The Iowa State Fair starts tomorrow and on Saturday seven presidential candidates plan to compete for the attention of tens of thousands of fairgoers and throngs of media. On Saturday morning, four GOP candidates plan […]

As we endure the sweltering sun of summer, Iowans may find some relief in pondering the cooler weather that’s sure to come. The new edition of the Farmers’ Almanac is now available and managing editor […]

The Iowa DNR heard public comments Tuesday on a new manure management plan for a large cattle feedlot in Clayton County near the headwaters of the Bloody Run Creek, which is a trout stream. Supreme […]

Gasoline prices rose almost 50 cents a gallon in Iowa in the past month, and they’re still climbing. Brian Ortner, spokesman for  AAA Iowa, says prices should start to level off very soon. “We’re at […]

State and federal authorities say the suspect in an attempted bank robbery in Elk Horn is in custody. Shelby County State Bank staff told officers a man wearing a mask and a bank customer were […]

A central Iowa man who admitted to sexually abusing three of his nine children has died in prison. The Iowa Department of Corrections says 48-year-old James Beaudrie of Des Moines died of a chronic illness […]

The State of Iowa is using nearly $21.3 million in pandemic relief money to buy a fully furnished office building and move all 540 employees out of the Wallace State Office Building that sits across […]

A Pew Research Center study finds this is the oldest-ever U.S. Senate, with a median age of 65 years, versus the average age of the U.S. population at 39. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is 89 […]

The Board of Regents today approved the University of Iowa’s request to purchase the financially troubled Mercy Hospital in Iowa City for $20 million. University of Iowa president, Barbara Wilson, told the Regents that the […]

Top state officials have hired a Washington, D.C. law firm to investigate TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media giant. The state’s Executive Council has approved a contract with Cooper and Kirk, a law firm that worked […]

The Centers for Disease Control is recommending a new vaccine to prevent the respiratory virus RSV in infants under eight months. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics pediatrician, Adam Brown, says the shot is possibly […]

A survey of several hundred Iowa businesses finds an overwhelming majority of them are in good shape compared to a year ago, despite record inflation, the rising cost of living, and ongoing supply chain challenges. […]

New data shows 19.5% of the applications for new, state-funded accounts to cover private school expenses are for students who live in the two largest counties in the Des Moines metro. By last Friday, 18,627 […]

The states of Iowa and Nebraska are suing the Environmental Protection Agency. The attorneys general for the two states are accusing federal regulators of illegally delaying year-round sales of gas with a higher blend of […]

The Mega Millions jackpot is estimated at an all-time high for the game for Tuesday’s drawing of  $1.55 billion. Iowa Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says big jackpots often lead to people pooling their money to […]

A state senator from southeast Iowa is being sued by his daughter. Korynn Dickey, the daughter of Republican Senator Adrian Dickey of Packwood alleges her father purchased a vehicle for her in 2020, but then […]

When the pandemic forced Iowa State University to switch from in-person to remote learning in the spring of 2020, ISU psychology professor Jason Chan says he feared unsupervised online exams would unleash rampant cheating. “At […]

The Board of Regents will meet Tuesday to vote on allowing the University of Iowa to purchase Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. The proposal calls for the U-I to pay 20 million dollars for the […]