Month: July 2023

Austin Phyfe may return next season for the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team. The 6-9 All Missouri Valley standout saw limited action two years ago while battling long-term COVID and sat out all of last […]

Former President Donald Trump is due in Cedar Rapids this afternoon to tape a town hall forum that will air tonight on the Fox News Channel. The event will be staged at the arena in […]

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says election year politics could be helpful in getting a bipartisan bill through the U.S. Senate. The bill calls for price disclosure in the cattle market, so people who aren’t selling […]

A 71-year-old Iowa native who retired to a lake front property in Indiana has been chosen as the first “Golden Bachelor.” ABC launched “The Bachelor” — a reality TV dating show — in 2002. “The […]

Iowa State University reports its researchers raised more than $300-million in the past fiscal year for a range of projects on the Ames campus. Surya Mallapragada, ISU’s associate vice president for research, says that figure […]

One person was killed in Forest City at the annual summertime rally hosted by Winnebago Industries. The company’s director of communications Dan Sullivan confirms that on Sunday evening, an attendee of their annual Camp Winnebago […]

Fast-acting fire fighters in southwest Iowa extinguished a near-disaster on Monday afternoon. Adair Fire Chief Matt Richter says the accident happened at a convenience store. Chief Richter says, “We had a driver come off the […]

A district court judge has issued a temporary injunction this afternoon that blocks enforcement of the new abortion restrictions Governor Reynolds signed into law Friday afternoon. The judge said attorneys for Iowa abortion providers had […]

Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is sponsoring a bill that would require new public disclosures from two companies that have an outsized role in the investing world. Nunn’s legislation targets two firms that control shareholder votes […]

July is National Ice Cream Month, but the Iowa State University Creamery makes the frozen treat year-round, offering new and classic flavors to customers on the Ames campus while providing a learning opportunity for students. […]

Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is being swept out of the state. John Gering of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources has looked at the latest map. “It does appear to be a north to […]

Iowa Lottery officials are expecting brisk ticket sales again today as there were no jackpot winners over the weekend in either of the big, multistate games, Powerball and Mega Millions. The Lottery’s Mary Neubauer says […]

Two people are jailed after a standoff late Friday, an incident that started when police spotted a wanted man walking into a house in Webster City. The officer was able to identify the man as 24-year-old […]

The Iowa chapter of the American Heart Association is launching a pilot program that aims to help a growing number of Iowans overcome the risks of high blood pressure, also known as hypertension, which afflicts […]

The 2024 Iowa Caucuses are now a little less than six months away and the intensity of the GOP presidential contest is growing. About 2000 evangelical Christians heard from six candidates Friday in Des Moines. […]

A ban on most abortions in Iowa is in effect today and a judge will soon rule on a bid to at least temporarily block enforcement of the ban. The ban has been in effect […]