Month: May 2023

An Eastern Iowa native finally got to walk down the aisle in the graduation ceremony at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon this weekend — eight decades after getting his degree in music. Fred Taylor he […]

A new report finds the number of Iowa teens in foster care has dropped significantly. The Annie E. Casey Foundation report says the number of Iowa foster kids 14 and older fell 40% from 2006 […]

A historic wooden roller coaster in northwest Iowa will be taking on riders again when the Arnolds Park Amusement Park opens for the season on Saturday. “The final part of The Legend has been redone, […]

State Patrol troopers who look for illegal drugs on the interstates that crisscross Iowa say our state is no longer just a drive-through area on the way to larger cities. Captain Nathan Andrews says the […]

National Bike to Work Week starts today  and the sudden proliferation of electric bikes, e-scooters and even e-skateboards is bringing a new series of risks and challenges — as well as benefits. Cara Hamann, director […]

4A 1. West Des Moines Dowling (27-15) 2. Ankeny Centennial (25-14) 3. Johnston (36-4) 4. Cedar Rapids Prairie (31-9) 5. Waukee Northwest (27-13) 6. Pleasant Valley (24-12) 7. Cedar Rapids Kennedy (25-15) 8. West Des […]

An 18 year old found lying on a Fort Dodge street this weekend was suffering from a gunshot wound and another 18 year old is now charged with murder. According to the Fort Dodge Police […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — expected to announce soon that he’s running for president — is urging Iowa Republicans not to be distracted by the past. During a speech in Sioux Center today, DeSantis did […]

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says legislation she voted for along with other House Republicans is a conservative border security package that could address the humanitarian and safety crisis issues. “Well, I certainly hope that Senate […]

More rain today  is making for muddy fields and poor conditions for planting in many parts of Iowa. Farmers made exceptional progress a week ago, as corn plantings shot from 29 to 70% statewide, and […]

There are Iowans who continue to struggle to put food on the table. Food Bank of Iowa spokesperson, Annette Hacker, says their demand has not eased at all. “We have really seen the numbers just […]

The governor has signed a bill into law that extends new liability protection to the trucking industry. When someone is injured or killed in a crash with a semi, a large commercial vehicle or tow […]

Two Iowans have filed a lawsuit accusing Governor Kim Reynolds of violating state law when she ended federal unemployment benefits that had been expanded at the beginning of the pandemic. Americans who were eligible for […]

The Iowa Supreme Court has thrown out a lawsuit against the DCI by a Marion County man who was accused of killing his mother. Jason Carter was found liable in a civil action for the […]

The U.S. Navy’s newest submarine, a three-billion-dollar vessel named for the state of Iowa, will be christened next month in a formal event at the shipyard in Connecticut where it’s being built. Tom Hudson, executive […]

The two newest additions to Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines are from the rainforests of Columbia, very rare primates known as cotton-top tamarins. Zoo spokesman Ryan Bickel says most Iowans will never have seen […]

The governor has signed a bill into law that’s designed to enhance the criminal charges for people arrested more than once of domestic abuse. It will change guidelines which have prevented prosecutors from charging someone […]