Iowa’s unemployment rate fell again in recent numbers announced for February. Iowa Workforce Development Director, Beth Townsend, says there were a lot of positive numbers in the monthly data. “We saw more people return to […]

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig says bird flu has been confirmed in two more sites in the state. “In the state of Iowa, we’ve got 12 confirmed cases,” Naig said today during taping of “Iowa […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, was one of two members of the Iowa delegation to vote against a U.S. House bill that caps the cost of insulin at $35. Hinson says she […]

The Iowa Supreme Court threw out one portion of the case,  but has upheld an award to a transgender nurse who used to work for the Iowa Department of Corrections. Jesse Vroeghsued after he transitioned […]

Disconnection notices will start going out to thousands of Iowa residents behind on their bills for electricity and natural gas as the winter moratorium on utility disconnections ends today. Figures from the Iowa Utilities Board […]

The USDA estimates American farmers will plant more soybeans and less corn this year compared to last year. Randy Broesder, general manager at the Forest City Farmers Coop, says that’s not quite the trend locally. […]

Two Republican voters are asking a judge to rule that Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer failed to qualify for the June Primary ballot. Finkenauer’s campaign was required to submit petitions from at least 19 […]

A survey released by the Realtors Land Institute shows land values haven’t dropped off at all. Scott Seifert presented the results. “From September 1st, 2021 to March 1st, 2022 as a state average on farmland […]

A Senate committee has approved a bill that would send a million dollars in state funding to a private organization operating a crisis pregnancy center. Senator Mark Costello of Imogene and the other Republicans on […]

The USS Sioux City is among a group of ships the U.S. Navy is considering decommissioning in a budget-cutting move. The Navy’s plan is to eliminate five cruisers, nine littoral combat ships — including the […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is urging her fellow Republicans in the Iowa House to approve her plan to provide state-funded scholarships to parents who’ll be enrolling their children in a private school. All but one Republican […]

Republicans in the Iowa legislature have passed a bill to ban local government ordinances that restrict where fireworks may be sold in commercial or industrial zones. Republican Senator Mike Klimesh of Spillville said some cities […]

Two fatal accidents have been reported in two days near the same small northwest Iowa town. The first accident occurred on Monday afternoon, east of the community of Hull. That accident took the life of […]

A Norwalk man has been charged with killing another man who was found dead after an apartment fire in Clinton last Saturday. Earlier this week, the State Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and determined 41-year-old […]

Republicans in the Iowa Senate have voted for the governor’s plan to provide state scholarships for low and middle income families — to cover private school expenses for 10,000. Senator Amy Sinclair, a Republican from […]

The Iowa Court of Appeals says an age discrimination case brought by a fired Swift Pork Company employee should be heard. Sixty-year-old David Feeback was fired from the Marshalltown Swift plant where he had worked […]