There are only a dozen nationally-chartered banks operating in Iowa. The 230 state-chartered banks fall under the regulation of the State Banking Division “Iowa has the fourth largest number of bank charters in the country. […]

A University of Iowa engineering professor says extreme drought poses concerns about water quality as well as the water supply. David Cwiertny is a professor of civil and environmental engineering. “Lots of communities are looking […]

Republican candidate Ron DeSantis is asking his supporters to ignore what he calls a “media narrative” that suggests Donald Trump will easily win the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination. “You have a lot of media […]

A federal judge has stopped state officials from enforcing parts of a law that banned instruction about sexual orientation in elemetary classes and has already prompted schools to remove books from library shelves. Judge Stephen […]

The historic Hahn Bakery in Middle Amana closed its doors for good Sunday after more than 150 years of baking breads and coffee cakes. Doris Hahn and her husband Jack took over the bakery from […]

If you made a New Year’s resolution last night, you may need to genuinely focus on making the change in order to keep the pledge. Alison Phillips, a psychology professor at Iowa State University, says […]

U.S.D.A. Rural Development is funding two rural Iowa projects to repair and rehabilitate housing. Iowa Rural Development director, Theresa Greenfield, says the funding is through the Housing Preservation Grant program. “Its goal really is to […]

The Trump campaign event on Friday, January 5 will not be on the Dordt University campus as originally announced and has been moved to an event center in Sioux Center. Dordt University has released a […]

Planners hope the Central Iowa Water Works will be ready to launch on January 1, 2025 and manage the drinking water supply for nearly 19% of Iowa residents. The West Des Moines Water Works agreed […]

The Delaware County Attorney has ruled a deputy sheriff used “reasonable force” when he shot and wounded the suspect in a fatal shooting outside a grocery store in Monticello. On November 7th, 48-year-old Aaron McAtee […]

A nonprofit in Muscatine that helps adults with disabilities and the elderly is reopening its holiday fundraiser after vandalism and theft shut it down. Crossroads Incorporated set up a holiday light show in Muscatine’s Weed […]

The updated Iowa Drought Monitor shows 97% of the state is in drought or near-drought conditions. Much of the state is in severe or extreme drought. The area of extreme drought in eastern Iowa goes […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says it’s time for a “comprehensive review” of Iowa’s nine Area Education Agencies that mainly provide services to children with disabilities. “The AEAs are a bureaucracy that’s been in place for 50 […]

As the end of the year nears, Iowans are being warned about a sharp rise in bogus phone calls over the paying of your taxes. Internal Revenue Service spokesman Christopher Miller says scammers are calling, […]

Vaccination rates in Iowa for both the flu and COVID-19 are lagging behind recent years, and health professionals are referring to the trend as “vaccine fatigue,” as some people would like to forget the whole […]

The marching band from Sioux City Bishop Heelan High School will perform at halftime of the Peach Bowl in Atlanta on Saturday. Jeana Larson is the school’s band director. “To be a national stage in […]

An animal shelter in northeast Iowa is seeing an unusual spike in its year-end number of animals. The Cedar Bend Humane Society, based in Waterloo, is caring for nearly 500 cats, dogs, and smaller animals. […]