The chairmen of House and Senate committees that oversee tax policy are proposing what they describe as a sustainable way to gradually eliminate Iowa’s individual income tax. The idea? Have the Iowa Public Employees Retirement […]

Today is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa, and a Des Moines attorney will portray the world-famous agricultural scientist at their shared alma mater of Iowa State University. When he was an honors student at […]

The paddlefish snagging season on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers opens today. The DNR’s western Iowa fisheries supervisor, Chris Larson, says river conditions should be good. “As soon as the ice goes off, typically […]

With Valentine’s Day coming up, we’ll be seeing a lot of red hearts, but also because it’s American Heart Month. Brian Geelan is a spokesman for the Iowa chapter of the American Heart Association. “We […]

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 […]