Next Wednesday is the first day low income Iowa parents may apply for state-funded accounts to cover a child’s private school expenses. The New York based company hired to run the program will check Iowa […]

Governor Kim Reynolds and the governors of Nebraska and Missouri have signed off on a letter that urges that E-P-A to increase the federal requirement for biodiesel production. The three Midwest governors say diesel fuel […]

The Iowa DNR Fire Program has a new group trained and ready to fight wildfires across the country. Spokesman Ryan Schlater says there are some differences between fighting structure fires and wildfires. “Weather kind of plays […]

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg isin eastern Iowa today, visiting two projects that have received federal grants from the infrastructure bill President Biden signed in 2021. The Eastern Iowa Airport got a $20 million grant. […]

Federal lawmakers have yet to reach a deal on lifting the debt ceiling, which could impact some Iowans’ health care. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns if lawmakers don’t come to an agreement, the U.S. could […]

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is expanding its focus as we head into summer to remind people not to drink and drive while using boats and ATV’s. MADD regional director, Erin Payton, says the number […]

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is expanding its focus as we head into summer to remind people not to drink and drive while using boats and ATV’s. MADD regional director, Erin Payton, says the number […]

A special investigation by the State Auditor’s office has found the former city clerk of Eldridge improperly spent more than $76,000 of city money and there were no records for another $8700 worth of transaction. […]

Iowa appears to have bucked a national trend of rising suicide rates in recent years. While more people across the country took their own lives in 2021 compared to 2020, a report from a nonprofit, […]

A Fort Dodge landmark that has hosted some of the biggest names in the music business will soon reopen to the public. The Laramar Ballroom sat empty for years, but last June it was purchased […]

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is spending his Wednesday in Sioux City — his first trip to Iowa since officially launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for president this week. Scott’s first stop was […]

The Big Ten and BIG EAST conferences announced the pairings and dates for the 2023 Gavitt Tipoff Games, which include Iowa traveling to Omaha to face Creighton on Nov. 14. The Gavitt Tipoff Games, featuring […]

The Fort Dodge Fire Department will have the first “baby box” installed in Iowa. Last November, after a man and woman from Fort Dodge were charged in the death of their newborn, people in the […]

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller will send sophomore Brody Brecht to the mound Thursday afternoon when the third seeded Hawkeyes play second seeded Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament in Omaha. Brecht is 5-2 and […]

Woodbury County Supervisors have unanimously approved changes to the county’s wind turbine regulations. The county’s ordinance originally barred wind turbines within 600 feet of city limits, but now wind turbines may not be placed within […]

Volunteers are needed once again this summer to drive around and track the bat population. DNR wildlife diversity biologist, Stephanie Shepherd, says the volunteers record the noises bats make as the fly through the night. […]

Former Hawkeye player Tania Davis is joining staff of Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder as Director of Player Development. “I am absolutely thrilled to welcome Tania Davis back to Iowa City,” said Bluder. “Tania […]

It’s not fog but smoke making the air hazy in parts of central Iowa this morning — and you can smell the smoke from the Canadian wildfires. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the […]

The pace of the current GOP presidential campaign hasn’t reached the level of the last one eight years ago, but South Carolina Senator Tim Scott entered the race yesterday and will be in Sioux City […]

Governor Kim Reynolds says she hasn’t made a final decision on a bill to limit State Auditor Rob Sand’s access to some information, but Reynolds says Sand — the lone Democrat in statewide office — […]