Month: February 2023

Drake raced out to an early 17 point lead and hammered Murray State on the road 92-68 Tuesday night. It was the sixth straight win for the Bulldogs who improve to 11-4 in the Missouri […]

Iowa State takes a 7-3 Big 12 record on the road tonight when the 11th ranked Cyclones visit West Virginia. The Mountaineers are 3-7 in the league race but have won three of their last […]

The leader of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says the biofuels industry is frustrated by opposition to carbon pipelines and a little bit angry about delayed federal rules that would let E-15 be sold year-round […]

Senator Joni Ernst says trained dogs should search every vehicle driving north through border crossings along the U-S/Mexico border — to stop the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs. “Dogs are about as low […]

Iowa Fourth District Congressman Randy Feenstra, a Republican from Hull, wants President Joe Biden to address ag issues in tonight’s State of the Union address. “I’m hoping the American President talks about we in the […]

Iowa State University researchers are part of an effort led by Purdue University to diversify the corn belt. ISU sociology professor J. Arbuckle says farmers once planted many different crops on their land. “The long […]

The owner of a Cedar Rapids business is in Washington, D.C., urging congress to modernize the Small Business Administration. Sydney Rieckhoff is the CEO of Almost Famous Popcorn, a company she co-founded with her brother […]

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says President Biden should focus tonight’s State of the Union speech on federal spending plans. “The Biden Administration must change course and move away from the fiscal insanity and partisan politics […]

A state senator who’s proposed five different bills in response to proposed carbon pipelines says the current regulatory process is unfair to landowners. Senator Jeff Taylor says the bill most likely to pass would require […]

Five women who say there are dozens of inappropriate books in their local schools are questioning the process of trying to require parental permission before students may have access to some school library books. The […]

An Iowa District Court judge has granted the state’s motion for a temporary injunction and issued a consent order requiring the cleanup of hazardous waste from the C6-0 facility in Marengo. C6-0 and its owner […]

Abortion opponents say it’s time for a ban on all abortions in Iowa. Republican Representative Luana Stoltenberg of Davenport spoke at a prayer service in the Iowa Capitol. “My prayer is that Iowa will pass […]

The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs has awarded more than one million dollars in Iowa Great Places grants. Iowa Arts Council administrator David Schmitz  says many of the projects selected in this round of grant […]

A bill that would ban Iowa motorists from having a phone or electronic device in their hands while driving has cleared a key senate committee, but Speaker Pat Grassley says he hasn’t polled the 64 […]

A high-energy musical that retells and reimagines the story of the half-dozen wives of England’s King Henry the Eighth makes its Iowa debut tomorrow night. The Broadway touring production of “Six” features actress and singer […]

An Iowa lawmaker is working on a bill that would give the owners or tenants on agricultural properties permission to capture or kill raccoons that are a nuisance. Representative Dean Fisher of Montour says raccoons […]

The Democratic National Committee has voted to eliminate Iowa from the list of states that will start the party’s 2024 presidential campaign. South Carolina is replacing Iowa as the lead-off state, followed by New Hampshire […]

The non-union association for teachers is joining other groups that represent educators to warn of a teacher shortage in Iowa. Nathan Arnold is director of legal services for Professional Educators of Iowa, a group formed […]

A new video being released by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau features the family of two Iowans who were killed seven years ago by a distracted driver in a Webster County crash. The wreck in […]