Month: April 2023

A bill to require more screening for Iowans receiving government food and health care assistance is headed to the governor for her signature. A household with more than $15,000 worth of assets that could be […]

A total of 51 films from moviemakers around the planet will be screened at this weekend’s Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival. Eric Dean Freese, the festival’s director, says the films were picked from among 99 […]

The Iowa Natural Resources Commission has approved an agreement that moves oversight of the Honey Creek Resort in south-central Iowa from the DNR to the Department of Administrative Services (DAS). DAS director Adam Steen told […]

While Mason City set a record high temperature of 88 degrees on Wednesday, this week’s unseasonably warm weather is prompting many farmers in north-central Iowa to fire up their tractors and start planting. Angie Rieck-Hinz […]

A key Iowa Democrat is hinting his party might sue if the Republican-led legislature passes a bill to forbid Democrats from using a mail-in system for participation in the 2024 Iowa Caucuses. Scott Brennan, a […]

Estherville’s fire chief is praising four men for a daring rescue from a locked apartment in a burning building. A fire was reported Monday night in Estherville at the Country View Apartments and emergency responders […]

A red flag warning from the National Weather Service covers a large swath of Iowa again today (Thursday) as the combination of low humidity, strong winds and high temperatures could spark erratic fires. A fire […]

The Iowa Natural Resources Commission has given final approval for a continuous open season for hunting and trapping raccoons on private lands. The DNR says there has been a steady increase in the raccoon population […]

Outdoor burning is once again not recommended again today across much of the state. National Weather Service Meteorologist Mike Fowle says the combination of strong southwest winds and relative humidity values near or below 25 […]

After a long, snowy winter, this week’s warm weather has many Iowans leaping at the chance to get into their yards and start beautifying and landscaping for the seasons ahead. Adam Thoms, a turfgrass specialist […]

The U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota has granted a preliminary injunction, stopping the Biden Administration’s new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule for Iowa and 23 other states. Iowa Attorney […]

A gun related bill that’s been proposed for the past several years has cleared the Iowa House and it would make gun safety courses developed by the National Rifle Association widely available through Iowa schools. […]

The Iowa Transportation Commission is considering delaying some projects in its five-year construction plan as inflation and other factors impact the costs of building and maintaining state roadways. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson says they’ve been […]

Republican Governor Kim Reynolds says the Iowa Democratic Party is “unwilling to accept” that a mail-in system of ballots for their 2024 Caucuses is akin to a primary and that jeopardizes the first-in-the-nation status for […]

Two South Carolina Republicans with White House aspirations are campaigning in Iowa. South Carolina Tim Scott has just announced he formed a presidential campaign exploratory committee — the last step before declaring he’s a candidate […]

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is granting $1.2 million to Goldfinch Health to help cut the distribution of opioids in Iowa hospitals. A program called the Billion Pill Pledge will work with up to 25 […]