Classes for the fall semester started this morning at Iowa’s three public universities, and it’s hard to be an incoming first-year student and avoid hearing about the dreaded “Freshman 15.” Women’s health internist Dr. Denise […]

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says the Biden Administration has “finally” called for arbitrators to settle a dispute with Mexico over U.S. corn imports. Ernst says she’s been pushing the U.S. Trade Representative to take this […]

Class 5A 1. Southeast Polk @ #3 Valley 2. Dowling Catholic @ #4 Kennedy (Sat) 3. WDM Valley vs #1 Southeast Polk 4. Cedar Rapids Kennedy vs #2 Dowling (Sat) 5. Cedar Falls @ Prairie […]

This could be the hottest week Iowans have endured in years, as near-record to record heat is likely. Forecasters say highs through Thursday will range from 95 to 105 degrees, with heat indices as high […]

A Des Moines Register/NBC News Iowa Poll shows former President Donald Trump has the support of 42% of likely Iowa Republican Caucus-goers. The poll was conducted last week, from Sunday through Thursday. According to pollster […]

Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra says there are a lot issues left to resolve and the chair of the House Ag Committee has told them they will not pass the 2023 Farm Bill by the September […]

As many Iowa schools start classes this week, the state’s teacher shortage may be lessening, according to a source at the University of Iowa’s College of Education. Professor Mark McDermott, the UI’s Associate Dean for […]

Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions has submitted a revised pipeline permit application to utility regulators in North Dakota. Earlier this month North Dakota’s Public Service Commission rejected the company’s application for a 320 mile route through […]

Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson says former President Donald Trump’s absence from Wednesday’s debate will give the candidates who are there a chance to have a “serious policy discussion.” “There’s a lot of differences there […]

Republican presidential candidate Will Hurd says Donald Trump lost in 2020, prevented Republicans from having a red wave in 2022 and will lose to Joe Biden in 2024. “You have to be clear and tell […]

  Senator Joni Ernst says the fourth indictment against former President Trump has had little impact on the 2024 presidential race. “Folks are really becoming desensitized because there are so many indictments out there,” Ernst […]

Southeast Iowa’s Van Buren County is hosting its 37th annual Bike Van Buren this weekend, where cyclists can enjoy the landscape, the rural lifestyle and, of course, the home-baked pies. Emily Starnes, executive director of […]

Questions continue after the USS Sioux City was decommissioned this week barely five years after being put to sea. Sioux City Chamber of Commerce president Chris McGowen attended the decommissioning Monday. “While the commissioning is […]

A Fort Dodge mother charged with first-degree murder in the death of her infant daughter has followed the baby’s father and pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Taylor Blaha pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in […]

The Iowa Aviation Museum is holding its 30th annual Wings Fly-In/Drive-In and Hall of Fame induction Saturday in Greenfield. The museum’s Kris Schildberg says this year’s Hall of Fame inductee is Jim Zangger, who’s been […]

The National Weather Service forecast is calling for hot and humid air to flow into Iowa this weekend and it could stick around through the middle of next week. The conditions might be uncomfortable for […]

Work has begun to fix a 40-foot side sinkhole near Knoxville. An Iowa Department of Agriculture engineer’s report concluded the sinkhole formed when an abandoned limestone mine underneath collapsed. Decorah-based Bruening Rock Products operates a […]

Some schools and colleges are trying to ban students from using artificial intelligence in their coursework, but a University of Iowa instructor is encouraging her students to embrace AI in all of her writing classes. […]