A new Navy submarine named for the state of Iowa will be christened tomorrow morning at a shipyard in Connecticut. “I’ve been to that shipyard many times. I’ve seen the submarine as its gone from […]

A just completed study at the University of Iowa’s Driving Safety Research Institute found there is more work to be done to create an automated vehicle that can safely navigate on Iowa’s rural roads. Institute […]

A new national political action committee is calling on Iowa lawmakers to set up a commission that would investigate and discipline county attorneys who refuse to enforce certain laws. Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder spoke […]

The state unemployment rate for May remained at two-point-seven percent. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says job losses were offset by more workers joining the labor force. “We saw 6,400 people come back into […]

The former city clerk in the eastern Iowa city of Eldridge is being charged with four felonies for allegedly using over $76,000 in city money for personal expenses. Denise Benson was fired last October after […]

A developer plans to restore a historic building in downtown Terril. The former bank was in danger of being demolished. The Terril City Council has unanimously approved transferring ownership of the building to Tyler Kilgore […]

The State Board of Regents approved an increase in salary or retention bonuses for the three presidents of the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa Wednesday. Board President Michael […]

There’s an open house in Oskaloosa later this month for the unveiling of a replica that will help tell the story of a massive animal that roamed the area 10,000 years ago. A life-size model […]

Republican candidate Tim Scott is promising to fire the head of the FBI if he’s elected president and “clean out” all the Department of Justice staff appointed by President Biden. “Americans must have a justice […]

Managers from Mason City, Fort Dodge, and four Kansas airports are asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to approve an application for SkyWest Airlines to provide charter jet service under the Essential Air Service program. […]

There’s smoke over Iowa again from the Canadian wildfires, but National Weather Service Meteorologist, Brad Small says that smoke is high up and not causing problems. “We’ve seen a little bit over northwest and west-central […]

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says he has seen a document that alleges a paid FBI informant was told a Ukrainian had recorded 17 phone calls with Hunter and Joe Biden. “Fifteen of them between Hunter […]

Tuesday was the first day merchants could set up temporary stands to start selling legal fireworks in Iowa. The opening of sales comes as the Drought Monitor shows a large swath of Iowa remains abnormally […]

A southeast Iowa biodiesel plant is shutting down. The Iowa Capital Dispatch reports managers of the W2Fuel biodiesel plant in Crawfordsville have notified the state that the plant is closing. The biodiesel refinery shut down […]

The city of Ames is hosting a dedication ceremony Saturday for the renaming of its airport. Spokesperson, Susan Gwiasda says the airport is being named in honor of African-American flight pioneer James Herman Banning. “James […]