Woodbury County is joining the nationwide effort to install signs commemorating the history of Highway 20. County Economic Development Director David Gleiser says it’s part of a national project to mark the original route. He […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed the bill into law that gives businesses and health care providers new liability protections from COVID-related lawsuits. Senator Zach Whiting, a Republican from Spirit Lake, said it sends an important […]

Governor Kim Reynolds today said there is no “hard and fast deadline” for her to sign an executive order to automatically restore felon voting rights before the November 3rd General Election. “It’s a priority of […]

Governor Kim Reynolds today said there is no “hard and fast deadline” for her to sign an executive order to automatically restore felon voting rights before the November 3rd General Election. “It’s a priority of […]

After wandering through farm fields in northeast Iowa, an adult black bear is now near Davenport and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources is warning people to steer clear. Perhaps 150 spectators in dozens of […]

Governor Kim Reynolds is issuing an executive order to create what she’s calling the Governor’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board. She said the panel will help to “chart a course” for Iowa’s economic comeback after months […]

While the Iowa State Fair and many of the state’s county fairs have canceled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least one fair in southeast Iowa is moving forward with plans. Dixie Shipley, […]

Ongoing unemployment claims dropped again last week. The number of continuing claims fell by 3,516 to 155,752. That’s down by about 34,900 from the peak of 189,643 back in the first week of May. First-time […]

The governor has signed a bill into law that makes it clear “smoke-able” hemp is illegal in Iowa and hemp cannot be fed to animals. The legislation is an update to a 2019 law that […]

A few Iowa high schools are holding graduation ceremonies this weekend. In southeast Iowa, the 2020 Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock High School Graduation will be held on Friday in the high school gym. “We’ve done everything we […]

The University of Iowa says it will keep its regular fall semester calendar when classes resume, but students will switch to on-line classes after going home for the Thanksgiving break. The fall semester in Iowa […]

Iowans who may have more time on their hands this summer due to the pandemic likely have an excellent camera on their smartphones and stunning, agriculture-related subjects to shoot nearby. Entries are now being taken […]