A southwestern Iowa home daycare operator was sentenced to prison today for the death of a child in her care. A judge in Atlantic sentenced 39-year old Alison Dorsey to 50 years in prison at […]

Another mile-and-a-half segment of a recreational trail for walkers, runners and bicyclists through Fort Madison is now open after a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The extended trail was celebrated last week by members of PORT, an acronym […]

The air quality in parts of eastern Iowa may be the worst it’s -ever- been today and residents are being warned to dig out their N-95 masks that were popular during the pandemic if they’re […]

An Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council in Winnebago County is recommending a distribution plan for $487,000 in new revenue. That’s the amount expected to come from the new property tax levy and county income tax […]

Forest City Police says they are following up on a report from two people who saw what they believed was a mountain lion in the northwest corner of the Hy-Vee parking lot Saturday around 3 […]

Managers of the Knoxville Raceway are getting five more years to accumulate a state tax break of up to one-point-eight MILLION dollars to finance facility improvements. Iowa lawmakers originally approved a sales tax rebate nearly […]

We’re still a week from Independence Day but many Iowans are celebrating early by setting off fireworks and other explosives — and those sporadic, unexpected noises can scare your pets. The loud booms can also […]

Today marks 28 years since the disappearance of KIMT TV news anchor Jodi Huisentruit. She was believed to have been abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex early in the morning in 1995 […]

Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad recently returned to China, the country where he served as U.S. Ambassador for three years. “We still do a significant amount of business with them,” Branstad said. “The Chinese appreciate […]

Weather patterns are shifting and the quality of Iowa’s air is again taking a dip. The Iowa DNR’s Air Quality Bureau has an online map that shows real-time updates as the smoke from those Canadian […]

The Iowa Association of Realtors report shows some improvement in the availability of homes in May. The May report shows there were 14% more homes on the market compared to April. But on a year-to-year […]

Over the upcoming holiday weekend, tens of thousands of Iowans will be declaring their independence from their houses and heading off on road trips. Brian Ortner, spokesman for AAA Iowa, says travel records are being […]

A settlement with the governor in an open records lawsuit is now final. ACLU of Iowa attorney Thomas Story says there will be some oversight along with the payment in case. “We have now settled […]

A southwest Iowa couple who are the parents of twins born prematurely at 22 weeks say taking their son home from a Des Moines hospital five and a half months later is exciting. Cristal Alvarez […]

Iowa’s two U.S. senators say NASA’s lunar research may help improve food production and resource conservation on Earth. The lawmakers joined NASA astronaut Raja Chari for a discussion at Grinnell College this morning. Chari, who […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled the federal government bears responsibility for causing atypical recurrent flooding that damaged farms and property in the Missouri River basin since 2007. Initially filed in 2014, the plaintiffs […]