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The northwest Iowa event billed as the world’s largest county fair starts on Saturday. This is Jerome Hertel’s first year as manager of the Clay County Fair in Spencer. “This fair is pretty much similar, […]

About one in every eight Iowa women will develop breast cancer during their lives, and a rise in breast cancer cases among women in their 40s is bringing new preliminary screening guidelines. The recommendation now […]

Iowans who are getting aggressive calls from loan collectors need to be sure the loans they’re trying to collect are real, especially before making payments. Lisa Schiller, with the Better Business Bureau, says those collectors […]

Two people were killed Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle-truck accident east of Woolstock. The Iowa State Patrol identified the victims as 52-year-old Eric Gustafson of Thompson, Iowa and 48-year-old Mindy Chandler of Waukee, Iowa. Reportedly, […]

A local photographer is this year’s featured artist at Sioux City’s annual ArtSplash festival, which is underway this holiday weekend in that northwest Iowa city. Britton Hacke says one of his goals is to modify […]

A Fort Dodge man was sentenced today for his involvement in the death of his newborn daughter. Thirty-two-year-old Brandon Thoma was originally charged with first-degree murder along with the child’s mother, Taylor Blaha. Thoma pleaded […]

The Department of Natural Resources has advised against swimming in 11 lakes across the state again this week. The DNR’s Jason Palmer in the Water Quality division says the return of wildlife and agricultural runoff […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says she doesn’t think the Biden administration’s plan to let Medicare negotiate the cost of certain prescription drugs is going to help the problem. “Unfortunately, the government price fixing does nothing […]

April showers may bring May flowers but September is only bringing the heat. Forecasters say most of Iowa will have high temperatures in the 80s this afternoon, but the rest of the Labor Day weekend […]

A tax debate is looming for federal policymakers because Trump era tax cuts expire at the end of 2025. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is proposing a change in federal tax policy rather than an […]

An Iowa Department of Natural Resources expert says many of the state’s rivers may not be deep enough for canoes and kayaks right now. The DNR’s Todd Robertson is a certified canoe instructor. “The majority […]