At their recent meeting, the South Hamilton school board approved the district’s master contract for the 2022-23 school year. The contract includes $400 on the base salary. This is a 2.89 percent increase in salaries […]
Rural fire departments have been kept busy responding to field fires the past couple of days — especially in northwest Iowa where six of the ten active burn bans are in place. That includes Woodbury […]
A compromise plan to let all-terrain vehicles travel on more county and state highways has cleared the Iowa House. Representative Bobby Kaufmann of Wilton said new safety measures are incorporated in his original plan. “At […]
The Iowa House has passed a bill that would open many of the videos, tapes and other materials in the Iowa PBS archives for public use. Representative Megan Jones of Sioux Rapids said the bill […]
A plan to revamp Iowa’s “Bottle Bill” has cleared its first hurdle in the Iowa Senate and key lawmakers vow this is the year they’ll approve changes in the system for redeeming the nickel deposits […]
Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% in January, which was down from the revised December rate of 3.9%. Iowa Workforce Development says the leisure and hospitality industries added the most jobs in January — up […]
The March meeting of the Hamilton County Board of Health will be Thursday afternoon,March 17 at 5:15 in their office at 1610 Collins Street. The board will get an update on COVID-19 in Hamilton County, […]
State Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald says he supports withdrawing any state investments in Russian companies, but it’s difficult to do today given the status of Russia’s economy. “The ruble has crashed and the stock market in […]
Regional air carrier SkyWest has announced they are planning to pull their commercial service out of Sioux City, Mason City, and Fort Dodge. Assistant city manager Mike Collett oversees the Sioux Gateway Airport and says […]
Democrats are considering a plan that could bump the Iowa Caucuses out of the first-in-the-nation position — and the party will be hosting three forums to give Democrats across the country a chance to weigh […]
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