There wasn’t enough snowfall to give Iowa a white Christmas this year. National Weather Service meteorologist Brooke Hagenhoff says another color better describes the day. “Certainly going to be a bit of a gray Christmas. […]

One of the perks for Iowans who are hosting big family gatherings during the holidays is getting to nosh on those leftovers for days on end, but to enjoy all that extra food for the […]

A coalition of businesses that employs 160-thousand Iowans is calling for a reduction in the taxes Iowa businesses pay into the state fund that pays out unemployment benefits. Joe Murphy is president of the Iowa […]

State Health Data shows deaths from opioid overdoses have dropped significantly this year. Numbers through October of this year show 125 Iowans have died from opioid overdoses and the state is on track to see […]

Egg prices have reached a record high in the U.S. and the Iowa Egg Council says bird flu is the biggest reason for the price jump . ISU Extension poultry vet Yuko Sato says the […]

Here is a look at some of Radio Iowa’s top news stories for 20204: Just four days into the year, a student at Perry High School opened fire at the school, shooting five students and […]

The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that said Orange City’s mandatory inspections of rental properties are unconstitutional. Attorneys for renters and landlords argued the ordinance which required city inspections of rental properties […]

A Paton man is being held in the Greene County Jail without bond after being charged in the death of his two-month-old son. Twenty-six-year old Nolan Roger Wilson called for emergency services back in September, […]

Some communities in northwest Iowa hit by massive flooding this summer are now able to apply for FEMA money to purchase damaged homes. Rock Valley has sent its application today, asking for funding to buy […]

The chairman of the Iowa Senate Commerce Committee is proposing creation of an Iowa “business court” — hoping it will prompt big businesses to declare Iowa as home base. For more than a century, many […]

Farm groups are urging state officials to continue funding development of livestock vaccines for bird flu and other foreign animal diseases like African Swine Fever and Food and Mouth Disease. “Aside from total depopulation, which […]

The remains of an Iowa soldier who died in a Japanese prison camp have been identified. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency identified the remains as 22-year-old U.S. Army Air Force Tech-4 Lloyd Bruntmyer of Des […]

The Iowa Lottery Commission has signed off on major changes to the multi-state Mega Millions game slated to begin in April. Lottery CEO Matt Strawn says the changes are designed to draw more players. “The […]

A national study by AARP looked at where members want to live as they get older. AARP vice president Rodney Harrell says the numbers are pretty decisive. “The vast majority of people 50 and older, […]

Tomorrow is the first day of winter, and if our landscaping should happen to get heaped with snow in the weeks and months ahead, there are good ways and bad ways to handle it, especially […]

Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson of Marion is praising President-elect Trump’s pressure campaign that has derailed a bipartisan deal to keep the federal government operating. “I think President Trump’s right,” Hinson said. “President Trump overwhelmingly won […]

Iowans who have sidewalks and driveways they care for sometimes face a quandary during the wintertime about the use of salt to break up ice and provide traction. Aaron Steil, a consumer horticulture specialist at […]