Tomorrow’s Black Friday shopping extravaganza, followed by Small Business Saturday, marks a vital kickoff to the holiday shopping season, which a University of Iowa College of Business professor says could be make-or-break time for countless […]

U.S. senators from Iowa and Nebraska are backing federal legislation that would return land in northwest Iowa to the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. In 1970, the federal government took 16-hundred acres from the tribe using […]

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig (NEGG) says there are opportunities for Iowa as the United Kingdom negotiates a free trade agreement with the United States. “Certainly that’s important in the U.K. as they are […]

Matthew Ung, the chairman of the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, is calling on fellow board member Jeremy Taylor to resign. Taylor’s wife, Kim, was convicted yesterday on 52 counts of voter fraud connected to […]

A planetary geologist at the University of Iowa is closely following one of the latest NASA missions, the recent launch of a spacecraft called Psyche. Valerie Payré, a UI professor of earth and environmental science, […]

The holiday travel season is getting underway with some new technology in use at Iowa’s two largest airports. TSA regional spokesperson, Jessica Mayle says one thing that hasn’t changed is the advice that you get […]

The latest U.S.D.A. crop report out Monday showed south-central Iowa had 12 % of its corn remaining to be harvested by the end of last week. Iowa State University field agronomist, Clarabell Probasco, says that […]

Quad Cities-based Deere and Company is wrapping up its fiscal year on a high note. Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer is releasing its fourth quarter earnings, reporting net income of more than $2.3 billion dollars for […]

The end of 2023 is just over a month away and some Iowans may want to make use of their time off over the next few days by getting their financial picture in order, before […]

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis now has the public support of a well-known voice in Iowa’s evangelical community. Bob Vander Plaats, president and CEO of The Family Leader, endorsed DeSantis late yesterday during an appearance […]

Former President Donald Trump has released a video slamming Governor Kim Reynolds for endorsing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The video was released on social media by the Trump campaign. It starts with a reference to […]

Some Iowans will be using the Thanksgiving holiday to plan for a longer holiday at the end of the year, and if you’re thinking about an extended vacation, be very careful before putting down any […]

Wolf Carbon Solutions has withdrawn its application for a carbon pipeline permit in Illinois after learning regulators in that state were likely to reject it, but the company plans to regroup and refile its application […]

A federal jury has convicted the wife of a Woodbury County supervisor of 52 counts of voter fraud. The jury, after about six hours of deliberations, found Kim Phuong Taylor guilty of filing out absentee […]

The continuing resolution President Biden signed last week to keep the federal government running into January included a one-year extension of the Farm Bill. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says that extension will afford Congress plenty […]

One area of the state continues to lag behind in finishing off the corn harvest. The U.S.D.A. crop survey found 12% of the corn in south-central Iowa remained to be harvested at of the end […]

The Northeast Iowa Community College board of trustees has voted to terminate the contract of college President Herbert Reidel. The board took the action at its meeting Monday. Reidel was placed on administrative leave October […]

Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss says the two surveys he conducts don’t show a lot of promise for merchants this holiday season. “Holiday and Christmas buying probably up about 3 to 4% — and most […]

A few days ago, forecasters were warning of the possibility of snow on or around Thanksgiving, but now that we’re closer to the holiday, foul weather is being removed from the list of likely options. […]