An Iowa fire chief says there’s a good reason preventing kitchen fires is the focus of National Fire Safety Week this year. Estherville Fire Chief Travis Sheridan says most of the fires his department responds […]

Storm Lake Police took several juveniles into custody after a reported threat this morning at the Storm Lake Elementary School. ts. According to Storm Lake Police, officers got word of the threat during the morning […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals has denied a request for a new trial by the man convicted of murdering University of Iowa Student Mollie Tibbetts of Brooklyn in 2018. Cristhian Bahena Rivera appealed his first-degree […]

The latest Iowa Climate Statement signed by more than 200 scientists and researchers at Iowa colleges and universities says the state needs to invest more in solar power. Retired Iowa State University climate scientist Gene […]

The prolonged drought is causing a critical water shortage in the southwest Iowa town of Shenandoah, where the city council voted last night to enact what it’s calling “stage three water rationing.” It’s the first […]

A state legislator has won the slot to challenge the mayor of Iowa’s third largest city in November’s election. Just over 4000 votes were cast in yesterday’s primary for Davenport mayor. There were four candidates. […]

An investment firm has outbid the University of Iowa in the bankruptcy court auction of Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Texas-based Preston Hollow Community Capital had invested nearly $42 million in Mercy Iowa City in […]

The amount of soybeans harvested statewide more than doubled last week, and corn wasn’t far behind. Dry weather saw farmers bump the bean harvest up from 24 to 52% in the latest U.S.D.A. report. That’s […]

Tonight’s Powerball drawing is estimated at more than $1.7 billion. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer says we are in an extraordinary run for jackpots. “2023 marks the first time that four lottery jackpots have topped […]

It’s said writers should write about what they know, and author Marta McDowell, an avid green-thumber who worked for years as a horticulturist, is touring Iowa this week, promoting her latest book. “‘Gardening Can Be […]

Iowa State University has landed a 4-year, $14 million grant to design a national testing facility that will simulate tornadoes and other windstorms, like the powerful derecho that carved a path of destruction across the […]

Iowa’s Attorney General is leading a 13-state coalition opposing a new Massachusetts law that puts restrictions on the sale of pork there based on how the animals are raised. A statement from Attorney General Brenna […]