Residents of Ames will be able to get electronics, small appliances, computers, bicycles, clothing, or other items that need some work, fixed for free this weekend. Mike Van Vertloo organized the Ames Repair Café where […]

A new report finds the rate of Iowa children living below the federal poverty line fell significantly in the past quarter-century. The study by the non-profit Child Trends found child poverty rates in the state […]

The Des Moines woman who has accused U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken of kissing her without her permission has commented publicly for the first time. In April, Kimberley Strope-Boggus told a police officer she met […]

Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Polk County Elections Director John Chiodo are allowing the public to view the testing that’s done on voting machines. Pate says they want to be sure everyone knows […]

The Board of Supervisors in a western Iowa county will consider an ordinance that would establish some restrictions for where carbon pipelines could be routed. “Our job is not to stop it,” said Steve Kenkel, […]

Due to factors ranging from retirement to COVID burnout, some studies show Iowa hospitals will be short hundreds of nurses in the coming few years, and the University of Iowa is stepping up its effort […]

A business magazine has ranked Iowa City among the 25 best cities in the country for people in their late thirties, forties and fifties to live and raise their families. Fortune magazine analyzed data from […]

A southwest Iowa man was arrested twice in a little more than 24 hours on charges associated with the same offense. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said 43-year-old Jeffrey Christopher Potter, of Elliott, was arrested […]

The La Nina weather system often brings Iowa and the Midwest an above-normal helping of precipitation, but even though the pattern is expected to stick around for yet another winter, we’re still suffering with drought. […]

Eleven organizations in central Iowa have put together a pilot project for what’s called a basic income plan they will launch later this year. The Director of Principal Foundation, Jo Christine Miles, says they will […]

A northwest Iowa man caught getting meth through the mail has been sentenced to nearly two decades in federal prison. * According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa, 55-year-old Armando […]

A security breach at one of the nation’s largest health systems has affected hospitals in Des Moines and Omaha. Officials at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health say an IT security incident happened on Monday. Some MercyOne facilities […]