The statewide nonprofit group Iowa Rivers Revival has named Dyersville its 2023 “River Town of the Year.” The group’s executive director, Luke Hoffman, says Dyersville met all of their criteria. “Those criteria being improvements in […]

The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa is still over a month away, but a group of riders will make an early trek along the entire route beginning this weekend in Sioux City, the […]

A specially-trained urban search-and-rescue team, from bases in Cedar Rapids and Sioux City, is working to secure the Davenport apartment building that partly collapsed Sunday. It’s feared the six-story structure could completely cave in at […]

A “Safe Community Coalition of Fort Dodge and Webster County” has been formed. The group hosted a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge yesterday after three shooting deaths in the Fort Dodge last month. The […]

Some of the world’s most recognized voice actors will be in central Iowa this weekend as Des Moines Con opens on Saturday. Event creator Ben Penrod says many fans will be coming to the convention […]

The boil order could be lifted today  for residents of five counties in southwest Iowa if a state test comes back negative for any issues in their water system. Avoca Regional Water Plant general manager […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has completed her review of the bills that passed the Republican led 2023 Iowa legislature and signed all of them into law. Reynolds approved 67 bills Thursday. One requires both of Iowa’s […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that limits the Iowa state auditor’s ability to access some information, like tax returns or medical records, for audits and investigations. State Auditor Rob Sand, […]

Former President Donald Trump says there’s no way he could lose Iowa in 2024. “We’re going to win,” Trump said. “We’re going to win big. We’re going to win bigger than ever before.” Trump made […]

Staffing shortages in Iowa nursing homes remain “alarmingly high” and are almost twice the national average, according to the state director of AARP Iowa. Brad Anderson says staffing shortages can lead to poor resident care […]

The cost to rent an acre of Iowa farmland increased nine percent last year to a record $279. Iowa State University’s Alejandro Plastina says the strong farm economy drove the increase. “We saw a great […]

Former President Donald Trump is meeting with smaller groups of Iowans today rather than hosting a big rally. Allan Richards was among the first to arrive outside a suburban Des Moines restaurant where Trump is […]

Davenport’s police chief says three people are still missing after an apartment building partially collapsed Sunday and Davenport Mayor Mike Matson says officials are planning for a “dignified” demolition of the structure. “This needs to […]

Inflation is keeping prices high on all sorts of goods, and a survey of business leaders in Iowa and eight other Midwestern states finds prices rose nearly 6% in the past year, but may only […]

Iowa has named Beth Goetz as its interim director of athletics. She steps in for Gary Barta, who announced last week he is retiring after 17 years at the helm. Goetz currently serves as deputy […]

Iowans who are passionate about preserving their communities’ history and historic buildings are meeting today in Sioux City for the start of the three-day Preserve Iowa Summit. Jeff Morgan, spokesman for the Iowa Department of […]

The man who owns the partially collapsed apartment building in Davenport has issued a statement, thanking first responders and groups that are assisting tenants who lost all their belongings. Andrew Wold bought the building in […]

A human trafficking victim who pleaded guilty to killing a man she said raped her when she was 15 has again been placed on probation at a residential facility. Last November, Pieper Lewis cut off […]

The four Republicans who represent Iowa in the U.S. House have voted in favor of a bill that raises the federal government’s borrowing limit and outlines future cuts in some federal spending. All four members […]

Opponents of carbon pipelines are asking federal officials to issue a moratorium on new construction. The U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is holding a two-day public hearing in Des Moines. Kim Junker, a […]