Month: October 2023

After a very long wait, the barricades are finally coming down and the State Historical Building of Iowa, Museum and Research Center in downtown Des Moines will hold its grand reopening in ten days. Spokesman […]

The Midwestern economy is headed toward recession — soon, according to the latest projection from Creighton University and its monthly survey of business leaders in Iowa and eight other states. Creighton economist Ernie Goss says […]

State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the month that just ended will be one of the warmer Septembers in the state weather book. “So we’re about 67 degrees as the average temperature for the state, and […]

Dry weather gave farmers almost a full week of field time and the latest corn and soybean harvest numbers show the result. The U.S.D.A. report show 16% of corn was out of the fields by […]

Members of the U.S. House and Senate now have some 42 days to reach an agreement on spending or they’ll face yet another shutdown of the federal government, what Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says would […]

The federal government is sending Dubuque nearly eight million dollars to revamp a key portion of its flood protection system. Dubuque engineer, Deron Muehring says the money will help complete a key part of the […]

The dental director of one of the state’s community health centers says Iowa is seeing a critical gap in dentists who will take patients with Medicaid coverage. Dr. Ashley Huber of the Siouxland Community Health […]

The Iowa Pork Producers Association has released its list of five finalists for its “Best Breaded Pork Tenderloin” contest. The IPPA says they had a record 9,000 nominations for the contest to select the best […]