As temperatures in Iowa are forecast to climb into the mid to upper 90s all week, the prolonged heat is hard on people, pets — and plants. Angie Rieck Hinz, a field agronomist with Iowa […]

A dozen Republican presidential candidates have agreed to have Governor Kim Reynolds interview them at the Iowa State Fair. Reynolds is calling the 12 separate interviews “Fair Side Chats.” Former President Donald Trump has not […]

The University of Northern Iowa and the Iowa High School Athletic Association have announced a continued partnership that will keep the state high school football playoffs in the UNI-Dome through the 2027 season. Since the […]

There will soon be just one Ben Franklin store left in Iowa. Fifty years ago, there were more than 100 Ben Franklin stores in the state, but there’s a store closing sale underway at the […]

The Iowa National Guard is training soldiers from across the country on how to operate its new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle. Iowa Guard Sergeant First Class Bradley Meyer says the JLTV takes over the duties […]

A Texas firm that invested in Mercy hospital in Iowa City says the facility is on the verge of insolvency. Preston Hollow Community Capital, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, says it is seeking a court-appointed receivership […]

Drake center Darnell Brodie will return next season. The former Seton Hall transfer averaged better than nine points and seven rebounds last season for a Bulldog team that won the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament title. […]

It’s no coincidence the Iowa Department of Transportation is releasing its new edition of the Iowa Bike Map the same week tens of thousands of cycling enthusiasts are in the state for RAGBRAI. Mark Hansen, […]

Iowa-born astronaut Peggy Whitson is featured in a national interview with Norah O’Donnell on the CBS program “Person to Person.” The Beaconsfield native reflected on her recent space flight, the fourth in her long career. […]

Police say a suspect in an assault and kidnapping in central Iowa took his own life in southeast Iowa after being chased by the Iowa State Patrol and other officers. Des Moines Police sent an […]

A new museum will open on the Osceola County Fairgrounds next year. Beth Thole, who’s been working on the project, says the McCallum Museum in Sibley, which holds artifacts from the pioneer and Civil War […]

This could be Iowa’s hottest week of the year so far. Meteorologist Rod Donavon, at the National Weather Service in Johnston, says the forecast calls for steamy, sticky weather right into the weekend. “We are […]

If you find yourself getting bored at work, an expert on the workplace at the University of Iowa says don’t immediately jump to another job but find ways to make your current position more challenging […]

The rolling city on spoked wheels known as RAGBRAI is entering its second day today, as between 25 and 30,000 bicycle riders pedal the 57 miles from Storm Lake to Carroll. Carroll Chamber of Commerce […]