Year: 2019

The impact of closing Charles City’s chicken manufacturing plant, called Simply Essentials, forced Floyd County’s unemployment rate to jump. Area Development Corporation director Tim Fox says the numbers from Iowa Workforce Development are troubling. “Our […]

The executive director of the Iowa Business Council says their third-quarter survey shows weaker confidence among members. Georgia Van Gundy says the survey found sales expectations for the next year were down 24 percent compared […]

Iowa City is the latest community in the state to move forward with a bike share program. The council is working with a company called Gotcha to launch the service later this fall. Iowa City […]

Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker announced on Twitter his campaign has hit his 10-day, $1.7 million fundraising goal. Booker set the goal September 21 in Des Moines, shortly before speaking with Radio Iowa. “We have […]

Class 4A 1. WDM Valley (5-0), LW #1 @ Urbandale 2. Dowling Catholic (4-1), LW #2 vs DSM Lincoln 3. Cedar Falls (5-0), LW #3 @ CR Jefferson (Thur) 4. Bettendorf (4-1), LW #4 vs […]

The private company that sends severe weather text alerts for many Iowa counties misfired this weekend. The company was conducting a software upgrade when blizzard and fire warnings were sent to phones in Iowa shortly […]

A Webster City employee was hit and killed while bicycling early Saturday near Pierson in Woodbury County. Reportedly, an eastbound 2017 Ford Transit van operated by 19-year-old Aaron J. Albert of Mondamin was traveling on […]

The governor has announced the State of Iowa’s last fiscal year ended with a surplus of nearly $290 million. The state’s 12-month fiscal year ended June 30th, but the books don’t close until two months […]

The president of the Iowa Association of Realtors says home sales across the state were up in August. John Goede says that’s not the only good thing he sees in the numbers. “And just as […]