We’re still a week from Independence Day but many Iowans are celebrating early by setting off fireworks and other explosives — and those sporadic, unexpected noises can scare your pets. The loud booms can also […]

Today marks 28 years since the disappearance of KIMT TV news anchor Jodi Huisentruit. She was believed to have been abducted from the parking lot of her apartment complex early in the morning in 1995 […]

Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad recently returned to China, the country where he served as U.S. Ambassador for three years. “We still do a significant amount of business with them,” Branstad said. “The Chinese appreciate […]

Weather patterns are shifting and the quality of Iowa’s air is again taking a dip. The Iowa DNR’s Air Quality Bureau has an online map that shows real-time updates as the smoke from those Canadian […]

The Iowa Association of Realtors report shows some improvement in the availability of homes in May. The May report shows there were 14% more homes on the market compared to April. But on a year-to-year […]

Over the upcoming holiday weekend, tens of thousands of Iowans will be declaring their independence from their houses and heading off on road trips. Brian Ortner, spokesman for AAA Iowa, says travel records are being […]

A settlement with the governor in an open records lawsuit is now final. ACLU of Iowa attorney Thomas Story says there will be some oversight along with the payment in case. “We have now settled […]

A southwest Iowa couple who are the parents of twins born prematurely at 22 weeks say taking their son home from a Des Moines hospital five and a half months later is exciting. Cristal Alvarez […]

Iowa’s two U.S. senators say NASA’s lunar research may help improve food production and resource conservation on Earth. The lawmakers joined NASA astronaut Raja Chari for a discussion at Grinnell College this morning. Chari, who […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled the federal government bears responsibility for causing atypical recurrent flooding that damaged farms and property in the Missouri River basin since 2007. Initially filed in 2014, the plaintiffs […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is hiring three new attorneys for the Statewide Prosecutions Section in the Iowa Department of Justice. “Back in 1997, there were 11 prosecutors who could travel around Iowa and do […]

The opening of the Iowa State Fair is getting closer and the search is on for people to fill jobs during its 11-day run. State Fair spokesperson, Mindy Williamson, they hire around 1,600 people with […]

A $10,000 donation from former Governor Terry Branstad’s charity is part of the fundraising that’s led to the opening of a fireproof, climate-controlled vault in the Forest City Mansion Museum. Branstad was at the museum […]

A Tony Award-winning Broadway musical makes its Iowa debut tomorrow night, featuring the story of a five-man vocal group that rose to stardom in the 1960s and ’70s. ” Ain’t Too Proud, The Life and […]

One person was killed in a house fire over the weekend in Estherville. Estherville Fire Chief Travis Sheridan says shortly after 7:20 a.m. Saturday, firefighters were called to 219 South 8th Street after a passerby […]

Staff at the National Weather Service office at the Davenport Airport had to leave their posts and seek shelter as a weekend tornado nearly hit their building. Meteorologist Rich Kinney says an EF-0 twister with […]