Year: 2021

Iowa’s 29-day early voting period would be shortened to 18 days before an election under a bill Senator Roby Smith of Davenport is sponsoring. “Setting absentee voting at 18 days will limit voter remorse, the […]

Forecasters promise a gradual warmup over the next few days, but this prolonged cold spell has many Iowans dreaming about Spring Break vacations in distant, sunny climates. Kyle Potter, with ThriftyTraveler.com, says overall air travel […]

The concerns about coronavirus continue to have an impact on churches and how they celebrate. The First Presbyterian Church in Oskaloosa is celebrating Ash Wednesday today with a drive-up service. Celebrants receive ashes and a […]

A certified financial planner from eastern Iowa is the lone Midwesterner featured in a new book compiled by entrepreneur Kevin Harrington, best known for TV’s “Shark Tank.” Jeff Busbee of Cedar Rapids was featured on […]

State officials say they have begun issuing the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation Congress approved in late December. Iowa Workforce Development deputy director Ryan West says the agency began processing this latest round of expanded unemployment […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has canceled the contract for Microsoft to build a website for Iowans to schedule a Covid shot. “It quickly became apparent that integrating the many already existing administration and scheduling platforms that […]

The victim of a fatal stabbing at the Prestage Foods plant in Eagle Grove Tuesday has been identified as 50-year-old Wayne Smith of Fort Dodge. Deputies found Smith stabbed to death inside the lockerroom of […]

Legislators are considering how many bathrooms should be required in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. Current law requires establishments that serve beer, wine and liquor to have a men’s and a women’s bathroom. A […]