A Colfax man’s collection of nearly 70,000 pencils has been confirmed as a Guinness World Record after being counted in July. Aaron Bartholmey says most of his collection is made up of advertising pencils. “Anything […]

Police in Fort Dodge are trying to determine what lead up to a dog attack that left a woman seriously injured Friday. According to the Fort Dodge Police Department, the attack was called into dispatch […]

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission has approved a comprehensive study of the horse racing industry in the state. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko says they want an updated outside view. “The study is […]

Investigators have not yet determined the cause of a Saturday afternoon explosion and fire at the Poet ethanol plant in Shell Rock. Witnesses reported seeing a fireball at that time and felt the explosion for […]

Search efforts continue for a missing Sac County truck driver nearly a week after he was reported missing. According to law enforcement, family and friends last heard from 53-year-old David Schultz of Wall Lake early […]

The Iowa Democratic Party has hired the National Vote at Home Institute to handle its first-ever mail-in system to determine which presidential candidate Democrats in Iowa prefer. The traditional Iowa Democratic Party Caucuses are no […]

This is Cyber Monday, as online holiday shopping hits a peak, and Iowans are being warned to plan ahead to keep porch pirates from stealing their packages. Iowa’s largest home insurer is reporting a 26-percent […]

There’s a new online portal for Iowans to pay next year’s state income taxes. It’s called GonnectIowa. “That’s where people can go and have access to their individual tax information,” says Iowa Department of Revenue […]

Tomorrow will mark 60 years since the funeral for President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated on November 22nd of 1963. Dick Anderson, of Webster City, was in the U.S. Coast Guard at the time […]

The preferred design for new Interstate-80 bridges in the Quad Cities has just two lanes for both directions of traffic. Steve Robery of the Illinois D-O-T says when his agency and the Iowa DOT started […]

Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks says research is showing psychedelic drugs “have the potential” to be a mental health treatment option for veterans. Miller-Meeks, a Republican who represents Iowa’s first congressional district, is chair of the […]

Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss says stores shouldn’t have the trouble with stocking merchandise this year they’ve had with the supply chain in past years. “We’ve seen that improve significantly and inventory levels are pretty […]

Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa is using a half a million dollar federal grant to expand its cybersecurity training. “We hope to be able to put more students through the program and get more […]

Tomorrow’s Black Friday shopping extravaganza, followed by Small Business Saturday, marks a vital kickoff to the holiday shopping season, which a University of Iowa College of Business professor says could be make-or-break time for countless […]

U.S. senators from Iowa and Nebraska are backing federal legislation that would return land in northwest Iowa to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. In 1970, the federal government took 16-hundred acres from the tribe using […]

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (NEGG) says there are opportunities for Iowa as the United Kingdom negotiates a free trade agreement with the United States. “Certainly that’s important in the U.K. as they are […]

Matthew Ung, the chairman of the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, is calling on fellow board member Jeremy Taylor to resign. Taylor’s wife, Kim, was convicted yesterday on 52 counts of voter fraud connected to […]

A planetary geologist at the University of Iowa is closely following one of the latest NASA missions, the recent launch of a spacecraft called Psyche. Valerie Payré, a UI professor of earth and environmental science, […]

The holiday travel season is getting underway with some new technology in use at Iowa’s two largest airports. TSA regional spokesperson, Jessica Mayle says one thing that hasn’t changed is the advice that you get […]

The latest U.S.D.A. crop report out Monday showed south-central Iowa had 12 % of its corn remaining to be harvested by the end of last week. Iowa State University field agronomist, Clarabell Probasco, says that […]