Month: October 2023

Members of the U.S. Senate are considering more closely regulating the Name, Image, Likeness policies that are making big changes in the lives of top college athletes, including a women’s basketball star at the University […]

As the chilly weather settles in, Iowans may find several species of spiders are also settling in — inside our homes. One expert pleads, don’t squish those eight-legged creatures, but learn to “spread the bug […]

All four Iowans serving in the U.S.. House backed Ohio’s Jim Jordan for House Speaker in today’s first round of voting. A few Washington, D.C. publications had listed first district Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks as undecided […]

It’s “National School Bus Safety Week,” and despite reminders every year, there are still drivers who pass buses that have their lights flashing and stop arms out. State Trooper Paul Gardner says many of the […]

The Iowa women’s basketball team is ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 released on Tuesday. It ties the program’s highest preseason ranking. (1994) The Hawkeyes have been ranked in the AP […]

Former President Donald Trump says if he is reelected, he will impose “crushing sanctions” on Iran and reinstate a travel ban to prevent citizens from some Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. “If you’re coming […]

Rains kept some farmers out of the fields at a key time last week as they tried to get the harvest completed. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says with the continued drought this year, the […]

An Osage man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2021 death of a Mason City woman. Twenty-three-year-old Nathan Gilmore was charged last August with first-degree […]

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has endorsed former President Trump. “The border’s wide open. Our law enforcement are disrespected…The Biden Administration seems to be against farmers. They sure are,” Bird said this afternoon, “and terrorists […]

A semi driver died early this morning in a crash at a construction zone on Interstate-80 near the DeSoto exit. The wreck happened at the point near DeSoto where eastbound I-80 lanes shift to the […]

Drake senior quarterback Luke Bailey was recognized as the FedEx Ground FCS National Offensive Player of the Week on Monday, Oct. 16 for his efforts last Saturday in a signature 52-21 win over St. Thomas. […]

Iowa senior punter Tory Taylor has been named Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week following his dominant performance in the Hawkeyes’ 15-6 road win at Wisconsin, it was announced Monday by the Big […]

Iowa State’s Chase Contreraz has been named the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday. It is Contreraz’s second Big 12 weekly honor of the season and he is […]

Class 5A 1.  Southeast Polk (8-0), LW #1 vs DSM Lincoln 2.  Dowling Catholic (7-1), LW #2 vs Sioux City North 3.  Pleasant Valley (7-1), LW #3 @ Linn-Mar 4.  Waukee Northwest (6-2), LW #5 […]

The Transportation Commission has approved moving ahead with plans to use federal money to install more electric car chargers along the interstate highway system. The DOT’s Stuart Anderson says the next step is to get […]