Iowa parents will want to make sure their trick-or-treaters stay safe when they make rounds this week. Tammy Noble, a registered nurse and educator at the Iowa Poison Control Center, says one thing to be […]

State Auditor Rob Sand says it’s time to enforce a law that would hold state employees accountable for intentional misconduct that results in a legal settlement. That means, in extreme cases, a state employee could […]

The superintendent of the second-largest public school district in Iowa has died after a two and a half year battle with cancer. The Cedar Rapids School Board announced in a written statement that Superintendent Noreen […]

Events this past weekend have showcased the closing messages both political parties have for Iowa voters. Governor Kim Reynolds spoke Saturday at a fundraiser hosted by fellow Republican Joni Ernst. “We need you showing up. We […]

Senator Joni Ernst is hosting her “Roast and Ride” fundraiser tomorrow — an event that has become among the largest gatherings for Iowa Republicans — and fellow GOP Senator Chuck Grassley will be among the […]

A rare bumble bee has been sighted in northeastern Iowa. Kaytlan Moeller, outreach coordinator for Dubuque County Conservation, calls it a “super-exciting” find. “The rusty patched bumble bee is a designated, federally-endangered species,” Moeller says. […]

Swan Lake State Park in Carroll will be the site of a seven-stop Halloween event for kids and adults tomorrow. Carroll County Conservation Naturalist Kristen Bieret says activities are spread out over about half of […]

Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson — a critic of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan — supports the new debt relief program for farmers. “I see those programs as fundamentally different,” Hinson says. The USDA is […]

The police chief in Cherokee says there’s a lot of work to do before local school employees would be allowed to carry concealed weapons on school grounds — and Police Chief Nate James suggests there’s […]

A bluegrass music fest will -not- be returning to the Hamilton County town of Stratford. The organizers of the Stratford Bluegrass and Old Time Country Music Festival announced Thursday they’ve pulled the plug on the […]

This year’s Iowa-based World Food Prize is being awarded to a NASA climate scientist. Cynthia Rosenzweig is a senior researcher at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. She studies the effects of climate change on […]

Iowa hunters will be searching the countryside for pheasants starting next weekend. Nate Carr, a DNR conservation officer in Hamilton and Hardin counties, says all factors point to a good season ahead. “Coming off some […]

The season of ghosts and ghouls is nearly here and many Iowans will be heading off to Halloween parties over the next two weekends. Juanita Cameron, a clerk at The Theatrical Shop in West Des […]

Early voting for Iowa’s General Election began this week and a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution is on the back of the ballot. Richard Rogers of the Iowa Firearms Coalition says gun rights advocates […]

Data from the Iowa Association of Realtors indicates the number of existing home sales in Iowa continues to decline and the overall prices for Iowa homes sold remain well above last year’s levels. The median […]

Bird flu has been confirmed in a domestic flock of birds in central Iowa. It’s the 20th site in Iowa where bird flu has been confirmed this year and the first case reported in the […]

Advocates for prisoners says Iowa’s new system of screening mail that’s sent to inmates is confusing and hard to navigate. All non-legal mail is sent to a third-party company to be opened, screened and scanned, […]

Cherokee County officials say four people were injured when a semi hit a school bus traveling east of Marcus at about 7:30 this morning. The bus was carrying students in the Marcus Meriden Cleghorn Remsen […]

Iowa’s unemployment rate of 2.7% for September is slightly higher than the previous month, a tenth of a percent increase. “Certainly the uptick in unemployment is an indication that Iowa is not entirely immune to […]