The Republican Party of Iowa raised over $800,000 to finance the operations for tonight’s Iowa Caucuses. The caucuses are not like a primary, when county auditors and county-owned voting machines process ballots. Iowa GOP chairman […]

Some state road crews are getting a breather after the double whammy of storms that kept them busy most of last week. D-O-T Winter Operations director, Craig Bargfrede, says things are looking better on state […]

The final blitz is underway as candidates and their campaigns rush to convince supporters to attend tonight’s Caucuses. Former President Donald Trump is holding a “telerally” at noon. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley stopped […]

The latest survey of the state’s top business leaders finds a majority of them remain positive about Iowa’s overall economy. Joe Murphy, president of the Iowa Business Council, says the fourth quarter survey also finds […]

The first event of the 2024 presidential campaign is nearly here. The Iowa Caucuses begin tonight at seven o’clock. The candidates spent the closing hours of the campaign dealing with blizzard conditions and bitter cold […]

Snow is not in Iowa’s forecast — until late Wednesday and Thursday. Meteorologist Allan Curtis at the National Weather Service office in the Des Moines metro says it will be nothing like what Iowa has […]

First District Congresswoman Marinnette Miller-Meeks was in a vehicle that was rear-ended by a semi this weekend. It happened Saturday as Miller-Meeks was headed to introduce Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley at an event. According […]

The Perry High School principal who was wounded in the shooting at his school on January 4th has died. Dan Marburger was credited with putting himself in harm’s way, allowing others to escape as a […]

Schools, churches, American Legion Posts, a bank and an insurance agency are among the sites where precinct meetings will be held for Monday’s Iowa Caucuses. Republicans in 23 Iowa counties, however, have made plans to […]

More than 8000 Iowa Democrats have requested a mail-in card to indicate which candidate they want to win the party’s 2024 presidential nomination. Results of this new mail in system will be announced in March. […]

Waterloo is being designated as Iowa’s only World War Two Heritage City. The designation from the National Park Service came through the collaboration of the city’s museums, economic development corporations, and former mayor Tim Hurley. […]

Events with the GOP presidential candidates are getting cancelled or postponed today due to the weather conditions. Nikki Haley’s campaign is holding telephone town halls instead. The Super PAC backing Ron DeSantis cancelled DeSantis appearances […]

Pam Jochum, the Democratic leader in the Iowa Senate, will not run for reelection. Jochum, who was chosen in June by Senate Democrats to be their leader, made the announcement this morning. Jochum has represented […]

The Iowa Board of Education has approved eight new charter schools for state funding — five in Des Moines and three in Cedar Rapids. Most would begin classes in the fall of 2025. Mike Huguelet […]

The Sioux City Community School District has won a federal grant of almost six-million dollars to buy 15 new school buses, what are considered “clean” buses. Shelly Reimer, a grant project officer with the U.S. […]

The final weekend of campaigning is ahead, leading up to what may be the chilliest evening ever for the Iowa Caucuses. The candidates are fully aware of the forecast. During an event early Thursday morning, […]