This first Friday in March is considered the National Day of Unplugging, where people are encouraged to disconnect from digital distractions. Monique Moore of Urbandale is urging Iowans to join her in what’s called Phones […]

Republicans on committees in the Iowa House and Senate have voted to let teenagers work longer hours and let them work at jobs that are currently off-limits for minors. “It provides greater opportunities for our […]

Executives with a major health care provider in Iowa and Illinois are exploring a merger with a New Mexico health care system. Des Moines-based UnityPoint Health and Presbyterian Healthcare Services in Albuquerque have signed a […]

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says he was “shocked” by the progress shown in the latest economic survey for Iowa and eight other Midwestern states. While he expected another drop, Goss says the region’s overall […]

Five northeast Iowa counties are hiring an attorney to respond to development of a carbon capture pipeline. Navigator’s proposed Heartland Greenway pipeline would run through 33 Iowa counties, covering about 800 miles. Delaware County Supervisor […]

Iowans who are getting a refund on their federal taxes this year should expect it to be a smaller check than it was last year, according to IRS spokesman Michael Devine. “About 11% less per […]

The Clay County Fair Board has hired the general manager of the Alaska State Fair as its new CEO. Jerome Hertel replaces former Clay County Fair CEO Jeremy Parsons, who was hired earlier this year […]

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is joining the investigation into the death of a Cerro Gordo County Jail inmate. The DCI says at about 1:30 on Tuesday morning, jail staff discovered inmate Lamar Anderson […]

The busy Spring Break travel season is just getting underway, and Iowans who want to fly someplace warm — and take along a firearm — are being reminded there’s a right way and a wrong […]

High school students in at least 20 different Iowa districts staged walk outs yesterday to protest bills in the legislature that they say unfairly target LGBTQ youth. “I know I speak for a lot of […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a rule to let E-15 be sold year round in the Midwest — starting in 2024. Governor Reynolds said in a written statement that she is “thrilled” the […]

A bill that’s cleared the House Education Committee would dismantle the diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa. Republican Representative Taylor Collins of […]

Drake sophomore Tucker DeVries has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year. DeVries averaged 19 points and more than five and a half rebounds for a Bulldog team that finished the regular […]

Iowa State will finish the basketball season without senior guard Caleb Grill. The school announced Grill is no longer with the team for failure to meet the program’s expectations. “We hold our players to high […]

White-tailed deer are susceptible to coronavirus infections and researchers at the U.S.D.A.’s National Animal Disease Center in Ames are looking into how different variants of the virus impact deer over time. U.S.D.A. Veterinary Medical Officer […]

February ended up being much wetter than normal — despite having what state climatologist Justin Glisan calls a “snow drought.” “We had more rainfall in fact than we did snowfall across the state in February […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has selected a New York company to administer the new state-funded Education Savings Accounts created by a law she signed in January. “We’re rolling it out. We’ve identified the platform,” Reynolds said […]

Several students from Northwestern College in Orange City are heading out this week for spring break — but their trips are working mission trips — not a chance to sit on a beach and soak […]