Year: 2023

You will need to be extra watchful for pedestrians this morning as this is “Walk, Bike and Roll to School Day.” Matt Burkey, manager of the Safe Routes to School program at the Iowa Bicycle […]

The legislature has voted to create a state fund to provide $750,000 in grants or loans for upgrades at Iowa dairy farms. The Iowa Department of Agriculture will manage the new Dairy Innovation Fund. “It […]

To many Iowans, it seems like winter ran long this year, with plenty of springtime snowstorms and frigid wind chills, but it turns out that our temperatures were right on target during April. State climatologist […]

The Iowa legislature has approved a compromise bill designed to limit future property tax increases. Many Iowans saw the assessed value of their home or farmland rise dramatically this spring. Those assessments will impact property […]

The Drake Relays is considered a possible source of an outbreak of COVID-19. What’s billed as America’s Athletic Classic is considered one of the nation’s top track and field events, drawing some 5,000 high school, […]

Farmers spent a lot of time in the field last week and the percentage of soybeans planted more than tripled and corn wasn’t far behind. The U.S.D.A. report says the percentage of beans planted went […]

The Iowa legislature is poised to raise the pay for attorneys who represent indigent defendants by $5 an hour. The state budget plan GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate have agreed to will — […]

The Iowa State women’s tennis program was selected to host the NCAA Tournament first and second rounds, May 5-6, in Ames. The Cyclones reached their third-straight NCAA Tournament, earning the top seed at the site […]

As the weather got warmer, so did the state and regional economies, according to the monthly Creighton University survey of supply managers in Iowa and eight other states. Creighton economist Ernie Goss says for the […]