Month: September 2023

It could cost the State of Iowa millions of dollars if it leaves a Midwest organization that negotiates contracts for education-related expenses. A committee reviewing state boards and commissions has the Midwestern Higher Education Compact […]

Enrollment is up at all three state universities this fall. Iowa State University gained 208 students, the University of Northern Iowa 72, and the University of Iowa 27. UNI has been trying for several years […]

At least four presidential candidates and more than 61,000 college football fans will be at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames for Saturday’s Iowa/Iowa State game. There will also be 60 to 70 Iowa State troopers […]

The city of Davenport released a report today from The White Burch Group engineering firm hired to investigate the deadly partial collapse of a downtown building. The investigation found failures in repair work and lack […]

A 328-foot-long floating tank that was part of the D-Day invasion 79 years ago is open for tours in northeast Iowa. It’s called a “Landing Ship Tank” — designed to deploy soldiers, vehicles and other […]

It’s been hot and dry for weeks and many Iowans who haven’t mowed their grass in a while are finding little patches of what looks like white cotton candy strewn around their yards. Ginny Mitchell, […]

The Iowa Lottery saw the rare occurrence Wednesday of the deadline running out and a one million dollar prize went unclaimed. Lottery spokesperson, Mary Neubauer, says they waited right up to the end of the […]

A jury has convicted an Independence man of sexually abusing a child. The Buchanan County Attorney says a jury found 34-year old Scott Neil Brown guilty of five counts of second degree sexual abuse on […]

Concerns about aging members of Congress and the president were raised again after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky froze while speaking to reporters last week. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says elected officials are […]

A northwest Iowa man accused of killing his mother earlier this year appears to be ready to plead guilty. Nathaniel Kassel of Rock Rapids was charged with murder in the first degree in the death […]

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has unanimously rejected Navigator C-O-2’s application to build a carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota. Navigator is one of three companies with plans to build carbon pipelines in the […]

The harvest season will likely start in northern Iowa within a week to ten days, according to Angie Rieck Hinz, a field agronomist at Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. With the hot temperatures, low […]

Nearly 70 people have weighed in during a two-and-a-half hour public hearing about a proposal to streamline state licensing and either consolidate or eliminate about 100 state boards and commissions. West Virginia University economics professor […]

The wildfire smoke from Canada is back over Iowa once again. Brian Hutchins at the DNR Air Quality Bureau says the hazy conditions a visible in parts of the state. “Looking at some of the […]

An archival photography project at the University of Northern Iowa has landed a federal grant to help its users see the big picture. The Fortepan Project will use the grant to develop an augmented reality […]

The Sioux and Lyon County Sheriff Departments are working with local police trying to identify individuals involved a check scheme at banks in Alvord, Orange City and Sioux Center. Hispanic or Guatemalan individuals entered banks […]

The State of Iowa has been covering medical malpractice settlements involving the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics that exceeded $9 million, but under a new agreement the Iowa City-based heath care system will pay […]