December is traditionally a very busy, profitable month for retailers, but the latest economic survey for Iowa and eight other Midwestern states shows another dip in the business barometer for the final month of 2022. […]

The 400 union workers who’ve been on strike at the CNH Industrial plant in Burlington will be voting on a contract offer soon. The United Auto Workers describes the proposal as the company’s “upgraded last, […]

A new study finds more than 45% of seriously injured drivers in Iowa had at least one drug in their system. Tim Brown is the director of Drugged Driving Research at the National Advanced Driving […]

Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen has been elected to another term. Christensen’s two-year term as the leader of the court expired December 31st and she was elected to a new term by fellow […]

A tanker truck carrying 4,800 gallons of milk crashed into a pond near Guttenberg in northeast Iowa Monday evening. Firefighters found the tanker was leaking and they called in the Linn County HAZMAT team to […]

One person has died after an explosion in a residential area of Council Bluffs today. Council Bluffs Police say a man was found dead after a detached garage exploded late this morning. WOWT is reporting […]

Former President Barack Obama has posted a video online to mark the anniversary of his victory in the January 3rd, 2008 Caucuses. Most of the video centers around Obama’s meeting with six people who served […]

The four Iowans elected to serve in the U-S House for the next two years must await the election of a House speaker today before they can be sworn into office. All four have said […]

Governor Kim Reynolds will be sworn in for another term on Friday, January 13th — but the other five statewide elected officials have started their terms. The new terms for Secretary of State Paul Pate […]

An Ice Storm Warning is posted for nearly 30 counties across western and northern Iowa as a winter storm drops freezing rain, which forecasters say should soon turn to snow. Meteorologist Jeff Zogg, at the […]

Some Iowa Christmas tree growers are concerned damage done by the drought could limit their supply in the next few years. Country Pines Farm owner, Justin Pritts, says last year’s lack of snow led to […]

The Iowa Lottery plans to move to some more modern methods of payment for prizes in the new year. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says paper checks had been the standard. “It just became obvious pretty […]

As soon as spring arrives, an eastern Iowa community will launch an ambitious home-building effort with plans to construct ten houses using 3-D printers. Charla Schafer, president of the Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine, says […]

Iowans are being warned to look over their credit card statements during these first few days of the new year as there may be charges for unwanted subscription services. Consumer protection advocate Michael Domke says […]

With the Christmas and New Year’s holidays behind us and the cold reality settling in of three months of winter ahead, some Iowans may find themselves feeling like a dark cloud is looming overhead. Annette […]