It’s been hot and dry for weeks and many Iowans who haven’t mowed their grass in a while are finding little patches of what looks like white cotton candy strewn around their yards. Ginny Mitchell, […]

The Iowa Lottery saw the rare occurrence Wednesday of the deadline running out and a one million dollar prize went unclaimed. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says they waited right up to the end of the […]

A jury has convicted an Independence man of sexually abusing a child. The Buchanan County Attorney says a jury found 34-year old Scott Neil Brown guilty of five counts of second degree sexual abuse on […]

Concerns about aging members of Congress and the president were raised again after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky froze while speaking to reporters last week. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says elected officials are […]

A northwest Iowa man accused of killing his mother earlier this year appears to be ready to plead guilty. Nathaniel Kassel of Rock Rapids was charged with murder in the first degree in the death […]

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has unanimously rejected Navigator C-O-2’s application to build a carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota. Navigator is one of three companies with plans to build carbon pipelines in the […]

The harvest season will likely start in northern Iowa within a week to ten days, according to Angie Rieck Hinz, a field agronomist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. With the hot temperatures, low […]

Nearly 70 people have weighed in during a two-and-a-half hour public hearing about a proposal to streamline state licensing and either consolidate or eliminate about 100 state boards and commissions. West Virginia University economics professor […]

The wildfire smoke from Canada is back over Iowa once again. Brian Hutchins at the DNR Air Quality Bureau says the hazy conditions a visible in parts of the state. “Looking at some of the […]

An archival photography project at the University of Northern Iowa has landed a federal grant to help its users see the big picture. The Fortepan Project will use the grant to develop an augmented reality […]

The Sioux and Lyon County Sheriff Departments are working with local police trying to identify individuals involved a check scheme at banks in Alvord, Orange City and Sioux Center. Hispanic or Guatemalan individuals entered banks […]

The State of Iowa has been covering medical malpractice settlements involving the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics that exceeded $9 million, but under a new agreement the Iowa City-based heath care system will pay […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is joining several Senate colleagues in asking the U.S. Department of Education to determine how much money adversarial foreign governments are donating to American schools, including some in Iowa. Grassley says, […]

Republican presidential candidate Doug Burgum says carbon capture technology can spark what he calls “the golden age of agriculture.” “The easiest fuel in the world to decarbonize is ethanol,” Burgum says, “and we’ve got an […]

A new Iowa State University podcast tries to answer some of the questions about a subject that is vital to some, and others just think it stinks. Dan Andersen, the creator of the “Talkin’ Crap” […]