Month: December 2022

Congressional leaders released a proposed new budget plan about 1:30 this morning to keep the federal government running through next fall. During a morning interview with Radio Iowa, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley was asked if […]

With a winter storm watch for Central Iowa in effect from Wednesday evening through late Friday, Iowa State’s Dec. 21 men’s basketball game vs. Omaha and its Dec. 22 women’s basketball game vs. Drake have […]

It’s the time of year when some Iowans like to pack the family into the van at dusk, switch the radio to Christmas music, and drive around town taking in the colorful holiday light displays. […]

Pet ownership grew across the country and around Iowa during the pandemic and now it has become harder to find a veterinarian to treat the animals. The State Director of the Humane Society of the […]

University of Northern Iowa president Mark Nook is looking for ways to ensure students in UNI’s Teacher Education program get a stipend while they’re student teaching. “Student teaching is the original internship in higher ed. […]

A company that makes a nasal spray that reverses opioid overdoses is pushing to expand access to the medication in Iowa. Larry Lanier is a lobbyist for Emergent Biosolutions, which manufacturers the opioid reversal drug […]

Governor Kim Reynolds and two dozen other Republican governors are urging President Biden to end the national public health emergency for COVID in April. Ending the national public health emergency will mean emergency Medicaid insurance […]

It’s the season for stuffy noses, coughs and sneezes, but common colds may not seem so common with the flu, COVID-19 and R-S-V still rampant, and Iowans are reminded to take care with the meds […]

The acquisition of land in Minnesota could help boost the water quality in northwest Iowa’s Spirit Lake. The Spirit Lake Protective Association’s, John Smeltzer, says he’s been worried for a decade about the amount of […]