Month: July 2023

As the Biden Administration continues its push to move from gas-powered to electric cars, police departments are finding it tough to make the transition. Sioux City Police Chief Rex Mueller says just getting regular patrol […]

Dubuque Police say one adult was shot to death and three others were injured in a shooting this weekend. According to a news release from Dubuque Police, gunfire was reported at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday […]

  The online retail giant Amazon is holding its “Prime Days” sales event this week, and Iowans are being warned to watch out for related scams. Jim Temmer, with the Better Business Bureau, says crooks […]

Police shot a man to death in Council Bluffs who was suspected of forcing his way into three Omaha homes, assaulting a woman in Omaha and shooting a man to death. Omaha Police say 41-year-old […]

Former President Donald Trump says he’s not inviting Governor Kim Reynolds to his campaign events after a newspaper report suggested there’s tension between Trump and Reynolds. Trump posted a statement on his Truth Social platform […]

GOP lawmakers have released the bill they intend to pass tomorrow in a special legislative session that would ban nearly all abortions in Iowa. The bill is almost identical to the Fetal Heartbeat Act that […]

Iowa Republican Party leaders have set January 15 as the date for their party’s 2024 Caucuses. Iowa’s Caucuses have traditionally been the kick off event of the presidential campaign for both parties. The Republican National […]

Former President Donald Trump says it would be “horrendous” for Iowa farmers if 2024 rival Ron DeSantis is elected president. “He would be a catastrophe of Nebraska and Iowa and anyplace else,” Trump said, “and […]

The 141st Annual Old Soldiers Reunion is underway in Griswold today. Griswold American Legion Post 508 President, Commander Landon Preston says there are many events scheduled throughout the three-day run. The military road march begins […]

Iowa athletic director Gary Barta has extended the contract of Hawkeye women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder through the 2029 season. Bluder is preparing for her 24th season as the Iowa coach. As the all-time winningest […]

Dry conditions are lessening — ever so slightly — in Iowa, according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor. The new map shows roughly 87 of Iowa’s 99 counties are in some level […]

Senator Chuck Grassley is proposing new restrictions for U.S. military officers who work on behalf of foreign governments when they retire. Grassley is hoping the plan gets inserted in the annual defense bill congress approves. […]

Ground is being broken today on the first phase of what’s billed as a fully sustainable community in northeast Iowa. Steve Davis is sales director for Switch Homes, which is starting to develop a 105-home […]

Summer’s here and Iowans are hitting the beaches. Dan Kendall, senior environmental specialist with the Iowa DNR, says there’s a whole crew of people who are spending the season testing the water quality in our […]

About 200 people gathered in downtown Lake City this week for a groundbreaking for Dobson Pipe Organ Builders. The company is building a new facility at the site of the fire in June of 2021 […]

Governor Kim Reynolds and the wife of Florida’s governor shared the stage last night at a “Mamas for DeSantis” event for Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign. Casey DeSantis called Iowa’s new state-funded Education Savings Accounts “a […]