Almost all of Iowa has been under an air quality alert today as smoke from wildfires has created a hazy sky. National Weather Service meteorologist, Rod Donovon, says the upper airflow pulled the smoke in. […]

A rare bird has been spotted in northern Iowa. Erich Gilbert, assistant manager at the Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge near Titonka, says there’s a partial albino among the Canada geese that have settled in […]

Sure, it’s been sweltering in Iowa this week, but University of Iowa researchers are doing groundbreaking studies on an environment that’s beyond scorching — using data from a spacecraft that’s orbiting the sun. U-I physics […]

Dusty Hill, the bearded bassist from ZZ Top who died this week, made one of his last public appearances in Manchester, Iowa. “Our hearts just go out to the family and the bandmates and the […]

What the locals call Old Highway 20 across northern Iowa is now a designated route through Delaware County as part of an effort to revive the roadway nationwide, and to help small towns and small […]

With last year’s derecho, Iowans learned the hard way that highly destructive weather events can be something other than tornadoes or floods. Technically, the derecho was a severe thunderstorm, the most destructive thunderstorm in U.S. […]

A Waterloo man described by the judge as a “very dangerous person” has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Twenty-eight-year-old Trenton Sliekers pleaded guilty in federal court to being a felon in possession of […]

The city council in Wall Lake plans to sell items inside an elementary school that closed last year. Chris Rodman, the city clerk in Wall Lake, says past students and city residents have been inquiring […]

The annual bike ride across the state begins Saturday with an expo in Le Mars and then riders take off Sunday. The Iowa State Patrol is asking those not on the ride to be prepared. […]

The Science Center of Iowa is one of the first in the nation to host a touring exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution called, “The Bias Inside Us.” Center spokeswoman Emilee Richardson says as our country […]

Iowa’s state-licensed casinos saw a post-pandemic surge and set a record for the fiscal year that ended in June. Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko says gross revenue was more than one-and-a-half billion dollars. ($1,575,410,919) […]

Veterans will get a chance to tell their story and have it preserved at the Library of Congress this weekend in central Iowa. Sara Robinson does the interviews as part of the Iowa Veterans’ Perspective […]

A judge says he’ll rule by Friday on whether the defense attorneys for the man convicted of murdering Mollie Tibbetts should have access to state investigation records in two other cases. The attorneys for Cristhian […]

Nobody knows yet just how many tornadoes touched down in Iowa on Wednesday afternoon and evening, but the National Weather Service says there were at least 12 and perhaps as many as 16. Miraculously, there […]

New vehicle registrations in Iowa are up 28% in the first six months of this year compared to the first half of last year when the pandemic hit. “We’ve caught up and surpassed last year’s […]

A police officer in southwestern Iowa found himself in handcuffs following his arrest Tuesday. Council Bluffs Police Detective Craig Shuetze was arrested following an investigation by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office into an alleged incident […]

While some Iowans who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can win up to $50,000 in weekly drawings, a new study finds the statewide vaccine lottery in Ohio has not increased vaccination rates there. Allan Walkey, […]

Authorities have released the names of the man and woman found dead inside a vehicle at a state park in eastern Iowa last weekend. An obituary posted online indicates 27-year-old Courtney Lynn Rhodes and 31-year-old […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley vows to work with his colleagues to address restoring the year-round sale of the 15% ethanol fuel blend, even though in his words, “fighting big oil is not an easy job.” […]