The state’s Enhance Iowa Board has awarded $1.8 million worth of grants to help finance four community projects. The small southeast Iowa town of Keota is getting a half million dollar state grant toward a […]

Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller is not sure if leading hitter Keaton Anthony will be back in the lineup on Friday when the Hawkeyes open a three game series at home against Michigan State. Anthony […]

Warmer spring weather may finally be here to stay and Iowa motorists are being urged to keep a sharper eye out for motorcycles. Colleen Powell, spokeswoman for the Iowa Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau, says May […]

More than three years after an infant died at home daycare in southwest Iowa, the provider was found guilty — in her second trial. The jury in Pottawattamie County on Tuesday afternoon found 39-year-old Alison […]

Dozens of Iowa veterans, including a retired sailor who’s more than a century old, will take part in this week’s special honor flight to Washington, D.C. Ron Newsum, the coordinator for the Brushy Creek Honor […]

Opponents of carbon pipelines are asking the state’s new utility regulators to take their objections “to heart.” The three-member Iowa Utilities Board convened this morning, the first meeting for new members Eric Helland and Sarah […]

The Administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission says the agency didn’t start the investigation into gambling by athletes at the University of Iowa and Iowa State. Administrator Brian Ohorilko says the agency was […]

The board that governs the three state universities will hold the first reading of a proposed 3.5% tuition increase at its meeting Thursday. The Board of Regents’ staff is proposing that increase of in-state tuition […]

Starting this fall, students at Drake University will be able to study under a new zoo and conservation science degree. There’s been a similar curriculum concentration for Drake students to tack onto their majors since […]

A businessman from Texas who’s launched a campaign for the GOP’s 2024 nomination for president is visiting Iowa this week. Ryan Binkley is also lead pastor and co-founder of Create Church in a suburb of […]

Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery announced on Monday that Belmont transfer and Iowa City native Even Brauns (pronounced Evan) has signed with the University of Iowa. Brauns (6-foot-9, 240 pounds) has two years of eligibility […]

A Florida-based comedian, illusionist, and motivational speaker will visit three Iowa schools this week to talk about bullying prevention. Tom Coverly has appearances scheduled in Colfax, Iowa Falls, and Webster City. “I’ll be doing three school […]

Farmers had dry planting weather most of last week and they made the most of it. The corn harvest shot to 70% planted compared to 29% in the previous week. Corn planting had been one […]

The Iowa Legislature has approved spending six million dollars on the Honey Creek Resort in southern Iowa. The state-owned resort, which opened in 2008, has a hotel and dozens of cabins, an indoor waterpark and […]

Iowa State University researchers are getting a National Science Foundation grant to study if people who get cybersick while using virtual reality headsets can adapt over time. ISU psychology professor Jonathan Kelly predicts virtual reality […]