A new report on childhood obesity finds Iowa’s numbers aren’t budging, with more than 50,000 kids statewide falling into the category. Victoria Brown, senior program officer for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, says the report […]
rrodrickbeiler/iStock(LONDON) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prizes, decided to award this year’s prize to Ahmed […]
The Iowa DNR says two conservation officers who broke up a fight in downtown Des Moines in September did nothing wrong. Information from the DNR says an internal investigation found officers Travis Graves and Derrick […]
A state representative from central Iowa has been charged with drunk driving after a weekend arrest in northwest Iowa. Sixty-year-old Scott Ourth is a Democrat from Ackworth who represents part of Warren County in the […]
Researchers at Iowa State University are developing short, fabric-covered tunnels which could be the solution to protecting certain organic crops from destructive pests. By design, organic agriculture limits the products that can be applied to […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — Egypt, as part of a larger effort to ramp up tourism, has unveiled a 3,500-year-old industrial area, a first-of-its-kind collection of artifacts, on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor. […]
The Iowa Supreme Court’s chief justice has set new guidelines for testing the court system’s data security. The order comes after an independent investigation concluded there are “disagreements and confusion” about the contracts court officials […]
mason01/iStock(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis and over 200 bishops, indigenous leaders and climate change experts convened in the Vatican on Monday to discuss issues related to the Amazon rainforest region. The gathering, called a synod, […]
A special investigation by the state auditor’s office indicates the office manager for a southern Iowa landfill failed to deposit tens of thousands of dollars in landfill fees. Jennifer Nickell was the office manager for […]
An eastern Iowa man has been charged in a hit-and-run that killed an Iowa firefighter in August. According to a news release issued yesterday by the Muscatine County Attorney, 52-year-old Terry Gough of Morning Sun […]
The Iowa Court of Appeals says the Sioux City Human Rights Commission may sue the owners of rental properties for housing discrimination for rejecting renters with disabilities who asked to keep companion animals in their […]
BrianAJackson/iStock(HALLE, Germany) — The live-streaming site Twitch is defending its actions after a user shared a video of the Halle synagogue shooting on the platform where it was viewed several thousand times. Two people were […]
The beauty of autumn is about to come alive with the change of colors on Iowa’s trees. Joe Herring, an Iowa DNR forester from Iowa Falls, says the fall leaf show is already starting. “If […]
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is entering the final phase in approving a plan for MidAmerican Energy to help prevent the number of bats and eagles killed by its current and future wind farms. […]
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(LONDON) — Ukrianian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Thursday there was “no blackmail” in a July telephone call with President Donald Trump that provoked an impeachment inquiry. The recently-elected Ukrainian leader made the comments during […]
omersukrugoksu/iStock(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s military airstrikes inside Syria are the first step in its offensive into northern Syria, targeting the Syrian Kurds that helped the U.S. defeat the Islamic State. But where is this fighting […]
welcomia/iStock(NEW YORK) — The U.S. military has taken custody of two notorious British Islamic State fighters nicknamed “The Beatles,” who were responsible for the executions of western hostages. They were moved on Wednesday from a […]
Vice President Mike Pence told reporters during his trip to Iowa today that he has “no objection” to releasing transcripts of his own calls with Ukraine’s president. A whistleblower’s report about President Trump’s phone call […]
iStock(NEW YORK) — Norwegian Cruise Line is blaming “severe weather conditions” for forcing it to revise the itinerary of its Spirit ship, which has left guests irate and calling this cruise of a lifetime more […]
Vice President Mike Pence told a crowd at a farm near Waukee today that he was in Iowa to “turn up the heat” and urge Democrats to ratify the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. “The truth is, and […]
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