Year: 2022

The Tulip Festival in Orange City started back in 1936 as a celebration of the city’s heritage, and the latest version is getting underway. The 2022 Promotion Chair Jennie Droog, says they expect to see […]

The statewide average cost of gasoline rose several more pennies a gallon to set another record today, but the travel forecast for Memorial Day weekend calls for it to be the busiest in years. Meredith […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced Brownfield grants for two more Iowa cities for the cleanup of hazardous sites. Fort Dodge was awarded $250,000 for the cleanup of the former Greenleaf Healthcare nursing home. […]

Senate Republicans are scaling back the amount of money they’re willing to set aside to hire four new judges and provide pay raises to judges and other employees in the Iowa court system. Republican Senator […]

A child was run over and killed near Baxter in rural Marshall County. Investigators say the accident happened shortly after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday. According to the Iowa State Patrol, a vehicle was backing from a […]

Two Iowa fugitives are now jailed in separate cases.  U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Kazius Childress late Tuesday in Davenport. Childress is charged with two murders in Cedar Rapids in January. Kavon Johnson and Cordal Lewis […]

A small group of legislators will return to the statehouse today and begin negotiations among Republicans on the spending plan for the state fiscal year that starts July 1. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds says there’s […]

A celebration is underway today in the northeastern Iowa town of Decorah to mark Syttende Mai — or the 17th of May in Norwegian. On this date in 1814, Norway’s constitution was ratified, declaring its […]

A special investigation by the state auditor’s office has found the former city clerk of Silver City took thousands of city dollars for personal use. Auditors reviewed the city’s financial transactions over a four-year period […]

Legislation that aims to set up a grant program so police departments can get access to training and equipment will go before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee this week. That panel’s ranking Republican, Iowa Senator […]

Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that will significantly expand the number of Iowa gas stations that sell E15 — fuel that has a 15% ethanol blend. “This historic bill makes Iowa […]

Due to low runoff into the Missouri River basin, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predicts power production from the six main stem dams will be about 77% of normal this year. Electricity from the […]

The city of Council Bluffs is receiving money from the E-P-A to clean up a former factory site. The EPA announced that Council Bluffs will get half-a-million dollars out of more than 254 million dollars […]

The Sioux City Human Rights Commission is working to educate tenants about their housing rights and hosted a fair housing workshop Monday to help renters advocate for themselves. Commission director Karen Mackey says it’s especially […]