Republicans in the Iowa legislature have taken final action on a plan to increase “per pupil” state spending in Iowa public schools by two-point-three percent next year. It’s an additional $85 million and Republican Governor […]
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — At 26 years old, Zarifa Ghafari is one of Afghanistan’s youngest mayors. That would be an accomplishment alone, but Ghafari is also one of Afghanistan’s first and only female […]
jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. […]
A 36-year-old woman is under arrest in Cedar Rapids, charged with stabbing a 35-year-old man to death with a knife early this morning. According to a news release from Cedar Rapids Police, the two were […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Chance The Rapper is talks with Warner Bros. and MGM to start in the live-action musical adaptation of Sesame Street, according to Collider. Last year, Chance met a few iconic Sesame Street characters during […]
The Iowa legislature has sent the governor a compromise bill on solar energy. Last year, utilities sought permission to charge new fees to customers with solar panels on their homes or businesses. The bill now […]
Volunteers are needed to help kick off the Iowa State Parks Centennial with spruce-up events at three state parks later this month. Melanie Schmidt, volunteer coordinator for the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, says they’re looking […]
Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne says she’ll support a multi-billion-dollar spending package to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. Axne, a Democrat from West Des Moines, is among the members of Congress who signed a letter to […]
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — In a post that is already revving the engines of gearheads and geeks alike, director Matt Reeves has revealed the Batmobile Robert Pattinson will be driving as the […]
Governor Kim Reynolds is appointing two new members to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, replacing commissioners first appointed when Governor Terry Branstad returned to office in 2011. Former Republican State Representative Lance Horbach is […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) — Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek gives an update on his battle with pancreatic cancer in new video. In the clip shot on the game show’s set, shared on Wednesday — a year after […]
Nicola Dove © 2020 DANJAQ, LLC AND MGM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.(LOS ANGELES) — While James Bond has gotten out of some dangerous situations over the past 25 films, his new film, No Time To Die […]
jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. […]
A man accused of a string of crimes in Polk and Marshall Counties and sentenced to life in prison decades ago has died. Everett Roy Lyon was convicted by a judge of first degree murder […]
oonal/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — The South Korean government is offering “emergency child care” to parents dealing with the double challenge of school closures and work-at-home policies as the country battles to fight the fast-spreading novel […]
jarun011/iStock(NEW YORK) — Countries around the world are scrambling to stymie the spread of a deadly viral outbreak that began in China about two months ago and has now infected more than 90,000 people globally. […]
An eastern Iowa high schooler who has an e-cigarette habit got in much deeper trouble on Tuesday. Authorities say the 15-year-old student at Davenport West High School was removed from a classroom for vaping during […]
The Morningside College students who are returning from Italy will not go back to the Sioux City campus, but will be going home to “self-isolate” for 14 days. State public health officials have called on […]
An unusual smell in Milford is coming from the Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary Sewer system. “The samples are coming back and we’re not 100% sure, but we’re really close,” says Steve Anderson, the sewer district’s […]
iStock/Appreciate(LOS ANGELES) — They’re the unsung heroes of movies and TV shows: thespians who “talk” in wordless conversations and toil at fake jobs in the background of shots, all to make a scene seem more […]
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